Raising Awareness of Mistreatment Policies and Reporting Procedures Using a Novel Medical Student Mobile Application.

Background: Reports of mistreatment are an important first step to improving medical students' learning environment. Students may not report mistreatment due to a lack of awareness of institutional policies, reporting procedures, or for fear of reprisal.

Aim: We sought to determine if a medical school cross-platform mobile application (app) could be used to improve students' awareness of mistreatment policies and procedures.

Evaluating the Feasibility and Acceptability of a Psychosexual Intervention for Couples Post-allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation.

Purpose: Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) can have a long-term impact on patients' sexual functioning and consequently, their relationship satisfaction. This study aimed to examine the feasibility and acceptability of a 5-session psychosexual intervention for HSCT survivors and their partners.

Methods: To be eligible patients were required to be more than 3 months post-allogeneic HSCT.

Exploring the experiences of staff conducting psychology consultations via telehealth in an oncology hospital.

Purpose: During the COVID-19 pandemic, telehealth delivery of psychological care services expanded to meet the needs of people with cancer. This study examined psychologists' attitudes toward using telehealth during the pandemic peak in a tertiary oncology hospital.

Methods: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with ten psychologists who used telehealth to deliver psychological services.

Feasibility and efficacy of 'Can-Sleep': effects of a stepped-care approach to cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia in cancer.

Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the feasibility and clinical efficacy of the Can-Sleep stepped-care intervention for people with cancer-related sleep disturbance.

Methods: A total of 147 individuals with cancer were screened. Participants who reported sleep disturbances and were at low-moderate risk for intrinsic sleep abnormalities were given self-managed cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (SMCBT-I).

The Psychological and Wellbeing Impacts of Quarantine on Frontline Workers during COVID-19 and Beyond.

Objective: The current study investigated the experiences, wellbeing impacts, and coping strategies of frontline workers who participated in "Hotels for Heroes", an Australian voluntary hotel quarantine program during the COVID-19 pandemic. The program was open to those who were COVID-19 positive or exposed to COVID-19 as part of their profession.

Methods: Frontline workers who had stayed in voluntary quarantine between April 2020 and March 2021 were invited to participate in a voluntary, anonymous, cross-sectional online survey including both quantitative and qualitative responses.

Primary cardiac lymphoma: a case report.

Background: Primary cardiac lymphoma is an extremely rare malignancy involving the heart and pericardium. It is a disease that most commonly effects the right atrium and right ventricle. Left untreated it carries a very poor prognosis.

Evaluation of consultation liaison psychiatry in Australian public hospitals (AU-CLS-1).

Objective: This study aimed to determine whether consultation liaison psychiatric service (CLS) staffing within Australian public hospitals meet national and international minimum staffing standards.

Method: Semi structured interviews were conducted with CLS Directors across Australia from August to December 2021. Data were collected on demographics, staffing, funding, hospital size and admissions.

Study protocol of a pilot study evaluating feasibility and acceptability of a psychosexual intervention for couples postallogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

Introduction: Sexual dysfunction is one of the most common side effects of allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) for haematological cancers. Problems can persist between 5 and 10 years post-transplant and impact mood, couple intimacy and relationship satisfaction. Few intervention studies, however, target sexual dysfunction in patients post-HSCT.

Feasibility and Acceptability of : A Stepped-Care Program to Manage Fear of Cancer Recurrence in People with Metastatic Melanoma.

Immunotherapies and targeted therapies have revolutionised treatment of metastatic melanoma and improved survival rates. However, survivors treated with novel therapies are vulnerable to high levels of fear of cancer recurrence or progression (FCR). Existing FCR interventions have rarely been trialled in people with advanced cancer.

Corrigendum to: Cancer patients' use of and attitudes towards medicinal cannabis.

Access to medicinal cannabis is a timely and important issue in cancer care. Recent legislative changes in Australia have increased access to medicinal cannabis, but the views of people with cancer on this topic are poorly understood. The aim of this study was to explore the prevalence of the use of and attitudes towards medicinal cannabis among people with cancer.

Cancer patients' use of and attitudes towards medicinal cannabis.

Objectives Access to medicinal cannabis is a timely and important issue in cancer care. Recent legislative changes in Australia have increased access to medicinal cannabis, but the views of people with cancer on this topic are poorly understood. The aim of this study was to explore the prevalence of the use of and attitudes towards medicinal cannabis among people with cancer.

Teaching psychological processes and psychotherapy to medical students.

Objective: Psychiatrists are in a key position to teach medical students about psychotherapy. Whilst at first it may appear a formidable task, it need not be so. It should however, have applicability to the bulk of students, who will not go on to psychiatry training.

Three Years After Black Saturday: Long-Term Psychosocial Adjustment of Burns Patients as a Result of a Major Bushfire.

Despite increasing evidence that burn injuries can result in multiple psychological sequelae, little is known about the long-term psychosocial adjustment to burns sustained in a major bushfire. The aim of the present study was to assess long-term psychological distress and health-related quality of life in Australian burns patients as a result of the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires. Eight male and five female burns patients with a mean age of 53.

Twelve tips for performing well in vivas.

The viva examination is a common method of assessment in medical education. It is, in essence a performance given by candidates to examiners, and as such, candidates would be well advised to optimize their performance. Knowledge and skills are essential to passing the viva, but they alone are not sufficient.

Formulation for beginners.

Objective: Developing a formulation is an important method of understanding the people we treat. Writing a formulation need not be seen as burdensome or difficult. Our objective is to provide a framework for the formulation process to make it more accessible for beginners.

Bullying, adverse childhood experiences and use of texting to promote behavior change.

Purpose Of Review: This article addresses three areas in which new research demonstrates the potential to impact the health of children and adolescents: bullying, adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and texting to promote behavior change.

Recent Findings: Recent research on bullying emphasizes its impact on children with chronic medical conditions, and highlights cyber bullying as a rising issue. ACEs are now recognized as risk factors for many health issues, particularly mental health problems.

Alignment: a conceptual shift from adherence.

Developing a treatment plan with a patient is one of the cornerstones of clinical medicine. The current concept of adherence, a conceptual shift away from the notion of compliance, connotes an agreement to and implementation of a plan. There are, however, myriad causes that can impinge on whether or not a treatment plan is followed through.

Disability after injury: the cumulative burden of physical and mental health.

Context: Injury is one of the leading contributors to the global burden of disease. The factors that drive long-term disability after injury are poorly understood.

Objective: The main aim of the study was to model the direct and indirect pathways to long-term disability after injury.

Stepped early psychological intervention for posttraumatic stress disorder, other anxiety disorders, and depression following serious injury.

The best approach for implementing early psychological intervention for anxiety and depressive disorders after a traumatic event has not been established. This study aimed to test the effectiveness of a stepped model of early psychological intervention following traumatic injury. A sample of 683 consecutively admitted injury patients were screened during hospitalization.

Mailing GP reply letters after psychiatric assessment - a pilot randomised controlled trial.

Background: Patients are not always fully aware of the details of their assessment and management plan detailed in the letter sent from the specialist to the general practitioner following referral. One approach to solving this problem is for the specialist to copy the GP reply letter to the patient.

Objective: To determine whether receiving a copy of the GP reply letter improves outcomes in patients referred by their GP for a psychiatric assessment.

Twelve tools for teaching medical students.

Objective: The aim of this paper is to outline strategies for teaching psychiatry to medical students. The background is that today's medical students are tomorrow's doctors. Undergraduate psychiatry teaching provides us a unique opportunity to instil positive attitudes, knowledge and skills in the medical workforce of the future.