CL Psychiatrist for Older Persons, Director of Training, Psychiatry, ECT Director. Deputy Chair, QDAF. Associate Professor, JCU. Director, Serenity Clinics FNQ
Cairns, Queensland
Joined September 2009
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Ajay V Macharouthu retweeted
We’re delighted to announce that Professor Nandini Chakraborty has been elected as the next Dean of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, after a ballot with a turnout of 21.1% and a total of 3,674 votes cast.
The position of Dean is one of the most senior roles in the College and plays a significant part in our efforts to ensure our workforce meets the needs of communities across the UK.
The Dean also provides strategic leadership on psychiatric training and supports the development of a valued and sustainable workforce.
Professor Chakraborty will take up her post at the AGM on 16 June, succeeding Professor Subodh Dave who was elected the College’s next President in April.
Ajay V Macharouthu retweeted
📔 Approved in Nov 2024, the @APApsychiatric Clinical Guidelines for #delirium are now published!
The statements often get the press, but don’t overlook the implementation sections. So many gems in there.
🧐 Let’s take a quick look at the statements…
psychiatryonline.org/doi/boo…
Ajay V Macharouthu retweeted
Delirium treatment should involve *brain care* AND *mind care*.
#delirium
Ajay V Macharouthu retweeted
🧠 Delirium is the only dedicated delirium journal.
👍100% open access.
👍Ultra-low fees (Euro 20 submission, Euro 280 publication).
👍All study types welcome & rapid 4-week peer review.
#delirium #medtwitter
Ajay V Macharouthu retweeted
“Nobody used the word delirium. I thought I’d lost my mind.”
— Delirium survivor
➡️ Always provide clear information, including telling the patient they have delirium, during the episode. Then explain & de-brief afterwards.
Ajay V Macharouthu retweeted
#Delirium: a history - infographic
Find this and other infographics at deliriumday.com
Ajay V Macharouthu retweeted
How does delirium disrupt so many brain functions? Widespread network dysfunction in delirium demonstrated on FDG-PET scans. doi.org/10.1002/alz.70993
Ajay V Macharouthu retweeted
"I was so afraid, so afraid, and I cried and shouted…. I was certainly very afraid… I was convinced that they were going to kill me."
#Delirium
Congratulations Andy 🎊 Very well deserved! Newly appointed Dean of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists @RANZCP @rcpsych @ANZDA_delirium
Ajay V Macharouthu retweeted
🆓 authors.elsevier.com/a/1m3ri… 🆓
This 🔓 Share Link 🔗 will be live for the next 50 days.
Would love to hear everyone's thoughts on the topic!
🙌 I'm so excited about this review 🙌
You know how #dementia is often plagued by behavioral & psychological symptoms?
Well, #delirium also has its panoply of potential neuropsychiatric disturbances that deserve attention as well.
doi.org/10.1016/j.jagp.2025.…
Ajay V Macharouthu retweeted
The Ken Rockwood edition of delirium unbound podbean.com/eas/pb-8etdv-196… with special guest chair Eddie Strivens @Krockdoc @edstrivens @andyteodorczuk @ajjuss @WalpoleBrianna
Ajay V Macharouthu retweeted
These are much needed to standardise and improve #delirium practice - thx @MarkOldhamMD 🇺🇸
📔 Approved in Nov 2024, the @APApsychiatric Clinical Guidelines for #delirium are now published!
The statements often get the press, but don’t overlook the implementation sections. So many gems in there.
🧐 Let’s take a quick look at the statements…
psychiatryonline.org/doi/boo…
Ajay V Macharouthu retweeted
A feeling of loneliness or isolation is commonly reported in people experiencing #delirium.
Don't leave them feeling like this. Speak kindly, explain what is happening, involve family.
Ajay V Macharouthu retweeted
Thanks Colm for being such a leader in the #delirium field. Your persistence is inspirational #declared25
Moving risk management of delirium to community is the key and well stressed by Emma Vardy! @ADADECLARED2025
Let's stop using the term "Pleasantly Confused". There is nothing pleasant about it...#ADADECLARED2025
Ajay V Macharouthu retweeted
We haven’t got there yet - need to be less nice to leverage change. Need art, science, health promotion and a focus to tackle inequalities. Requirements to be bottom up and top down! The challenge is it isn’t taken seriously by colleagues #DECLARED2025
Ajay V Macharouthu retweeted
Every hospital should have a delirium champion. We have stroke and sepsis champions - why not #delirium?
#PatientSafety