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Disability services and allied healthcare
Allied health practitioners are healthcare professionals who can help you take care of your physical or mental health.
Read below about the allied health practitioners, who work with people with disabilities, and the services they give. If you or someone you care for is with disability, learn how the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIS) can help to support your access to these professionals and services.
Counsellors and counselling
Counsellors work in mental health and other settings. They specialise in building relationships based on discussions with the client and counsellor.
Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT)
Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) is a type of psychotherapy (talk therapy) that helps a person to identify and change thinking habits.
Occupational therapy
Occupational therapy can help if you are having difficulty with everyday tasks, the tasks that occupy you. Learn more about what it can do for you.
Paediatricians
Paediatricians diagnose, treat and provide care for babies, kids and teenagers; including illnesses and physical, mental and behavioural development.
Physiotherapy
Physiotherapy can help treat you if you have a problem with pain or movement. Learn more about what they do and how they can help.
Podiatrists
Podiatrists are experts in foot and ankle health. They can help to prevent and treat a wide range of conditions. Learn more and how to find one here.
Psychiatrists and psychologists
A psychiatrist is a doctor who has done extra medical training to become a specialist in mental health. Learn about how they can help you.
Psychotherapy
Psychotherapy is a group of therapies designed to help someone change their thinking patterns and improve their coping skills.
Social workers
Social workers provide counselling, information and referral to other services in crisis situations. Here's what to do if you need a social worker.
Speech pathology
Speech pathologists help people with communication and swallowing problems. Learn more about speech pathologists, what they do and how they can help.
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Medicinal cannabis - Patient access in South Australia | SA Health
Information for patients and clinicians on how to gain access to medicinal cannabis in South Australia.
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Drug and alcohol safety | Health
Everyone likes to occasionally unwind, celebrate and have a good time. However, consuming alcohol and drugs can hurt your body and have negative social consequences.
Read more on ACT Health website
Campylobacter infection
Campylobacter infection (also known as campylobacteriosis) is an infection of the digestive tract (or gut), caused by Campylobacter bacteria.
Read more on WA Health website
Anthrax | SA Health
Anthrax is a potentially fatal but very rare disease in Australia and usually occurs in people who have close contact with animals or their products
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Campylobacter infection | SA Health
Campylobacter infection usually causes gastroenteritis but may lead to more serious illness. Eating contaminated food is the most frequent cause.
Read more on SA Health website
Severe acute respiratory syndrome | SA Health
Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a respiratory illness caused by a virus called SARS associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV).
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Physical activity
Being active is important for all Australians and getting started is easy. Read our helpful hints for different age groups and find the best activity for you.
Read more on WA Health website
Get Healthy At Work
Get Healthy at Work is a NSW Health service that aims to improve the health of working adults.
Read more on Get Healthy Information and Coaching Service website
Hysterectomy
A hysterectomy is a surgical procedure to remove a woman’s uterus (womb) which is where a baby grows during pregnancy.
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Ways infectious diseases spread | SA Health
How infectious diseases spread including via air, personal contact, soiled objects, skin, mucous membranes, saliva, urine, blood, sexual contact, food and water
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Health Professionals | Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
You can refer a patient to Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre for consideration of a clinical trial. Trials are conducted in cancer prevention, diagnosis, treatment, survivorship and patient experiences.
Read more on Peter Mac - Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre website
Educating GPs on the over-prescription of pharmaceuticals - Alcohol and Drug Foundation
The rescheduling of pharmaceuticals that include codeine will tighten access to these drugs from 1 February. This makes now a timely moment to consider some of the wider measures that GPs can take to improve patient outcomes and avoid the over-prescription of some medications.
Read more on Alcohol and Drug Foundation website
Opioid Calculator
This opioid equianalgesic calculator is designed for specialist and general medical practitioners as well as for medical students, nurses and allied health practitioners engaged in the care of patients with persistent pain
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Drugs of dependence: Responding to requests
This fact sheet is a brief guide to identifying and responding to requests for drugs of dependence that might be inappropriate.
Read more on RACGP - The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners website
Estrogen for schizophrenia | Cochrane
Authors' conclusions: Adjunctive estrogen with or without progesterone does not appear to offer convincing advantages over placebo
Read more on Cochrane (Australasian Centre) website
Newer antidepressants for depression in children and adolescents | Cochrane
Authors' conclusions: Caution is required in interpreting the results given the methodological limitations of the included trials in terms of internal and external validity
Read more on Cochrane (Australasian Centre) website
Evidence on beneficial or harmful effects of bicyclol for chronic hepatitis C is not found | Cochrane
Authors' conclusions: Only one randomised clinical trial has examined bicyclol for patients with chronic hepatitis C
Read more on Cochrane (Australasian Centre) website
Amphetamines for schizophrenia | Cochrane
Authors' conclusions: Understandably amphetamines are rarely formally evaluated in randomised studies and therefore unpublished work in this area is likely to exist
Read more on Cochrane (Australasian Centre) website
Meditation therapy for anxiety disorders | Cochrane
Authors' conclusions: The small number of studies included in this review do not permit any conclusions to be drawn on the effectiveness of meditation therapy for anxiety disorders
Read more on Cochrane (Australasian Centre) website
Acupuncture for irritable bowel syndrome | Cochrane
Authors' conclusions: Sham-controlled RCTs have found no benefits of acupuncture relative to a credible sham acupuncture control for IBS symptom severity or IBS-related quality of life
Read more on Cochrane (Australasian Centre) website
