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The latest in news and innovations from Assoc/Prof Gary Galambos.
The case for TeleHealth Medicare item numbers being made available for Inpatients
Psychiatry is the best positioned, out of all the medical specialities, to provide care that is delivered as much as possible via TeleHealth and telephone during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read MoreThe Aftershock of the Pandemic — a Brief Essay
When Scott Morrison and Chief Medical Officer Prof Brendan Murphy hesitated for too long from implementing further containment measures after they presciently, admirably, closed our borders to China earlier than the World Health Organisation were advising, the medical community nervously swelled into calls for more decisive action
Read MoreMetaphorical models - Bipolar Disorders
The Loose Switch Metaphor
Having bipolar disorder is like having a loose emotional switch. Flick the switch up and mood becomes elevated, flick down and mood becomes depressed. The switch tends to flick from north pole to south, or between black and white, without any shades of grey. It is as if there is an absence or a diminution of any inhibitory process to prevent the emotional momentum from building in a particular direction.
(Mood stabiliser) medication is like using glue to stiffen the switch, discouraging the switch from flicking to one pole, and discouraging mood instability.
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Read MoreADHD
Full of Beans
Written by Dr Chris Wever and drawn by Dr Neil Phillips
Paperback Shrink-Rap Press
ADHD: Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Children and Adults
by Paul H., MD Wender
Paperback: 277 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press; First published in 1974; 4th Edition
Delivered from Distraction : Getting the Most out of Life with Attention Deficit Disorder by Edward M. Hallowell, John J. Ratey
Hardcover: 416 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books (January 4, 2005)
ISBN: 034544230X
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