• Home
  • About
  • Clinical
  • Authors
  • GP Opinion
  • Videos & Podcasts
  • Professional
  • Most read this year
  • Comments policy
  • RACGP
Menu

Filter
How space psychiatry became relevant during the pandemic

How space psychiatry became relevant during the pandemic

As NSW and Victoria see a COVID resurgence, an expert gives GPs management strategies for the psychological consequences of isolation and quarantine.


Isolation led to loss of function for people with dementia: Report

Isolation led to loss of function for people with dementia: Report

And those functions are unlikely to be restored.


COVID trade-offs: How to keep testing rates high

COVID trade-offs: How to keep testing rates high

With low case numbers and coronavirus fatigue setting in, is it time to make testing more palatable and favour quantity as much as quality?


‘We are at a critical point’: Urgent calls for people to properly self-quarantine

‘We are at a critical point’: Urgent calls for people to properly self-quarantine

The GP overseeing Victoria’s first GP-led hospital in the home for COVID-19 patients has urged people to take quarantine guidelines seriously.


GPs step up as Melbourne locks down

GPs step up as Melbourne locks down

With anxiety and distress spiking in suburbs plunged back into lockdown, GPs are answering the call to help in any way they can.


Mental health issues the ‘second wave’ of pandemic

Mental health issues the ‘second wave’ of pandemic

A new report suggests many Australians are struggling with isolation and stress due to the coronavirus lockdown.


Risk of infecting others with COVID-19 key concern for healthcare workers

Risk of infecting others with COVID-19 key concern for healthcare workers

GPs around Australia are under significant stress due to coronavirus and concerns regarding a lack of PPE, risk of passing the infection on to others and increased working hours.


Coronavirus posing significant mental health threat

Coronavirus posing significant mental health threat

The outcomes of social isolation during a pandemic go far beyond the physical.


Further ‘draconian’ coronavirus measures introduced

Further ‘draconian’ coronavirus measures introduced

The restrictions are designed to enhance social-distancing efforts, as medical facilities ration PPE and suspend almost all elective surgery.


Immediate coronavirus testing kit supplies guaranteed: Govt

Immediate coronavirus testing kit supplies guaranteed: Govt

But the personal protective equipment required to conduct such tests is being rationed ‘at every level of distribution’.


  • Previous
  • 1
  • 2
  • Next
Pages: 1 of 2
RACGP newsGP ArticlesnewsGP

Terms and conditions | Privacy statement | RACGP | recruitGP | AJGP

© 2018 The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) ABN 34 000 223 807