PhD, Senior Research Fellow, Primary Care Clinical Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld
To curb unnecessary and prolonged prescribing of antidepressants, we need to support general practitioners to initiate antidepressants less often and to review and stop antidepressants more often.
Internationally, eConsultant models have been trialled to address demands on healthcare systems without requiring face-to-face specialist input.