Mental health first aid

Dr Linda Calabresi

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Dr Linda Calabresi

GP; Medical Editor, Healthed

Dr Linda Calabresi

Managing patients with mental health issues is a common recognised challenge for Australian GPs. Managing families and carers is a common often unrecognised challenge for Australian GPs. Knowing someone with a mental health issue, living with them, working with them or caring for them can be extremely difficult and exhausting, never knowing what the right thing is to say or do.

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