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Mental health and climate change

Do you know anyone who is distressed about climate change or concerned about the future of the planet? Is that person you?

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Clinical Opal - To CRP or not to CRP? That is the question
Clinical Opal - To CRP or not to CRP? That is the question
Dr Simon Morgan

Sally, a 41-year-old primary school teacher, presents to you with a six-week history of being “tired all the time”...

Examination of patients presenting following sexual violence within an intimate partner violence relationship
Examination of patients presenting following sexual violence within an intimate partner violence relationship
Dr Maaike Moller

General practitioners (GPs) are often the first contact for patients who are victims of intimate partner violence (IPV) including sexual assault.

Clinical Opal #16 - Vaccine preventable disease
Clinical Opal #16 - Vaccine preventable disease
Grace Larson

Jose is a 9 year unvaccinated child with a 5 day history of a low grade fever, cough and sore throat...

Netflix and chill
Netflix and chill
Dr Jan Orman

If a good friend suggested to you that, instead of going to the movies together, you just go home to “Netflix and chill” how would you respond?

Strategies for surviving the news
Strategies for surviving the news
Dr Jan Orman

“Mass shootings are part of the American landscape….”

OA of the hip: The HIT Trial
OA of the hip: The HIT Trial
Dr Simon Curtis

Osteoarthritis is by far and away the most common form of arthritis in Australia.

Clinical Opal #14 - CVD risk and statins in patients with CKD
Clinical Opal #14 - CVD risk and statins in patients with CKD
Dr Simon Morgan

Graeme, a 64-year-old retired builder, presented to you for repeat prescriptions two weeks previously as a new patient to the practice...

Clinical Opal #13 - 41 year old with hip pain
Clinical Opal #13 - 41 year old with hip pain
Dr Simon Morgan

Zoe is a 41-year-old graphic designer who presents to you with right hip pain...

What makes a mental health app work?
What makes a mental health app work?
Dr Jan Orman

Clinicians I talk to often say that they recommend mental health apps all the time, but they find that even the most enthusiastic users seem to disengage pretty quickly.