Priya Alexander

And we are joined by the Guideline Development Group Chair from Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Sydney Stephens.

Thank you for joining us.

Thank you for having me.

How much is stigma still a part of this?

Because you've just said misconceptions to, you know, something Norman said.

How much is stigma still a huge element of this story?

Some of the recommendations that I saw, and this is with my GP hat on, you know, there's things like really aiming for gold standard, DBT in place of CBT.

Yes, with a trained health professional and the kinds of wards that adolescents and children should be admitted to.

Some of it is, you know, I think real world, is all of it feasible?

And, you know, as someone practicing, I read it and I thought, that's gold standard, but I can't imagine accessing this for my patients.

Because the guidelines do address that specifically.

Thank you very much for having me.

Sydney Stephens from the Murdoch Children's Research Institute and the University of Melbourne.

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Madeline has written in in response to a story we did on the flu vaccine and what this year's flu vaccine contains.

And she says, I'm about to get my flu immunisation, but I'm wondering if we're still getting COVID boosters.

Haven't heard mention of it this year, although last year I'm pretty sure I had a combined flu and COVID shot.

It's not in the one vaccine.

But yes, absolutely.

We're still, you know, I'm talking all the time in the clinic about COVID boosters.