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The effect of concomitant benzodiazepine use on neurocognition in stable, long-term patients with bipolar disorder.

Published in The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry

Neurocognitive dysfunction is a common feature of bipolar disorder even in euthymia, and psychopharmacological treatment could have an effect on cognition. Long-term prescription of benzodiazepines in bipolar disorder is a common practice, and their effect on neurocognition has not been well studied in this population. The aim of this study was to ...

Revisiting lorazepam challenge test: Clinical response with dose variations and utility for catatonia in a psychiatric e...

Published in The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry

Catatonia can be life-threatening unless timely identified and treated. Lorazepam's ubiquitous response has led to its universal acceptance as being the first-line management of catatonia and alludes to catatonia's neurobiological underpinnings. Lorazepam challenge test (LCT) is widely used to either confirm a catatonia diagnosis or determine loraz...

Challenging use of the insight specifier for body dysmorphic disorder.

Published in The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry

Serum anti-thyroid antibody titers correlate with severity of illness in steroid-responsive encephalopathy associated wi...

Published in The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry

COVID-19 telehealth challenges for patients with schizophrenia and other psychoses.

Published in The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry

Atypical evolution of mania.

Published in The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry

Prolonged grief in refugees, parenting behaviour and children's mental health.

Published in The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry

Many refugees experience bereavement, and as a result they suffer elevated rates of prolonged grief disorder. Evidence also indicates that elevated rates of psychological disturbance in refugee children can be associated with parental mental health. This study examined the extent to which prolonged grief disorder in refugees is associated with thei...

The youth peak in the acuity of eating disorders.

Published in The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry

The association between living in socially fragmented neighbourhoods and psychological distress among immigrant and non-...

Published in The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry

Immigrants' mental health is a growing public health concern. Neighbourhood characteristics in the host society may contribute to the poor mental health observed among immigrants. In this study, we aimed to investigate the association between neighbourhood-level social fragmentation and socioeconomic characteristics with psychological distress amon...

Memes, fears and suicide.

Published in The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry