Australasian Psychiatry

Published on behalf of The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists

Edited by:
Garry Walter

Australasian Psychiatry is the bi-national communique of The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists. It contains original articles, reports and brief papers covering such areas as research and research methods, as well as issues that may assist psychiatrists in their day-to-day work. The main focus of contributions, however, is on the art of psychiatry and its maintenance of excellence in practice.

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Free Access in the Developing World
Free online access to this journal is available within institutions in the developing world through the HINARI initiative with the World Health Organization (WHO).

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Top 5 Australasian Psychiatry articles accessed online:

• Healing traditions: culture, community and mental health promotion with Canadian Aboriginal peoples
  Laurence Kirmayer, Cori Simpson, Margaret Cargo
  
• Obsessive-compulsive disorder: treatment and treatment resistance
  Sean Hood, Deirdre Alderton, David Castle
  
• 'Every me and every you': responding to the hidden challenge of mental illness in Australia
  Patrick McGorry
  
• Review of new compounds available in Australia for the treatment of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
  Philip Hazell
  
• Summary Australian and New Zealand clinical practice guideline for the treatment of schizophrenia (2003)
  Patrick McGorry, Eoin Killackey, Kathryn Elkins, Martin Lambert, Tim Lambert