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Australian GPs conducted an estimated 16 million mental health-related consultations in 2012–13, which represents 12.3% of all doctor–patient encounters.1 Assessing mental health claims in the workplace has increased significantly and GPs are now handling far more complex cases.

‘The biggest growth with mental health consultations is in the workplace environment and relationships, whether it is bullying or harassment,’ Dr Ray Moore, a Victorian GP with a special interest in occupational health, told Good Practice. ‘It is a lot more complex because most times it is mixed up with all sorts of things, which makes it really difficult.

‘The biggest constraint [to GPs helping patients] is time, and remuneration for that time, because Medicare certainly doesn’t cover the GP in this area.’

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