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It’s unfortunate but true: Antidepressants really aren’t all that effective.

I have for a long time quoted the results of the STAR*D clinical trial as evidence for why we need to invest in new treatments such as…

Mar 31

It’s unfortunate but true: Antidepressants really aren’t all that effective.

Mar 31

Public funding of rTMS treatment in Australia: a long and winding road, to where?

Introduction

Sep 3, 2021

Public funding of rTMS treatment in Australia: a long and winding road, to where?

Sep 3, 2021

Do we finally now know how all antidepressants work?

For decades many within and without of psychiatry have successfully propagated the notion that depression is caused by not enough of the…

Feb 26, 2021

Do we finally now know how all antidepressants work?

Feb 26, 2021

rTMS Therapy and the dangers of flawed guideline development. An open letter to the RANZCP

For 20 years I have seen resistance to the development and uptake of repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) treatment in the…

Feb 23, 2021

rTMS Therapy and the dangers of flawed guideline development. An open letter to the RANZCP

Feb 23, 2021

Innovative solutions are needed, not less lockdown, to protect the mental health of young people…

So apparently the University of Melbourne Vice Chancellor believes that Australia’s so-called “lockdown mindset” could be doing more harm…

Aug 20, 2020

Innovative solutions are needed, not less lockdown, to protect the mental health of young people…

Aug 20, 2020

Why developing a vaccine may just well be the easiest step.

There will be serious societal challenges in COVID-19 vaccine implementation that we need to start addressing now.

Aug 14, 2020

Why developing a vaccine may just well be the easiest step.

Aug 14, 2020

Mental Health consequences of lockdown are absolutely no reason to limit COVID related restrictions.

There is going to be profound mental health consequences, regardless of how we manage the COVID pandemic.

Aug 4, 2020

Mental Health consequences of lockdown are absolutely no reason to limit COVID related restrictions.

Aug 4, 2020

What can we learn from the tortuous path to widespread clinical approval of the use of TMS therapy…

The development of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) as a therapy for patients with a depression, has been one of the most important…

Jun 15, 2020

What can we learn from the tortuous path to widespread clinical approval of the use of TMS therapy…

Jun 15, 2020

Ketamine — should we believe the hype?

It is really hard to underestimate the hype that has surrounded the development of ketamine as a potential antidepressant drug. In the…

Jun 4, 2020

Ketamine — should we believe the hype?

Jun 4, 2020

The Challenges of Depression Treatment in 2020

Over recent years there has been a laudable and impressive effort to reduce the stigma associated with mental health conditions such as…

May 27, 2020

The Challenges of Depression Treatment in 2020

May 27, 2020

Paul Fitzgerald

Paul Fitzgerald

Paul Fitzgerald is a Professor of Psychiatry specializing in brain stimulation and neuroscience applications to depression, schizophrenia @ other disorders

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