The GP Show

Dr Scott Blair-West has been a consultant psychiatrist since 1993 specialising in anxiety disorders and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). He currently works in private practice and is also the co-founder and Medical Director of the inpatient OCD program at The Melbourne Clinic, the only inpatient OCD program in Australia. He is also a Senior Fellow at the University of Melbourne. Some resources: Treating OCD: A Clinician's Guide to Getting Unstuck Paperback by Dr Celin Gelgec Getting Over OCD Second Edition A 10-Step Workbook for Taking Back Your Life by Jonathan S. Abramowitz   Interested in studying lifestyle medicine, health coaching and new models of care in health and wellbeing?  Check out the JCU postgraduate courses: Grad Cert, Grad Diploma, and Master.  If you find this podcast valuable then subscribing, sharing, rating it 5 stars and leaving a review is appreciated. If you would like to provide feedback or request a topic, please contact me via thegpshow.com  Thank you for listening and your support.

Dr Campbell Thorpe is a psychiatrist working in child and youth mental health with the Alfred Hospital and in private practice, for the last 20 years. He is the Consultant Psychiatrist with the Victorian Centre of Excellence in Eating Disorders, and is currently the Head of Clinical Services, Headspace Early Psychosis Program, South Eastern Melbourne.   And he is clinician and trainer in the open dialogue practice, more information at https://opendialoguecentre.org.au/training-implementation/.   Interested in studying lifestyle medicine, health coaching and new models of care in health and wellbeing?  Check out the JCU postgraduate courses: Grad Cert, Grad Diploma, and Master.  If you find this podcast valuable then subscribing, sharing, rating it 5 stars and leaving a review is appreciated. If you would like to provide feedback or request a topic, please contact me via thegpshow.com  Thank you for listening and your support.

Professor Rhonda Wilson is a Wiradjuri woman, Professor of Nursing at University of Newscastle, Head of the School’s Indigenous Portfolio and Convenor of the Master of Mental Health Nursing.  Dr Cathy Francis has a PhD in environmental science and is completing her Master of Philosophy under Professor Rhonda’s supervision. Today we are discussing their recent paper “The personal cost of repetitive mental health inquiries that fail to result in change”, published in Collegian in May 2022. Interested in studying lifestyle medicine, health coaching and new models of care in health and wellbeing?  Check out the JCU postgraduate courses: Grad Cert, Grad Diploma, and Master.  If you find this podcast valuable then subscribing, sharing, rating it 5 stars and leaving a review is appreciated. If you would like to provide feedback or request a topic, please contact me via thegpshow.com  Thank you for listening and your support.

Joey Remenyi is the founder and director of Seeking Balance International.  She is a vestibular audiologist having trained and worked in one of the leading vestibular clinics in Melbourne, a registered senior yoga teacher, author of Rock Steady: Healing Vertigo or Tinnitus with Neuroplasticity.  Information, social media, book, online program at www.seekingbalance.com.au Interested in studying lifestyle medicine, health coaching and new models of care in health and wellbeing?  Check out the JCU postgraduate courses: Grad Cert, Grad Diploma, and Master.  If you find this podcast valuable then subscribing, sharing, rating it 5 stars and leaving a review is appreciated. If you would like to provide feedback or request a topic, please contact me via thegpshow.com  Thank you for listening and your support.

Associate Professor Kristin Neff is widely recognized as one of the world’s leading experts on self-compassion, being the first one to operationally define and measure the construct almost twenty years ago.  She received her doctorate from Berkeley, and is currently an Associate Professor in Psychology at the University of Texas. She has two books; Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself (2011) and her new 2021 book Fierce Self-Compassion: How Women Can Harness Kindness to Speak Up, Claim Their Power and Thrive. She is also co-founder of the non-profit Center for Mindful Self-Compassion. In conjunction with her colleague Dr. Chris Germer they have developed an empirically supported training program called Mindful Self-Compassion and Teaching the Mindful Self-Compassion Program: A Guide for Professionals.  You can find all her resources, books, guided practices on her website https://self-compassion.org/.   For the Master/Grad Diploma/Grad Cert in Lifestyle Medicine at James Cook University, check out: https://www.jcu.edu.au/courses/master-of-lifestyle-medicine/ https://www.jcu.edu.au/courses/graduate-diploma-of-lifestyle-medicine https://www.jcu.edu.au/courses/graduate-certificate-of-lifestyle-medicine If you find this podcast valuable, rating it 5 stars and leaving a review on your podcast app is appreciated. If you would like to provide feedback or request a topic, please Contact Us. Thank you for listening.

Dr Alexander Lehn is a neurologist with special interests in functional neurological disorders, movement disorders and cognitive neurology.  He is also a Senior Lecturer at the University of Queensland.  Functional Neurological Disorders account for the second most common presentation to neurological clinics.  They also may overlap and integrate with many other common disorders such as chronic pain, irritable bowel syndrome and chronic fatigue.  Their management and understanding exemplify the crucial importance of treating a person as a whole, not just a sum of their parts. Resources cited: http://neurosymptoms.org/ https://fndaustralia.com.au/resources/resources/educational-videos.html http://thegpshow.com/ Interested in studying lifestyle medicine, health coaching and new models of care in health and wellbeing?  Check out the JCU postgraduate courses: Grad Cert, Grad Diploma, and Master.  If you find this podcast valuable, please rate it 5 stars in iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher and other podcast apps.  Enjoy friends.

Sharon Curtain is a dietitian and health coach with twenty -five years experience in clinical and corporate nutrition. Sharon developed the first VET accredited Diploma of Health Coaching course in Australia at Victoria University.  Sharon is on the Board of Health Coaches Australia New Zealand Association and provides health coach training at Accredited Health Coaching Australia.  Sharon is also a lecturer and tutor in health coaching and nutrition as part of the James Cook University postgraduate qualifications in Lifestyle Medicine.   Interested in studying lifestyle medicine, health coaching and new models of care in health and wellbeing?  Check out the JCU postgraduate courses: Grad Cert, Grad Diploma, and Master.  If you find this podcast valuable then subscribing, sharing, rating it 5 stars and leaving a review is appreciated. If you would like to provide feedback or request a topic, please contact me via thegpshow.com  Thank you for listening and your support.

Dr Jim Connell is a GP, co-founder and CMO of Heyday Medicinal Cannabis, and is the past President of the Society of Cannabis Clinicians for Australia.    Some literature on medicinal cannabis for your review Anxiety - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35908759/ Psychiatric disorders  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31948424/ Chronic pain - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34497062/ Chronic pain https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34497047/ Chronic pain - https://www1.racgp.org.au/ajgp/2021/october/medicinal-cannabis Sleep - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34546363/ National Academies of Science - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28182367/ Cannabis and driving = https://www1.racgp.org.au/ajgp/2021/june/medical-cannabis-and-driving Medicinal Cannabis directory: https://catalyst.honahlee.com.au/    If you find this podcast valuable then subscribing, sharing, rating it 5 stars and leaving a review is appreciated. If you would like to provide feedback or request a topic, please contact me via thegpshow.com  Thank you for listening and your support.

Dr Rob Park is a GP and just about to complete his fellowship of pain medicine and Master of Pain Medicine. He is the past head examiner for the Applied Knowledge Test RACGP fellowship exam. He has designed and presented conferences on musculoskeletal clinical education, has a Master of Clinical Education, teaches with Griffith University and completes independent expert medical assessments for AHPRA. Some tools discussed: Brief pain inventory  Pain catatrosphising scale  Patient self-efficacy questionnaire  More "pain" info, including websites mentioned, videos, images and courses at https://thegpshow.com/bookshelf/painmedicine/ Interested in studying lifestyle medicine, health coaching and new models of care in health and wellbeing?  Check out the JCU postgraduate courses: Grad Cert, Grad Diploma, and Master.  If you find this podcast valuable then subscribing, sharing, rating it 5 stars and leaving a review is appreciated. If you would like to provide feedback or request a topic, please contact me via thegpshow.com  Thank you for listening and your support.

Dr Rob Park is a GP and just about to complete his fellowship of pain medicine and Master of Pain Medicine. He is the past head examiner for the Applied Knowledge Test RACGP fellowship exam. He has designed and presented conferences on musculoskeletal clinical education, has a Master of Clinical Education, teaches with Griffith University and completes independent expert medical assessments for AHPRA. Some tools discussed: Brief pain inventory  Pain catatrosphising scale  Patient self-efficacy questionnaire  More "pain" info, including websites mentioned, videos, images and courses at https://thegpshow.com/bookshelf/painmedicine/ Interested in studying lifestyle medicine, health coaching and new models of care in health and wellbeing?  Check out the JCU postgraduate courses: Grad Cert, Grad Diploma, and Master.  If you find this podcast valuable then subscribing, sharing, rating it 5 stars and leaving a review is appreciated. If you would like to provide feedback or request a topic, please contact me via thegpshow.com  Thank you for listening and your support.