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'Diagnosis, Management & Outcomes of Depression in Primary Care'
Building capacity in primary mental health care research and evaluation
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Presentations

2008

  • Professor Jane Gunn. Diagnosis, Management and Outcomes of depression in Primary Care (DIAMOND). Beyondblue, Melbourne, Australia. April 2008

  • Dr Gail Gilchrist and the diamond team. Depression and substance use disorders in primary care: the diamond study. International Congress of Dual Pathology: Addictive Behaviours and Other Mental Disorders, Madrid, Spain 29-31 May 2008

  • Professor Chris Dowrick and the diamond team. Depression and substance use disorders in primary care: the diamond study.WPA & WONCA Thematic Conference Depression and other Common Mental Disorders in Primary Care 18-21 June, 2008. Granada, Spain.  

  • Professor Jane Gunn. Chronic physical disease and depressive symptoms in the diamond screening sample. Beyondblue Clinical Reference Group, beyondblue, Melbourne, Australia, June 2008.

  • Professor Jane Gunn. Diagnosis, Management and Outcomes of Depression in Primary Care (DIAMOND). St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, June 2008

  • Ms Sandra Davidson, Professor Jane Gunn and Professor Chris Dowrick. Social isolation as a risk factor for chronic depression . GP & PHC Conference, Hobart, Australia, June 4-7 2008.

  • Ms Darshini Ayton, Professor Jane Gunn, A/Professor Julie Pallant, Ms Patty Chondros and the diamond team. The association between chronic physical conditions & depressive symptoms in Victorian general practice patients. WONCA/RACGP Asia Pacific Regional Conference Oct 2-5 2008

  • Professor Jane Gunn, Professor H Herrman, A/Professor Kelsey Hegarty, Dr Grant Blashki, Professor Dimity Pond, Professor Mike Kyrios, Ms Patty Chondros and the diamond team. Psychiatric, physical and social co-morbidity with depressive symptoms in primary care: the Diagnosis, Management and Outcomes of Depressive Symptoms Longitudinal (diamond) Study. Australian Society for Psychiatric Research (ASPR) conference 2-5 December 2008, Newcastle, NSW Australia

2007

  • Professor Helen Herrman and the diamond team “Diagnosing and managing depression in primary care: the diamond study” International Federation for Psychoanalytical Education (IFPE), Toronto, Canada. May 2007
  • Professor Jane Gunn “Diamond Consortium Update on Research in Depression” GPDV Mental Health Network, Melbourne, Australia. June 2007
  • Professor Jane Gunn (invited keynote speaker) “Everyone’s normal is different - the challenges of detecting and managing depression in general practice” Dean’s Lecture, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia. August 2007
  • Professor Jane Gunn (invited speaker) “Antidepressant use of the diamond cohort” National Prescribing Service Research and Development Working Group Meeting, Sydney, Australia. September 2007
  • Professor Jane Gunn (invited speaker) “Primary Care Depression Research” ORYGEN Research Centre Lunchtime Seminar, Melbourne, Australia. Nov 2007
  • Professor Jane Gunn “Diagnosis, Management and Outcomes of Depressive Symptoms Cohort Study in Australia Primary Care (diamond)” World Psychiatric Association Congress (WPA), Melbourne, Australia. Nov-Dec 2007

2006

  • Professor Jane Gunn (invited speaker) “Depression – is it a chronic illness?” International Society for Affective Disorders, Symposium, Lisbon, Portugal. 3-6 March, 2006
  • Dr Gail Gilchrist “Hazardous drinking among patients attending Victorian General Practice (Preliminary results from the diamond screening survey)” 17th International Conference on the Reduction of Drug Related Harm, Vancouver, Canada. 30 April - May 4, 2006
  • Dr Gail Gilchrist “Co morbidity of substance use and depression: the diagnosis, management and outcome of depression in general practice (diamond) longitudinal study” Turning Point Drug and Alcohol Centre, Melbourne, Australia. 12 May, 2006
  • Professor Jane Gunn, Dr Gail Gilchrist, Associate Professor Kelsey Hegarty, Ms Patty Chondros, Ms Vanessa Madden, and the diamond team “Depression and quality of life” Optimising Impact: 2006 GP & PHC Research Conference, Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre, Perth, Australia. 5-7 July 2006
  • Ms Maria Potiriadis, and the diamond team “Patient views of general practice: Results from the Diagnosis, Management and Outcomes of Depression in Primary Care (diamond) Longitudinal Study” Optimising Impact: 2006 GP & PHC Research Conference, Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre, Perth, Australia. 5-7 July 2006
  • Dr Gail Gilchrist andthe diamond team (poster presentation) “Hazardous drinking among patients attending Victorian General Practice” Optimising Impact: 2006 GP & PHC Research Conference, Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre, Perth, Australia. 5-7 July 2006
  • Ms Vanessa Madden and the diamond team (poster presentation) “What do depressed patients do for their emotional wellbeing? Use of health services, medications and self-regulated strategies” Optimising Impact: 2006 GP & PHC Research Conference, Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre, Perth, Australia. 5-7 July 2006
  • Professor Jane Gunn (invited keynote speaker) “P.S…Mental Health, Mental Health Care in Primary Care” Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners Annual Scientific Convention, Auckland, New Zealand. August 10-13, 2006
  • Professor Jane Gunn (invited speaker) “The diamond Consortium” beyondblue Victorian Partners Breakfast. Melbourne, Australia. 23 August 2006
  • Professor Jane Gunn (invited speaker) “General Practice and Primary Care Research – opportunities for linkage and exchange” Northern Hospital, Epping, Melbourne, Australia. 7 September 2006
  • Ms Patty Chondros, and the diamond team “Managing data in Stata: Experience from the diamond longitudinal study” 2nd Australia and New Zealand Stata Users Group Meeting. Marriott Hotel, Exhibition St, Melbourne, Australia. 20 September 2006
  • Dr Gail Gilchrist “Diagnosis, Management and Outcomes of Depression in Primary Care: A 12-month Longitudinal Study” Primary Care Research Unit, Department of General Practice, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia. December 2006

2005

  • Associate Professor Jane Gunn “Diagnosis, Management and Outcomes of Depression in Primary Care (diamond) - a longitudinal study” 5th Australian Women’s Health Conference, Carlton Crest Hotel, Melbourne, Australia. April 2005
  • Ms Leonie Alblas (medical student) (poster presentation) “Patient factors associated with trust of their GP: a gender comparison” 5th Australian Women’s Health Conference, Carlton Crest Hotel, Melbourne, Australia. April 2005
  • Associate Professor Jane Gunn “Diagnosis, Management and Outcomes of Depression in Primary Care (diamond); 6-month outcomes from a 12-month longitudinal pilot study” General Practice and Primary Health Care Research Conference: Getting research right for policy and practice, Adelaide, Australia. 26 July 2005
  • Ms Maria Potiriadis “Is it feasible to obtain random samples in large scale GP research?” General Practice and Primary Health Care Research Conference: Getting research right for policy and practice, Adelaide, Australia. 26 July 2005
  • Dr. Gail Gilchrist (poster presentation) “Naturalistic studies of depression in general practice: what do we know?”General Practice and Primary Health Care Research Conference: Getting research right for policy and practice, Adelaide, Australia. 26 July 2005
  • Associate Professor Jane Gunn and Dr. Grant Blashki, “The diamond Consortium” (invited speaker) beyondblue Victorian Centre of Excellence Research Forum, Melbourne, Australia. 12 August, 2005
  • Associate Professor Jane Gunn and Dr. Gail Gilchrist (invited speaker) “Diagnosis, Management and Outcomes of Depression in Primary Care (diamond) - an interdisciplinary approach” Primary Mental Health Conference- Primary Care Led Mental Health Reform: Reaping the Benefits, Perth, Australia. 3-6 November, 2005
  • Dr Gail Gilchrist, Associate Professor Jane Gunn, Associate Professor Kelsey Hegarty, Ms Vanessa Madden, Ms Patty Chondros “Hazardous drinking among patients attending Victorian General Practice: Preliminary results from the Diagnosis, Management and Outcomes of Depression in General Practice (diamond) screening survey” APSAD Conference 2005, Melbourne, Australia. 6-9 November 2005
  • Associate Professor Jane Gunn (invited speaker) “Depression as it really is in GP land” General Practitioner Conference and Exhibition, Melbourne, Australia. 13 November, 2005

2004

  • Associate Professor Jane Gunn (invited speaker) “Diagnosis, Management and Outcomes of Depression in Primary Care (diamond)” beyondblue Victorian Centre of ExcellenceResearch Forum, Melbourne, Australia. May 2004
  • Associate Professor Jane Gunn “Diagnosis, Management and Outcomes of Depression in Primary Care (diamond)” General Practice Divisions Victoria (GPDV) Mental Health Network Meeting, Melbourne, Australia. June 2004
  • Ms Patty Chondros (poster presentation). “Designing a longitudinal study in the Australian general practice setting” International Biometric Conference & Australian Statistical Conference, Cairns, Australia, July 2004
  • Professor Helen Herrman (poster presentation). “Diagnosing and Managing Depression in Primary Care: The diamond study” St Vincent's Hospital Research Week, Melbourne, Australia. September 2004
  • Dr Gail Gilchrist (poster presentation) “Designing a longitudinal study in the Australian general practice setting”Health Outcomes 2004, Perspectives on Population Health, 10th annual National Health Outcomes Conference, Canberra, Australia. September 2004
  • Associate Professor Jane Gunn “Diagnosis, Management and Outcomes of Depression in Primary Care (diamond) - a longitudinal study” Annual Scientific Convention of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, Melbourne, Australia. September 2004
  • Dr Gail Gilchrist (invited speaker) “Diagnosis, Management and Outcomes of Depression in Primary Care (diamond) - a longitudinal study” Primary Mental Health Team, Academic Unit, 130 Bell Street, Melbourne, Australia. October 2004
  • Associate Professor Jane Gunn “Diagnosis, Management and Outcomes of Depression in Primary Care (diamond) - a longitudinal study” North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG), Orlando Florida, USA, October 2004
  • Dr Gail Gilchrist (invited speaker) “Diagnosis, Management and Outcomes of Depression in Primary Care (diamond) - a longitudinal study and the diamond Consortium” The Department of General Practice, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia. November 2004

Publications

  • Dowrick C, Kokanovic R, Hegarty K, Griffiths F, Gunn J. Resilience and depression: perspectives from primary care. Health: An Interdisciplinary Journal for Social Study of Health, Illness and Medicine. 2008;12(4): 439-452

  • Gunn J, Gilchrist G, Chondros P, Ramp M, Hegarty G, Blashki G, Pond D, Kyrios M, Herman H. Who is identified when screening for depression is undertaken in general practice? Baseline findings from the Diagnosis, Management and Outcomes of Depression in Primary Care (diamond) longitudinal study. MJA 2008, 188:12, 119 -125

  • Potiriadis M., Chondros P, Gilchrist G., Hegarty K., Blashki G, Gunn J. How do Australian Patients rate their general practitioner? A descriptive study using the General Practice Assessment Questionnaire. MJA 2008, 189:4, 215 – 219

  • Kokanovic R, Dowrick C, Butler E, Herrman H, Gunn J. Lay accounts of depression amongst Anglo-Australian residents and East African refugees. Social Science & Medicine 2008, 66;454-466

  • Gilchrist, G., Gunn, J. Observational studies of depression in primary care: what do we know? BMC Family Practice 2007;11(8):28 (this paper gained ‘highly accessed’ status on BMC within one month of publication)
  • Pierce, D., Gunn, J. GPs’ use of problem solving therapy for depression: a qualitative study of barriers to and enablers of evidence based care. BMC Family Practice 2007;25(8):24
  • Pierce, D., Gunn, J. Using problem solving therapy in general practice. Aust Fam Physician 2007;36(4):230-3
  • Hutton, C., Gunn, J. Do longer consultations improve the management of psychological problems in general practice? A systematic literature review. BMC Health Serv Res 2007; 17(7): 71
  • Gunn, J., Diggens, J., Hegarty, K., Blashki, G. A systematic review of complex system interventions designed to increase recovery from depression in primary care. BMC Health Serv Res 2006;16(6):88 (this paper gained ‘highly accessed’ status on BMC within one month of publication)
  • Gunn, J. Towards a practical solution for depression in general practice. New Zealand Family Physician 2006: 33(4); 239-242
  • McGarry, H., Hegarty, K., Gunn, J. How do Victorian GPs manage patients with depression? Australian Family Physician 2005; 34(7):603-606
  • Mihalopoulos, C., Kiropoulos, L., Ting-Fang Shih, S., Gunn, J., Blashki, G., Meadows, G. Exploratory economic analyses of two primary care mental health projects: Implications for sustainability. The Medical Journal of Australia 2005:183(10);S73-76

 

Conference Presentations

RACGP Conference 2004 [PDF 223k]

GPCE Presentation 2005 [PDF 2.4Mb]

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