The following article was published in MJA InSight in response to an early article by Rosenberg and Hickie in the same publication. (Link) Stone L, Spielman K, Tam M, Lynch J, Su M, Senior T, Price K, Chalmers S, Burton G. Myth-busting: role of the GP in primary mental health care. MJA InSight. 2022 Aug …
Tag: mental health
Aug 19 2020
Mental health workforce needs in General Practice
I delivered this presentation to the Australian Government Department of Health, National Mental Health Workforce Strategy Taskforce today. This presentation outlines the critical importance of Australian general practice in the provision of community mental health care, and outlines some of the challenges and strategies from the perspective of GP mental health workforce.
Jun 01 2018
Mental health: no longer a lonely journey
I was interviewed by the RACGP Foundation for this article (link). Abstract There is no doubt that in the past, the perception of mental health in Australia has not been positive. For too long, Australians have often approached their mental health as something that could fix itself, or perhaps was not a problem at all. …
Feb 22 2016
Treating depression in general practice: the role of medication (short film)
This short film was produced by the Mental Health Commission of New South Wales as part of the Medication and mental illness: perspectives paper.
Dec 02 2015
Medication and mental illness (short film)
This short film was produced and released with the launch of the “Medication and mental illness” perspectives paper by the Mental Health Commission of New South Wales on 2 December 2015. I was interviewed and appear in the short film, and was involved in the development of the paper as a member of the Commission’s …
Dec 02 2015
Medication and mental illness – perspectives
This paper was launched by the Mental Health Commission of New South Wales on 2 December 2015. It “tells the story of medication as a treatment for mental illness from the perspective of consumers, carers, families and people who work within the mental health system”. I was involved in the development of this paper as …
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