The Academy by Psych Scene is a transformative platform tailored for psychiatry professionals who seek to excel in their field. Our meticulously curated content, crafted by psychiatry experts and elite learning designers, focuses on enhancing your practical knowledge and clinical expertise at an exceptional value.
Our dynamic courses will give you cutting-edge skills and insights to keep you at the forefront of the rapidly evolving psychiatry landscape. Each course also contributes towards your Psychiatry CME and CPD points, supporting your continuous professional development.
Our mission is to empower health professionals with advanced psychiatric knowledge, fostering transformative change in mental health care.
🎓 100+ hours of cutting-edge, interactive courses
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“Very informative and well presented — indeed an excellent integration of neuroscience and clinical practice.”
In addiction, one of the most practical clinical questions is also one of the most contested:
“Is addiction a disease?”
How you answer this question changes how you conceptualise behaviour, relapse, and what treatment is trying to achieve in the context of addiction.
Led by Dr Sanil Rege, our Addiction Neurobiology & Treatment: Advanced Neuropsychiatric Training for Psychiatrists course provides a clinically focused exploration of addiction neuroscience, then translates these insights into treatment principles that can immediately be applied in practice.
In this course, you’ll learn how to:
- Explain the neuroscience of pleasure and pain in addiction
- Evaluate the Brain Disease Model of Addiction and what it means clinically
- Understand the role of dopamine, opioids, and other neurotransmitters in addictive behaviours
- Describe the neuroadaptations that contribute to the shift from liking to compulsive seeking
- Apply treatment principles based on neuroscientific targets in addiction
Accreditation:
✅ 2 CPD
✅ Self-accreditable with RANZCP and other relevant organisations
✅ Self-accreditable with RACGP
✅ Certificate of completion
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Psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy is seen as a breakthrough and emerging field, but clinicians must navigate evidence, judgement, and safeguards.
Join Dr Jonathan Laugharne for a live webinar on practical, grounded clinical application.
Inside the session, we’ll talk about:
- Core principles of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy
- MDMA and psilocybin mechanisms of action
- Current research evidence and clinical outcomes
- Australian legal and regulatory frameworks
- Patient selection, safety, setting, and supervision
- Multidisciplinary care in treatment delivery
Upon completion, all participants will receive:
✔️ CPD certificate
✔️ 1.5 EA CPD hours
✔️ Q&A
✔️ 30-day replay access
Live Online, 12 May | 6:00 PM AEST
Limited spots available.
Reserve your spot now.
Link in the comments below.
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We're heading to Melbourne for RANZCP 2026! 🎉
Come visit us at Booth 14.
We've got a clinical quiz running across the congress, a daily scoreboard to see how you stack up against your peers, and free article handouts to take home.
Enter through the main entry, walk straight to the Posters display, and turn right. We'll be there.
3–7 May · Melbourne · Booth 14
See you! 👋
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“Great course! We get so little instruction in psychotherapy, so it is wonderful to have such well-articulated advice and instruction.”
Unlike other psychotherapeutic approaches, psychodynamic psychotherapy can be a deeply exploratory modality that may not suit every clinician or patient.
This very complexity is also why many clinicians seek greater clarity and confidence in applying it effectively in practice.
If you’re looking to deepen your practice through a psychodynamic lens, this course offers a clear and clinically grounded starting point.
Led by psychotherapy expert A/Prof Neil Jeyasingam, our Unlocking the Power of Psychodynamic Psychotherapy course provides clinicians with a clear overview of the key principles and techniques central to psychodynamic practice.
In this course, you’ll learn how to:
- Define psychodynamic psychotherapy
- Understand the “Third Observer” and its role in psychodynamic practice
- Identify which patients are good candidates for psychodynamic psychotherapy
- Implement psychodynamic psychotherapy in your practice, including key steps and risks to consider
- Seek and use supervision to support safe, effective psychotherapy practice
Accreditation:
✅ 1.5 CPD
✅ Self-accreditable with RANZCP and other relevant psychiatric and mental health organisations
✅ Self-accreditable with RACGP
✅ Certificate of Completion
Start learning today. Link in the comment section.
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Not all PTSD reflects the same neurobiological pattern.
Some presentations are predominantly hyperaroused. Others are predominantly dissociative.
This distinction has direct clinical implications.
To go deeper into PTSD phenotypes, the neurobiology of hyperarousal vs dissociation, and how this shapes assessment, staging, and treatment planning, explore the PTSD & Complex PTSD Curriculum inside The Academy.
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“The presenter clarified the components that are involved in such a way that demystifies autism for clinicians who might otherwise overlook or misdiagnose the presentation.”
Autism assessments are inherently high-stakes and high-noise. This clinical challenge often hinges on uncertainty about what to prioritise, what “counts” diagnostically, and how to avoid both missed diagnosis and unnecessary onward testing.
This is where a structured, criteria-led clinical ASD approach matters: taking an ASD-focused developmental history, recognising nuanced comorbidities, and using the right tools to support clear decision-making.
Led by Dr James Shelly, our Understanding Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Comprehensive Guide to Clinical Assessment & Diagnosis course is designed to help mental health professionals strengthen their practical ASD assessment and diagnostic skills, with a clear focus on clinical criteria, tools, and interventions.
In this course, you’ll learn how to:
- Apply key concepts and clinical criteria used in ASD assessment and diagnosis
- Take a comprehensive ASD-related developmental history
- Assess social-emotional reciprocity, non-verbal communication, and relationship development
- Recognise common and nuanced comorbidities relevant to accurate diagnosis
- Use effective tools and interventions to assess, treat, and monitor ASD symptoms
Accreditation:
✅ 5 CPD
✅ Self-accreditable with RANZCP
✅ RACGP, ACRRM and GPMHSC Accredited
✅ Certificate of Completion
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Schizophrenia is often framed through the mesolimbic dopamine model.
But recent neuroimaging suggests dopaminergic dysfunction may be more pronounced in the dorsal striatum than previously emphasised.
That distinction matters clinically. Here’s why:
For a practical, evidence-based update on schizophrenia care, join Professor Dan Siskind and Professor Shuichi Suetani for The ANZJP GRADE Guidelines for the Management of Schizophrenia 2026 on 28 April, click the link in the comments below.
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Autoimmune Encephalitis (AE) is a relatively rare neuroinflammatory disorder.
However, what makes AE so hard for clinicians to spot isn't just its rarity.
Rather, it is that it can look psychiatric early.
To avoid misdiagnosis, here’s a 3-point AE diagnostic criteria clinicians should know.
To learn more about the neurobiological intricacies of Autoimmune Encephalitis and how to apply the AE diagnostic criteria in practice, click the link in the comments below and check out our course on Autoimmune Psychosis & Autoimmune Encephalitis inside The Academy.
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ADHD often persists into adulthood.
However, despite being heavily supported by existing clinical data, adult ADHD remains one of the most underdiagnosed conditions in practice. (Young and Goodman, 2016)
Here are 6 clinical factors key to this diagnostic gap.
(Click through to see all 6)
To learn more about assessment and management of adult ADHD in clinical practice, click the link in the comments below and check out the full course inside The Academy.
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Schizophrenia remains one of the most complex conditions to manage in clinical practice.
The ANZJP GRADE Guidelines (2026) provide a comprehensive, evidence-based framework, although applying them in real-world settings is where most clinicians get stuck.
This webinar with Prof Dan Siskind and Prof Shuichi Suetani breaks it down into clear, practical decision-making you can use immediately.
Inside the session:
- First-episode psychosis assessment
- Antipsychotic selection across illness stages
- What to do when medication is declined
- Integrating psychosocial, physical health, and family involvement
- Applying GRADE recommendations in real clinical scenarios
🎓 CPD included
🎥 Replay access available
Live Online, 28 April | 7:00 PM AEST
Limited spots available.
Reserve your spot now.
Click the link in the comments below to reserve your spot.
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