PhD Symposium at Society for mental Health Research Conference

Amy Coe, Kali Godbee and Kylie McKenzie present three ways that mental health research is shaping the future of primary care

Three PhD candidates presented three ways that mental health research is shaping the future of primary care in a symposium at the Society for Mental Health Research Conference on Wednesday 27th November, 2019. The symposium, chaired by  A/Prof Victoria Palmer, focused on the importance of patient-centred approaches to mental health research that provide tailored and targeted approaches for improved mental-physical clinical care.

Presentations discussed:

  • the compound problem of antidepressant overprescribing and the lack of supports available to address it,
  • development of an implementation intervention to support the promotion of dementia risk reduction, and
  • the impact of motivational interviewing on collaborative care for mental-physical multimorbidity.

Symposium attendees were invited to share questions or comments using an interactive question-and-answer platform.