Priya Alexander

And I think there are a lot of cons when it comes to chat GPT health and triaging medical issues.

But the pro here is that there's a resistance to those normal social demographic biases that often is evident in healthcare when it comes to gender and race and

Well, that's what this study appeared to show.

And I'm just saying that there is silver linings everywhere and perhaps a pro.

We can't be always negative on the health report.

So Louisa, you've looked at who's been initiated or how many people have been initiated on semaglutide from January 2020 to November 2023.

And this is in adults aged over 18.

What have you found in that time period?

Is it significantly increasing?

Do we have any further breakdown on who is getting these prescriptions in terms of gender or social demographic information?

You've mentioned that women were the majority, made up the bulk of people who were initially prescribed the GLP-1s, the semaglutide.

What about the indication, Louisa, if it's not on the PBS, if it's not for diabetes, in terms of clear indicators of why people might be getting the medications, is it always clear?

On ABC Radio National, you're with The Health Report.

It is.

And the first ever dedicated clinical practice guideline to support children with self-harm, with suicide, has been released.

It feels like it's been a huge gap.

There's been nothing in this space for health professionals, clinicians, GPs, psychologists, psychiatrists to kind of refer to.

That's right.

Or indeed parents and caregivers.

So this has been developed alongside the Murdoch Children's Research Institute, the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne and the University of Melbourne.