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25 March 2025
Budget leaves mental health in limbo

Psychiatrists say tonight’s Federal Budget once again offers band-aids for a mental health system on...

25 March 2025
Budget another disappointment for Australians with severe and complex mental health care needs

Australians with serious mental health care needs are once again being left behind, with this year’s...

22 March 2025
Major parties failing those most in need of specialist mental health care, psychiatrists warn

RANZCP has reviewed and compared commitments from major parties in the last term of Parliament and f...

17 March 2025
We must not go backwards: Psychiatrists respond to new research on worsening mental health outcomes for trans and gender-diverse Australians

Psychiatrists are deeply concerned by new research revealing the persistently poorer mental health o...

14 March 2025
Australia’s mental health crisis is peaking in EDs: emergency psychiatrists urge parties not to overlook mental health this election

Australia’s emergency departments (EDs) are buckling under the weight of a mental health crisis, wit...

07 February 2025
Psychiatrists welcome federal funding injection for public hospitals, and urge all governments to invest in workforce

The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) has welcomed the Federal Gove...

24 October 2024
Climate change is a mental health emergency: New study links rising temperatures to youth suicidal behaviours

The RANZCP NSW Branch has responded to an analysis by UNSW Sydney published today in ANZJP, which fo...

10 October 2024
World Mental Health Day 2024: Psychiatrists urge Government to build a happier, healthier Aotearoa NZ by listening to mental health workers

On World Mental Health Day, Tu Te Akaaka Roa, the New Zealand National Committee is urging the Gover...

10 October 2024
World Mental Health Day: New AIHW data shows demand for mental health care is increasing in the community

On World Mental Health Day, the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) i...

26 September 2024
State vs State won’t fix the Mental Health Workforce Crisis – NSW psychiatrists respond to QLD Workforce Plan

As Queensland ramps up efforts to attract mental health workers from across the country, NSW psychia...

09 September 2024
“We owe our veterans more than just gratitude,” Australian psychiatrists call for accountability and action

Australian psychiatrists emphatically support the calls made for an independent body to oversee the ...

21 August 2024
United Call for Action on Mental Healthcare in the Northern Territory

An alliance of stakeholders in the Northern Territory representing mental health practitioners, pati...