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“The course was absolutely fascinating, and I learned a great deal. Psych Scene has become one of my main sources of education in psychiatry and has significantly strengthened my clinical skills.”

Acute psychosis does not always reflect a primary psychiatric disorder.

When the trajectory is atypical, assuming it does can delay the right work-up.

Rapid change, cognitive fluctuation, catatonia, seizures or autonomic instability should shift the question:

Could this be autoimmune?

Inside The Academy, our Autoimmune Psychosis & Autoimmune Encephalitis course helps clinicians recognise when acute or subacute psychosis may signal autoimmune encephalitis rather than a primary psychotic disorder.

It provides a structured pathway through red and yellow flags, MRI, EEG, CSF and antibody testing, Neuropsychiatric Checklist for Autoimmune Psychosis (NEPCAP), diagnostic certainty and treatment thresholds.

In this course, you’ll learn how to:

- Recognise autoimmune encephalitis syndromes that can present with psychosis

- Identify red and yellow flags and when MRI, EEG, CSF and antibody testing are indicated

- Apply NEPCAP to structure the diagnostic work-up and weigh diagnostic certainty

- Differentiate autoimmune psychosis from primary psychiatric disorders

- Link diagnostic certainty to immunotherapy, psychiatric care and psychotropic management

Accreditation:

✅ 2 CPD Hours (EA 2)
✅ Self-Accreditable with RANZCP and Other Relevant Organisations
✅ RACGP Accredited
✅ Certificate of Completion

Start learning today. Link in the comments below.

Why are nightmares so common in PTSD?

Part of the answer lies in REM sleep, where fear memories are consolidated and trauma-related memories can reactivate.

Let’s look at how traumatic memories can resurface during REM and contribute to recurrent nightmares. 

To learn more about the nuanced neurobiology of PTSD, and how its underlying mechanisms can inform clinical assessment and formulation, click the link in the comments below and check out the full course inside The Academy.

In ADHD care, symptom improvement suggests that treatment is working.

But if daily function remains impaired, the clinical problem is not fully resolved.

A patient may be less inattentive or impulsive, but still struggle with motivation, sleep, emotional regulation or follow-through. 

For clinicians, the challenge is understanding why symptom response has not translated into meaningful functional change.

Led by Dr Sanil Rege, join us at The Academy for Advanced ADHD Masterclass: From Neurobiology to Individualised Care.

This clinically grounded masterclass explores how neurobiology, sleep and pharmacological variables can be integrated into more precise ADHD formulation and individualised treatment decisions.

After this masterclass, participants will be able to:

- Explain why knowing what to do may not lead to action using reward, effort, learning and internal-state regulation.

- Use interoception, predictive processing and active inference to understand attention, motivation and arousal.

- Construct a 24-hour formulation integrating sleep, circadian timing, cognition and medication effects.

- Individualise pharmacotherapy using functional targets, dose, formulation and timing.

Event details:

📅 Date: 28 November 2026
🕖 Time: 9:00 am – 5:30 pm AEDT (Melbourne Time)
🔀 Format: Hybrid (Live In-Person + Online)
📍 Venue: Pullman East Melbourne
🎟️ Access: $597 AUD for On-site Access / $397 AUD for Virtual Access

🏷️ Early Bird Price: $497 AUD for On-site Access / $297 AUD for Virtual Access

Upon completion, all participants will receive:

✔️ CPD Certificate
✔️ 13.5 CPD hours including 5 Measuring Outcomes
✔️ Q&A
✔️ 30-Day Replay Access

Click the links in the comments below and reserve your spot now.

You see a patient with depression who is restless and agitated.

The chart says: depression + anxiety.

But melancholic depression can also produce psychomotor agitation that looks very similar.

Here’s how to tell the difference. 

To learn more about how to recognise and diagnose melancholic depression and distinguish its clinical features from other depressive ‘presentations’, click the link in the comments below and check out the full course inside The Academy.

“Great course. I now feel much more confident assessing and managing adult ADHD in my practice, helping reduce unnecessary specialist referrals and improve treatment decisions.”

For GPs, ADHD care is no longer just about recognising the possibility and referring on.

It now requires confidence in assessing complexity, making treatment decisions, prescribing safely and knowing when specialist referral is genuinely necessary.

Led by Dr Sanil Rege, our ADHD Excellence across the Lifespan – A Practical Guide for GPs curriculum gives GPs a structured pathway for ADHD diagnosis, management and prescribing from childhood through adulthood.

This NSW Health-endorsed curriculum brings together clinical guidelines, case-based learning, stimulant and non-stimulant medication principles, comorbidity assessment and safe prescribing requirements.

In this course, you’ll learn how to:

- Apply clinical guidelines to assess, diagnose and manage ADHD across the lifespan

- Differentiate ADHD presentations in children, adolescents and adults

- Recognise comorbidities and complexity factors that affect diagnosis and treatment planning

- Compare pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment strategies

- Navigate stimulant and non-stimulant prescribing, including safe and legal use

Accreditation:

✅ 8 CPD hours (EA 5, RP 2, MO 1)
✅ RACGP accredited
✅ GPMHSC approved for 8 FPS CPD hours
✅ Certificate of Completion

Start learning today. Link in the comments below.

To learn more about the neurobiology of ADHD and how to support habit formation in clinical practice, click the link in the comments below and check out the full course inside The Academy.

Recovery in schizophrenia involves more than just one domain:

- Clinical: symptom reduction

- Personal: goals, values, and roles

- Functional: employment, education, housing, relationships and health

Here’s how these domains shape recovery, and what clinicians should assess alongside symptom control.

To learn more about how to assess functional recovery in schizophrenia and how to integrate clinical, social and functional domains into management, click the link in the comments below and check out the full course inside The Academy.

Depression in Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA) isn’t just about 'poor sleep'.

The stronger biological link may lie in intermittent hypoxaemia, which exposes the brain to repeated disturbances in oxygenation and cerebral perfusion.

Here’s what happens downstream of recurrent hypoxaemia, and how it may shape depression in OSA.

To learn more about the neuropsychiatry of sleep and translating sleep-related mechanisms into psychiatric assessment and management, click the link in the comments below and check out the full course inside The Academy.

To learn more about cholinesterase inhibitors and the clinical management of Alzheimer’s disease, click the link in the comments below and check out the full course inside The Academy.

PTSD can involve both heightened and reduced pain sensitivity.

Anxiety may amplify pain, while dissociation can blunt it.

Here’s how to tell these patterns apart, and why it matters when assessing pain in PTSD. 

To learn more about PTSD neurobiology and how these mechanisms can inform assessment, formulation and treatment planning in practice, click the link in the comments below and check out the full course inside The Academy.