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by Dr Genevieve Yates
2020, a year in review: Dr Genevieve Yates
We've asked some Community of Practice members to tell us about what 2020 has meant to them. Some things may surprise you...
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Adding mirtazapine to SSRIs or SNRIs... does it work?
Imagine you are seeing Sue with major depression. You have referred her for talking therapy, tried a SSRI then an SNRI and she is still no better. What next? Is it worth adding in mirtazapine?
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Changing a lifetime sleep habit
Here’s a personal story about sleep from Dr Genevieve Yates that may tweak your interest in our next eMHPrac webinar.
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Falls: finding evidence across the Twitterverse and elsewhere
I follow a few people on Twitter who are involved in Geriatrics and it’s a useful way to hear of interesting discussions or guidelines. Recently I saw a tweet by an Irish geriatrician about “evidence based falls’ prevention”, which turned out to be an extract from a presentation by Sydney based Professor Stephen Lord.
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Finding frailty and responding in primary care
Most people have an intuitive understanding of the descriptive term ‘frail’. In the last few decades, it has been increasingly used in a technical sense in Healthcare.
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Multimorbidity has become “a Thing”
Why has multimorbidity become a “thing” – a generally known phenomenon? This is probably because it is being referenced more and more in policy (and funding related) documents and this is because multimorbidity is identified as a cause of increased health care costs.
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When the Lunatics Take Over the Asylum
Sometimes, just occasionally, I am still shocked by elements of the running community and how they absolutely will NOT accept science over their own opinion.
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Positive Psychology
We all understand that good health is more than the absence of disease. Health promotion and preventive medicine are core to our role as GPs. But how often do we consider measuring and/or enhancing the mental health of patients without mental health disorders?
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“I’m being bullied at work, doctor”
It’s Monday morning and you’re already 45 minutes behind. Jessie*, aged 39, walks into your consultation room and promptly bursts into tears. Between sobs she explains that she has reached the end of her tether at work due to “severe bullying” by a co-worker.
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