New psychiatry research released

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11 March 2009

New psychiatry research released

The latest edition of the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry has been released and contains a number of interesting and relevant research articles including:

• Excessive exercise in eating disorder patients and in healthy women
• Cross-validation of a school-based prevention programme for alcohol misuse
• Is suicidality distinguishable from depression?
• Motivational change in an inpatient anorexia nervosa population and implications for treatment

Abstracts of all articles in the March edition are available at: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~db=all~content=g908753511~tab=toc

Published by the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry contains high quality, peer-reviewed, original research articles, reviews and case reports in the field of psychiatry.

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About The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) is the principal organisation representing the medical specialty of psychiatry in Australia and New Zealand and has responsibility for training, examining and awarding the qualification of Fellowship of the College to medical practitioners.

There are currently more than 2750 Fellows of the College who account for approximately 85 per cent of all practising psychiatrists in Australia and over 50 per cent of psychiatrists in New Zealand. Close to 1000 trainees are undertaking basic and advanced training to become psychiatrists in both countries. Further information can be found at the College’s website: www.ranzcp.org.

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