Australian and New Zealand doctors' experiences of disciplinary notifications, investigations, proceedings and interventions relating to alleged mental health impairment: a qualitative analysis of interviews.

When poor mental health impairs a doctor's ability to safely practise medicine, poor patient outcomes can result. Medical regulators play a critical role in protecting the public from impaired doctors, by requiring monitoring and treatment. However, regulatory processes may paradoxically harm doctors, with potential adverse implications for the community.

Impact of Covid-19 on the mental health needs of asylum seekers in Australia.

Objective: This paper highlights the significant mental health vulnerabilities of people who have sought asylum in Australia and their additional adversities as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Conclusions: Australia's policies in relation to asylum seekers result in multiple human rights violations and add significantly to mental health vulnerabilities. Despite a majority being identified as refugees, people spend years in personal and administrative limbo and are denied resettlement in Australia.

Building workforce capacity in Australia and New Zealand: a profile of psychiatrists with an interest in intellectual and developmental disability mental health.

Objective:: To describe the characteristics of psychiatrists working in the area of intellectual and developmental disability mental health (IDDMH) across Australia and New Zealand.

Methods:: A secondary analysis of data collected by the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists 2014 workforce survey. Characteristics of the IDDMH workforce ( n=146 psychiatrists) were compared with those of the broader psychiatry workforce ( n=1050 psychiatrists).

Career satisfaction and work stressors in psychiatrists and psychiatry trainees in Australia and New Zealand.

Objective: To assess the level of career satisfaction and factors associated with work stress in members of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP).

Methods: In 2014 an online survey was distributed to members of the RANZCP (including psychiatrists and psychiatry trainees).

Results: A total of 1051 members responded to the survey.

Access to healthcare by psychiatrists, psychiatric trainees and overseas trained psychiatrists: findings from the RANZCP welfare study.

Objective: To understand the challenges faced by psychiatrists and psychiatry trainees in accessing healthcare.

Methods: An online survey was distributed to all members (fellows, associates and affiliates) of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) and a number of focus groups were held across Australia and New Zealand.

Results: A total of 1051 members responded to the survey and nine focus groups were held.

The value of a support group for medical professionals with substance use disorders.

Objective: The objective of this study was to explore how a support group in Victoria, Australia, that has been set up for doctors and medical students with substance use disorders is perceived by group members.

Method: Past and present participants were surveyed anonymously regarding their attitudes to the group and its role in their recovery.

Results: Respondents overwhelmingly valued the support group, seeing it as an integral and essential part of their recovery and on-going health.

Doctors and medical students case managed by an Australian Doctors Health Program: characteristics and outcomes.

Objective: The aim of this paper is to describe the characteristics and outcomes of participants with an Australian physician health program, the Victorian Doctors Health Program (VDHP), for case management of substance use disorder (SUD) and/or significant mental illness.

Method: As part of quality assurance, processes data, including demographic information, care plan components and outcomes, were analysed.

Results: Between 2001 and 2008, 115 participants undertook case management plans with the VDHP.

Keeping the doctor healthy: ongoing challenges.

Despite positive changes to doctors' working conditions, the stresses have changed rather than disappeared.

The psychological impact of September 11 terrorism on Australian inpatients.

Objective: To investigate the psychological impact on Australian hospital patients of the media coverage of the September 11 (9/11) terrorist attack.

Methods: Thirty psychiatry and 26 matched medical and surgical inpatients were assessed.

Results: Both reported and observed distress was common.