Prof David Castle, Dr Marlene Tham, Dr Sanil Rege

September 25, 2018

Time to read: 10 minutes

Obesity and weight gain is a major health problem in Australia, with an increasingly large proportion of the general population – around a third ̵...

 Prof David Castle

August 13, 2018

Time to read: 8 minutes

Amphetamines come in many forms and have been used for decades recreationally and therapeutically. Methamphetamines are also available in a number of di...

 Dr. Malika Weerasinghe

February 19, 2018

Time to read: 7 minutes

A 17-year-old student was brought to the clinic by his parents with a one-week history of changed behaviour and unusual beliefs. He started believing th...

September 25, 2017

Time to read: 2 minutes

Wernicke’s Encephalopathy (WE) – Wernicke’s encephalopathy is an acute potentially reversible neuropsychiatric disorder ca...

 Dr Sanil Rege, Dr James Graham

September 25, 2017

Time to read: 10 minutes

Alcohol dependence, or alcoholism, is a chronic and severe condition that the WHO estimates to affect 140 million individuals globally. The WHO classifi...

Professor Mic...

January 13, 2017

Time to read: 3 minutes

Addiction is a chronic neurological disorder that involves the limbic cortico-striatal neural networks of the brain. During chronic drug exposure, there...

 Dr. Gabrielle Matta

October 30, 2016

Time to read: 3 minutes

Anti-NMDA-receptor antibody (Anti-NMDA-R ab) encephalitis is an important differential diagnosis of psychosis, being first demonstrated in young women w...