Mental Health in Practice
Practical conversations about mental health care across Australia’s health system.
Mental Health in Practice is a podcast for health professionals working across the mental health system, featuring conversations grounded in real-world experience.
Each episode brings together perspectives from clinical practice, research, and sector expertise to explore contemporary mental health care.
The show focuses on what thoughtful, collaborative care looks like in practice – and how professionals across disciplines can better support mental health outcomes for Australians.
Mental Health in Practice
Clinical Uncertainty: Why the Answers Aren't Always Clear
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This episode was originally released in 2024 as part of MHPN's three-part series, Health in all its Complexity.
This three-part series features academic General Practitioners, Dr Wei-May Su and Professor Louise Stone, in conversation about the complexities of providing meaningful primary health care.
In episode two, they explore the challenges of providing primary health care when treating the rare, the unknown, the complex, the not learned about, and the different.
They reflect on the changes to the health system over the years and that currently primary care is dealing with more uncertainty than ever. They touch on issues of patient representation in medical research, accessibility and equity of care, the oversimplification of diagnostic processes, and how multidisciplinary care and collaboration can support practitioners.
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