The latest in news and innovations from Assoc/Prof Gary Galambos.
The OASIS Guide to Asperger Syndrome: Completely Revised and Updated : Advice, Support, Insight, and Inspiration
by Patricia Romanowski Bashe, Barbara L. Kirby, Simon Baron-Cohen, Tony Attwood
Hardcover: 512 pages
Crown; Rev&Updtd edition (March 29, 2005)
ISBN: 1400081521
Teaching Children with Autism to Mind-Read: A Practical Guide by Patricia Howlin, Simon Baron-Cohen, Julie Hadwin
Paperback: 302 pages
John Wiley & Sons (March, 1998)
ISBN: 0471976237
Mindblindness : An Essay on Autism and Theory of Mind by Simon Baron-Cohen
Paperback: 200 pages
The MIT Press (February 1, 1997)
ISBN: 02625222...
Read MoreAs Extremes of Normal Emotions
Charles Darwin wrote in 1876:
If all the individuals of any species were habitually to suffer to an extreme degree, they would neglect to propagate their kind; but we have no reason to believe that this has ever, or at least often occurred. Some other considerations, moreover, lead to the belief that all sentient beings have been formed so as to enjoy, as a general rule, happiness. "Everyone who believes, as I do, that all the corporeal and mental organs (excepting those which are neither advantageous nor disadvantageous to the possessor) of all beings have been...
Read MoreThe NSW Chief Psychiatrist is convening a second NSW Mental Health Medical Workforce and Leadership Forum (Forum) in late September. I wasn’t able to attend the first one, held late last year, and this upcoming Forum is occurring during school holidays when I am away again.
The genesis of the Forum was in part a response by the Chief Psychiatrist to the findings of the 2014 and 2015 AMA (NSW), ASMOF (NSW) and NSW Branch joint surveys of public sector psychiatrists, which identified significant concerns about resourcing, workforce gaps and clinician-manager relations causing low job satisfactio...
Read MoreWelcome to the summer super bumper edition of my column. I promise a sunnier read than you are used to from me, as I’d like to share some great advances we have made this year. We are finally beginning to ‘reap the harvest’ from our persistent efforts to engage in proactive and quality advocacy, networking and submissions to the NSW Mental Health Ministry.
A critical area of determined focus of the Branch over this past year has been to identify gaps undercutting quality and efficient clinical governance, leadership and workforce capacities within the mental health system. We know that there i...
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