Alexander Sweetman, Nicole Lovato, Jenny Haycock, Leon Lack
Cognitive and behavioural therapy for insomnia (CBTi) strategies are recommended as the first-line treatment by the RACGP. This article discusses some simple and effective, but often underused, CBTi options accessible to Australian GPs and patients.
This update on keratinocyte cancers, formerly known as nonmelanoma skin cancers, incorporates changes from the 2019 revision of the Cancer Council Australia guidelines on diagnosis and management.
The prevalence of risk factors for gestational diabetes mellitus is increasing and GPs have a key role in reducing the potential adverse short- and long-term consequences for women and their children through vigilance in prepregnancy counselling, early testing during pregnancy and postpartum follow up.
Hester H.k. Wilson, Fergal Armstrong, Ian G. Thong
TGA and PBS changes that aim to reduce opioid- related harm came into effect on 1 June 2020. Implications for GPs prescribing opioids and treating patients with pain are illustrated by case studies.
Long-term opioid use is associated with high rates of psychiatric comorbidity. Careful and sensitive assessment by the GP can help manage long-term opioid use both in people who use illicitly and in those with chronic pain.
GPs are well placed to promote sexual health among adolescent and young adult patients, which includes sexually transmissible infection prevention and screening.
The symptoms and initial evaluation in this case suggest an uncommon clinical syndrome characterised by episodes of burning pain, redness and increased temperature that affects the extremities.
