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Dr Sarangan Ketheesan
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Psychiatrist. MBBS, MPH, FRANZCP. PhD Candidate and Senior Lecturer at UQ, Australia. Researching PTSD and allostatic load. Views my own.
Our article is out now in Australasian Psychiatry!

We explore autoimmune neuropsychiatric sequelae of Group A Strep infections in Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people; a neglected clinical challenge.

#IndigenousHealth #Neuropsychiatry

Open access: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Autoimmune neuropsychiatric sequelae of group A streptococcal infections in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: an overlooked burden? - Sarangan Ketheesan, Vicki Wade, Te-Yu Hung, Kathryn V ...
Objective We highlight two autoimmune neuropsychiatric sequelae of group A streptococcal (GAS) infection that may cause disproportionate levels of psychiatric m...
journals.sagepub.com
June 17, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Reposted by Dr Sarangan Ketheesan
Doctors would not take this sort of action lightly. Resignations by public sector psychiatrists are a sign of how dire the #mentalhealth workforce crisis has become in NSW. #medsky #psychsky #auspol

www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
Half of NSW's public hospital psychiatrists threatening to resign
NSW's entire hospital system would be put under strain if half of the salaried workforce leave, but many psychiatrists believe it is the only way to get the government's attention, the doctors' union ...
www.abc.net.au
November 20, 2024 at 6:52 AM
Dr Bronwyn Herbert - a UQ Alum - was named Senior QLD Australian of the Year for 2025. PhD at 90 (!) and has led quite a remarkable life thus far. This UQ story from last year is well worth a read. #AcademicSky

stories.uq.edu.au/news/2023/pr...
Proving age is no barrier: social worker earns PhD at 90
Dr Bronwyn Herbert is the embodiment of lifelong learning. At the age of 90, the long-time social worker is graduating from The University of Queensland after completing her PhD thesis on the generati...
stories.uq.edu.au
November 19, 2024 at 8:06 AM
This + more publishers/ journals/ universities should consider setting up shop here 🦋 #PsychSky #academicsky
November 19, 2024 at 5:53 AM
If this announcement is what I think it’s going to be about, this will be an important stride for the researchers who have joined this platform! #academicsky #PsychSky
Tune into this account on 19th November for the first of two new announcements coming within the next 6 weeks. #academicsky #altmetrics
November 16, 2024 at 3:56 PM
Reposted by Dr Sarangan Ketheesan
#PsychSky - a global community of psychiatrists, psychologists, mental health professionals, people w lived experience, policy folks & anyone else interested in the brain - is growing! Follow starter packs I & II below. Just say if you want to be added 🧠

go.bsky.app/C36fgiD

go.bsky.app/3UH1pKc
November 15, 2024 at 4:20 AM