Clinical guidelines & publications library

Keeping your head above water: affordability as a barrier to mental health care

Addressing health inequity, Culturally safe practice, Ethics, Physical health, Professionalism

PDF Report

Minding the gaps: cost barriers to accessing mental healthcare for people with mental illness

Addressing health inequity, Culturally safe practice, Ethics, Physical health, Professionalism

PDF Report

Enabling supported decision making

Addressing health inequity, Collaborative care, Culturally safe practice, Families, whānau & carers, Professionalism

This paper aims to influence the increased uptake and future embedding of Supported Decision Making in clinical practice by psychiatrists working in the Victorian Mental Health Service. PDF Position statement

Building mental health and wellbeing in Australia and New Zealand through early support for infants, children and their families

Addressing health inequity, Children & adolescents, Professionalism

This report calls for addressing social determinants, reducing stigma and removing barriers to accessing services. PDF Report

Guidance for psychiatrists working in Australian immigration detention centres

Addressing health inequity, Asylum seekers and refugees, Ethics, Professionalism

This guideline was rescinded in April 2024. PDF Clinical guideline

Australian Federal Pre-budget Submission 2023-2024

PDF Submission

Early Years Strategy Discussion Paper Consultation

Children & adolescents

Submission to the Australian Government Department of Social Services (DSS) PDF Submission

Inquiry into Responses to Historical Forced Adoptions in Victoria

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, Historical practices

Victorian Branch submission to the Legislative Council, Legal and Social Issues Committee PDF Submission

Dementia - antipsychotic medications to care for people with behavioural and psychological symptoms

Addressing health inequity, Dementia, Professionalism

Best practices when considering the use of antipsychotic medications to care for people with behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD).

Therapeutic use of MDMA for PTSD and psilocybin for treatment resistant depression

Ethics, Professionalism, Psychedelics

Information for psychiatrists about psychedelic-assisted therapy with MDMA and psilocybin. PDF Clinical guideline

Therapeutic use of psychedelic substances

Psychedelics

Information for psychiatrists about the potential utility of psychedelic substances to assist in treating mental illness. PDF Clinical guideline

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

Productivity Commission Inquiry into Mental Health 2020

RANZCP Response to the Productivity Commission Draft Report Mental Health PDF Submission

Inquiry into the extent and nature of poverty in Australia

RANZCP submission to the Senate Community Affairs Reference Committee. PDF Submission

Health Legislation Amendment (Medicare Compliance and Other Measures) Bill 2021

Mental health legislation

RANZCP submission to the Australian Government PDF Submission

Inquiry into online gambling and its impacts on those experiencing gambling harm

Addiction

Submission to the Australian House of Representatives Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs’ inquiry into online gambling. PDF Submission

Reducing Pokies Harm

Addiction

RANZCP NZ Submission to the Department of Internal Affairs. PDF Submission

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

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

Inquiry into Assessment and support services for people with ADHD

Submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs’ Inquiry into the Barriers to consistent, timely and best practice assessment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and support services for people with ADHD. PDF Submission