Danielle Matzer
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51 appearances
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first heard Jul 2019
last heard Jul 2019
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Great to be here, thanks.
Well, there's lots of different issues that can arise in the workplace that can influence a person's mental health.
You know, we all experience different levels of stress in our workplace and work pressure, but sometimes that can be very heightened or there can be harassment or bullying, sometimes sexual harassment.
And for others, there's exposure to traumatic events, particularly for people who work in the defence forces or in emergency services.
And all of these kinds of issues can bring about a great deal of mental stress and perhaps a work-related mental health condition.
Yeah, so, you know, for people who work, that's not all you do in your life.
And, you know, mental health and wellbeing comes about from so many different factors.
And GPs understand this and know their patients well and know also that there might be stuff going on in the family.
There may be a previous history of mental illness in that particular patient.
And then there may be new issues arising in the workplace that give rise to a mental health condition or exacerbate a pre-existing one.
And it's sometimes very difficult to tease that all out, particularly when you're first presented with these issues by the patient who may come in in a very distressed state sometimes.
Well, we actually looked at this when we were developing our guideline to see what evidence there was that could support GPs to better understand whether a mental health condition had arisen as a result of work.
And there wasn't much evidence in the literature to guide us.
So we had a wonderful panel who developed this guideline and we made a consensus-based recommendation that really the GP needed to be very comprehensive in their clinical assessment and really consider the factors that were being discussed by the patient, like what pressures were going on, what changes had occurred in the workplace.
and what the relationship was between these factors and the time of symptom onset and really to try and make an assessment as to whether the condition was consistent with what was being described.
So I think GPs are the first point of call often for these kinds of conditions.
And it's the GP's place to really help to make a diagnosis and sort out a management plan.
And our guidelines are really focused on being very patient-centred and working with the patient to achieve the best outcomes.
And in doing so, GPs will often work with various health professionals, whether they be psychologists or psychiatrists or occupational therapists.
They'll also work with the patient's workplace.
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