Andy Teodorczuk

Old Age Psychiatrist, MNMH, TPCH. Executive Dean RANZCP. President of the Australasian Delirium Association. Professor UQ and QUT. AE Age and Ageing ⚾️

[AustralasianDelirium @ANZDA_delirium]

#12 Spencer Freeman and the experience of delirium https://t.co/3hfJ6IZ9jd Powerful and moving message for clinicians on making the invisible visible in delirium care @boehmleanne @andyteodorczuk @EelesEamonn @SGFesquire @AmerDelirium @EDA_delirium @LADIG_Delirium @ScotDelirium

[Eamonn Eeles @EelesEamonn]

Next delirium unbound out soon a real pleasure to have the inspirational Spencer Freeman on surviving and thriving post ICU delirium. A must listen for unbounders! @boehmleanne @WesElyMD @andyteodorczuk @ANZDA_delirium @EDA_delirium @AmerDelirium @ScotDelirium @LADIG_Delirium

[Eamonn Eeles @EelesEamonn]

Delirium aetiology. aid-dst. Pilot open version. For demonstration purposes only. No clinical information is stored. https://t.co/8UnVvNOID8 @andyteodorczuk @NadeekaDissa @petewnr @ANZDA_delirium

[AustralasianDelirium @ANZDA_delirium]

Delirium unbound #11 Daniel Davis and the music of delirium brought to you with special co-hosts Shaun Pandy and Elizabeth whiting from the ANZSGM in Adelaide. Out soon!!

[Alasdair MacLullich @A_MacLullich]

Ringside at the referral fight:

"It's organic, not psych." "It's psych, not medical." "Not appropriate for our team."

The patient: still delirious, still suffering.

#delirium #medtwitter

[British Geriatrics Society @GeriSoc]

The BGS Delirium Hub covers everything from an introduction to the area to education, training, and research. It's a great resource. https://t.co/MyJOIIfxPJ

[AustralasianDelirium @ANZDA_delirium]

Prof Daniel Davis bringing delirium phenomenology and epidemiology home with key messages for patient safety at the Metro North Delirium Symposium

[Medical Education @MedEd_Journal]

Generalism is prized in MedEd but often fuzzy. We outline 4 dimensions: career, learning context, clinical approach & flexibility. Authors arguing that clarity is vital for curriculum design. @ASMEofficial #MedEd https://t.co/Kq9xZ1Cmfo

[Alasdair MacLullich @A_MacLullich]

In Memoriam: James "Jim" Rudolph

As Editor of the Delirium journal, I am honoured to publish this posthumous piece by Jim Rudolph - a leading delirium researcher, geriatrician, mentor, and dear friend to many in the field.

Jim wrote this shortly before his death.

It captures in his characteristic funny and penetrating style his lifelong commitment to better recognition, prevention, and care of delirium.

"Up we go."

🔗 https://t.co/eKMz0sHzay

[Alasdair MacLullich @A_MacLullich]

Some studies show that in some undergraduate degrees nurses get no formal #delirium training.

For an emergency that affects 1 in 6 hospital patients.

Help me understand why this is.

[Anna Stokke @rastokke]

❓What exactly are Rosenshine's 10 principles of instruction? He calls them "research-based principles all teachers should know." I go through them in this clip. Check out the full episode with Tom Sherrington on Chalk & Talk!
https://t.co/9psup04o3H

[Koen Milisen @KoenMilisen]

🧠 Introducing the new 9‑item short Delirium Observation Screening Scale (s‑DOSS). Faster and more nurse‑friendly delirium screening tool built for busy clinical practice📄 Read the article:
https://t.co/H7M6bw1Iet
#delirium #geriatrics #nursing #patientsafety

[Steven Pinker @sapinker]

New interview on Australian Broadcasting Corporation Radio: "Steven Pinker thinks we’re worried about the wrong things" https://t.co/9ndqK1zFeV via @ABCaustralia

[Alasdair MacLullich @A_MacLullich]

Let's look at delirium and dementia:

Episodes of delirium: more rapid progression of dementia.

Delirium survivors: x3-fold higher risk of future dementia.

➡️ We really need the support of dementia charities in helping improve delirium care.

#delirium #dementia #medtwitter

[Robert Howard @ProfRobHoward]

The best way to engage the next generation of psychiatrists in old age psychiatry is to give them an opportunity to work with us and our patients. It took me 3 days in an SHO post to realise that this was the patient group I wanted to spend my working life looking after.

[Om Prakash, MD @ompsychiatrist]

Psychiatry is being told once again to step back. To prescribe less. To hesitate more. To practice “gentle medicine.” That sounds virtuous until you look closely. Six uncomfortable points.

1. Psychiatry is not reckless. It already works under uncertainty every day. The real danger is not overconfidence. It is paralysis disguised as caution.
2. Severe depression, psychosis, bipolar disorder, catatonia and suicidality do not wait for philosophical clarity. Delay kills. Calling delay “gentle” does not make it ethical.
3. Average effect sizes are waved around to dismiss treatment. Real patients are not averages. Many return to work relationships and life because treatment was started on time.
4. Medication harms are loudly discussed. The harm of non-treatment relapse disability suicide is strangely quieter. That imbalance is not neutral. It shapes fear driven practice.
5. The chemical imbalance story is repeatedly used as a moral indictment. It was a public simplification not a clinical doctrine. Psychiatry never practiced cartoon biology.
6. “Gentle medicine” is a luxury concept. In low-resource settings it often translates to no treatment delayed care and abandoned patients.

Psychiatry does not need moral lectures about restraint. It needs the freedom to act decisively when illness demands it.

Less ideology.
Better judgment.

[Giuseppe Bellelli @GiusepeBellelli]

Happy to share our just publised editorial on @Age_and_Ageing Delirium superimposed on dementia (DSD)—a practical approach https://t.co/KRgatrdhyf @AleMorandi78

[Royal College of Psychiatrists @rcpsych]

“You learn much more from the young people than they do from you.” Eminent psychiatrist Sir Robin Murray discusses being a mentor – just one aspect of his terrific interview with RCPsych, which covers his career highlights, the barriers he has faced, and what he’s relishing tackling next. #ThriveinPsychiatry

https://t.co/Wjqgft01Yi

[Royal College of Psychiatrists @rcpsych]

Have you seen the programme release for our new event, Breaking Boundaries: Planet, Mind and Action? Highlights include talks from well-known experts in the field, panel discussions, Q&A and much more!

View the programme here: https://t.co/qQhY4OHSlQ
#RCPsychPlanetMindAction🌍

[Royal College of Psychiatrists @rcpsych]

Join us for 'Psychiatry has a Psychedelic Future', where we'll explore the evolving role of psychedelic medicine in psychiatry.

The event will feature leading experts, including Professor David Nutt, as well as lived experience workers.

For more info: https://t.co/YrxbU5y1s8