Rachel Carter

4 days ago | ausdoc.com.au | Rachel Carter

“Every doctor reading this will have experienced traumas in their working life. “As a profession, we do not deal with that well. × If this is your first visit to the new AusDoc website, reset your password here. Remember MeForgot Password?

1 week ago | ausdoc.com.au | Rachel Carter

It was 30 December 2019, and GP Dr Sara Renwick-Lau was preparing for her first summer holiday in years. Tourists had been streaming into the coastal Victorian town of Mallacoota, just south of the NSW border, taking her practice’s patient population from 1000 to almost 8000. × If this is your first visit to the new AusDoc website, reset your password here.

1 week ago | ausdoc.com.au | Rachel Carter

A set of drug-specific antidepressant deprescribing guidelines targeting a “poorly understood” area of clinical practice has received RACGP endorsement. Developed by University of Queensland researchers, the tapering plans cover 15 of the most commonly prescribed antidepressants, including sertraline, citalopram and fluoxetine. × If this is your first visit to the new AusDoc website, reset your password here.

3 weeks ago | ausdoc.com.au | Rachel Carter

Social media and the cost of living are adding to the childhood mental health burden and the resultant rise in antidepressant prescribing, a child psychiatrist says. Research suggests that mental illness in children and young people is 50% more common than around two decades ago. × If this is your first visit to the new AusDoc website, reset your password here.

4 weeks ago | ausdoc.com.au | Rachel Carter

The high-profile Canberra practice placed in voluntary administration two weeks ago will reopen, at least in the short term, under a deal with an unnamed private operator. But the practice, which universally bulk-billed its 4900 patients and offers drug and alcohol services as well as gender-affirming care, has also secured a pledge of a further $3.8 million from the Federal Government to keep it afloat long-term.