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This is the fourth year of my exploration of studies and readings on the process known as decolonisation. When I reflect on this journey, several instances have reminded that there is a semblance of a journey (movement) in the discourse of decolonisation, although things are largely static. From the perspective of the Global South, I observe that all major grant makers and investors are located in the Global North. The Global North also houses important knowledge-certifying institutions and significant universities that receive research grants to study the Global South. Furthermore, Institutional Review Boards in the Global North define and mainstream ethics derived from their own cultural sensibilities. These factors contribute to the dominant influence of colonisation, which can be seen as clouds roaring from the top and affecting the Global South. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article introduces a special issue of the Community Development Journal designed to explore aspects of community development through an explicitly ethical lens. Arguing for a broad understanding of ethics as inextricably linked to practice and politics, it introduces the concept of 'ethics work' to capture the cognitive and emotional efforts community development workers expend to identify and handle matters of responsibilities, rights, harms, and benefits. Drawing inspiration and illustrations from contributions to the special issue, the article identifies ethical questions and concerns at three inter-related levels: micro (everyday relationships and interactions), meso (strategies for community development engagement and action), and macro (distribution of power and resources). After examining case examples of micro- and meso-ethical encounters, the article moves to consideration of macro-ethical questions linked to the political context of community development as a movement or project. The importance of interrogating the contradictory ideologies underpinning community development is stressed, ensuring the ethical lens is broad and versatile enough for practitioners to view their work reflexively with reference to postcolonial, postmodern, and posthuman perspectives. The article concludes with a call for a situated ethics of eco-social justice, seeing ethics as embedded in everyday practice while located in political and ecological contexts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: To determine the incidence of clozapine-induced myocarditis and cardiomyopathy and identify risk factors.Method: A cohort of 129 patients initiated on clozapine at Toowoomba Mental Health Service from year 2000 until 2011 was examined to evaluate cases of myocarditis and cardiomyopathy. Risk factors were analysed using multivariable logistic regression.Results: The incidence of clozapine-induced myocarditis and cardiomyopathy was 3.88% and 4.65% (or 2.26 per 100 patient years), respectively. A significant association was identified between clozapine-induced myocarditis and SSRI use (p = 0.043). Subclinical cardiomyopathy was identified in the absence of symptoms in the majority of cases.Conclusions: These results illustrate a high incidence of clozapine-induced myocarditis as well as cardiomyopathy, reinforcing the need for a standardised, mandatory monitoring scheme. Concomitant SSRI use as one such potential predictor merits further study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]