Mental Health

A new study has shown ketamine is effective in treating depression, and demonstrated just how it works in easing the symptoms 

A veteran hospital pharmacist calls on the sector to address burnout before increasing demands on pharmacists cause further loss of the industry’s “brightest sparks”

The long-awaited recommendations of a mental health and addiction inquiry are a step in the right direction but “a lot of hard work” lies ahead, says the new Pharmaceutical Society president

Inquiry panel wants to see primary care have much more capacity to care for people with mental health and addictions needs

The past year has seen the highest rate of suicide on record for New Zealand, and primary care holds some of the answer says David Codyre 

A University of Otago study has found more Kiwis are being prescribed antipsychotics without any hike in the country’s psychosis rates

A Wellington pharmacist who created fake prescriptions for codeine told her psychiatrist she planned to take her life by overdosing, the Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal has heard

An Auckland psychiatrist thinks ketamine could be administered in GP clinics for treatment resistant depression 

Pharmacy Today’s Dispensing Wisdom helps pharmacists find answers to questions bothering them about daily practice

Health minister David Clark says it was not possible to include representative from every health profession, in the new mental health advisory group set up to combat New Zealand’s serious suicide problem