Can a Nurse Practitioner Prescribe Antidepressants in Australia? Written and clinically reviewed by Tammy Tran Merrick, Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (AHPRA-endorsed), MPhil (Addiction Medicine), University of Sydney. Last reviewed: October 2026. Yes. In Australia, an endorsed mental health Nurse Practitioner (NP) can assess you, make a diagnosis, order investigations and prescribe antidepressants — all within […]

If you have been told there is a long wait to see a psychiatrist in NSW, you are not imagining it, and you are not alone. Psychiatrist wait times in NSW have grown steadily over the past decade, and for many people in the Illawarra the wait for a first appointment can run to months. […]