Clinical guidelines & publications library

Effective approaches to prevention, diagnosis and support for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

Alcohol

RANZCP submission to the Senate Standing Committees on Community Affairs on Effective approaches to prevention, diagnosis and support for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

Review of the NDIS Act and the new NDIS Participant Service Guarantee

NDIS

RANZCP consultation on the review of the NDIS Act and the new NDIS Participant Service Guarantee.

Māori Expanding Access and Choice’ (Kaupapa Māori Primary MHA)

Māori

RANZCP Submission to Mental Health and Addiction Directorate, Ministry of Health on expanding access and choice for Kaupapa Māori primary mental health and addiction services. PDF Submission

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)

Electroconvulsive therapy & neurostimulation, Ethics

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a highly effective treatment with a strong evidence base, particularly for the treatment of severe depressive disorders.

Recognising and addressing the harmful mental health impacts of methamphetamine use

Ethics, Illicit drugs, Professionalism

Amphetamine-type substances can be associated with acute mental effects and result in long-term harm. Psychiatrists have a leadership role in coordinating approaches to methamphetamine use.

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder

Addiction, Alcohol, Ethics, Perinatal, Professionalism

The fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) hub Australia provides current and evidence-based information about FASD in Australia. URL Clinical guideline

Royal Commission into Victoria's Health System 2019

Health service standards

Victorian Branch submission to the Royal Commission into Victoria's Mental Health System 2019 PDF Submission

Child and adolescent psychiatry: meeting future workforce needs

Children & adolescents, Professionalism

Informing psychiatrists, the medical profession and other health professionals, service providers, governments, and the Australian and New Zealand communities about child and adolescent psychiatry workforce. PDF Report

Electroconvulsive therapy professional practice guideline

Electroconvulsive therapy & neurostimulation, Ethics, Professionalism

Key practice considerations are the combination of dosing, electrode placement, pulse width, session frequency, concomitant medication and anaesthetic approach. PDF Clinical guideline

Inquiry into aged care, end of life and palliative care, and voluntary assisted dying

Ethics, Voluntary assisted dying

RANZCP QLD Submission to Inquiry into aged care, end of life and palliative care, and voluntary assisted dying. PDF Submission

The relationship between psychiatrists and commercial organisations within the health care industry

Ethics, Professionalism

PDF Ethics and conduct

Guideline for safe care for patients sedated in health care facilities for acute behavioural disturbance

Sedation

This guideline sets the minimum safety standards required in caring for patients with ABD where sedation is used to control the behaviour. PDF Clinical guideline

Sexual orientation change efforts

Ethics, Historical practices, Professionalism

The RANZCP does not support the use of sexual orientation change efforts of any kind. There is no scientific evidence that sexual orientation can be changed. Sexual orientation change efforts risk causing significant harm to individuals.

Australian Family Court proceedings

Ethics, Forensic, Medico-legal, Professionalism

Guidance to members about family court proceedings including custody issues, being an expert witness, testifying and reports. PDF Clinical guideline

Productivity Commission draft report on veterans’ compensation and rehabilitation inquiry.

RANZCP Submission on veterans’ compensation and rehabilitation inquiry.

Mental health needs of child asylum seekers and refugees

Asylum seekers and refugees, Children & adolescents

This guideline was rescinded in April 2024.

The role of the child and adolescent psychiatrist

Addressing health inequity, Children & adolescents, Ethics, Professionalism

Guidance about the role of child and adolescent psychiatrists, and how they can best meet the mental health needs of young people and their families. PDF Clinical guideline

Abolition of torture and other inhuman treatment

Ethics, Professionalism, Trauma

Our commitment to the abolition of torture, and to researching and providing effective, evidence-based rehabilitative and therapeutic treatments to survivors.

Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

Electroconvulsive therapy & neurostimulation, Professionalism

Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) is an effective treatment for major depressive disorders. It involves the focal application of a localised, pulsed magnetic field to the cerebral cortex, inducing small electrical currents which stimulate nerve cells.

RANZCP Code of Ethics

Ethics, Professionalism

PDF Ethics and conduct