Textbook
Depression: a short textbook for GP's
  C.A. Russell, R.J. Lyndon, L. Hendy, E. Chiu, G. Byrne


Authors:

Dr. Carolyn Russell
MBBS (Qld) Dip. RACOG Grad. Dip. Soc. Sic (QUT)

Background
Graduate of Universtity of Queensland (1978)

  • Resident Medical Officer,Royal Brisbane Hospital 1979-80
  • GP Registrar, Royal Brisbane Hospital. 1981
  • Part-time general practice, 1982 - 1986
  • Full-time General Practice 1986 - present
  • Student,Master of Social Science (Counselling)University of Technology

Topics of Interest

  • General Practice Psychiatry and Counselling

Memberships or Affiliations

  • Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
  • Royal Australian College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
  • Australian Medical Association
  • Brisbane North Division of General Practitioners
  • General Practice Psychiatry Project

Dr. Bill Lyndon
Current positions:
  • Lecturer, Dept. Psychological Medicine, University of Sydney
  • Assistant Director, Mood Disorders Unit, Northside Clinic
  • Member, Committee for psychotropic drugs and other physical treatments, RANZCP
  • Coordinator, ECT Training Programme, RANZCP

Previous Experience:

  • Graduation (MBBS) 1972, UNSW
  • FMP Trainee 1973-1976
  • General Practice, Moree, 1977-1981
  • General Practice, Sydney CBD 1982-1985
  • Psychiatry Registrar, Concord Hospital, 1985-1989
  • Private practice, Psychiatry, 1990-

Fellowships:

  • FRACGP 1978
  • FRANZCP 1990

Dr. Lynn Hendy
Background

Dr.Lynn Hendy is currently Clinical Director of Med-E-Serv Pty Ltd, a national supplier of electronic services to the health care industry. Lynn has a background in general medical practice, having trained in the Family Medicine Program.

More recently, she has been involved in hospital administration, having been Director of Clinical Services at North West Private Hospital, and Medical Superintendant at St. Andrew's War Memorial Hospital, both located in Brisbane, Queensland.

At both these hospitals, Lynn established post-graduate education programs for clinicians. Alongside her current role in Med-E-Serv, where she leads the education arm of the business, she works as a general practitioner.

Publications

Education Improved - the Technology Tool Box
Paper for the HIANSW Conference, Woollongong NSW, February 1995


Professor Edmond Chiu
Background
    Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age
    University of Melbourne
    St. George's Health Service

Dr. Gerard Byrne
BSc(Med) MBBS PhD FRANZCP
Background
    Director of Geriatric Psychiatry, Royal Brisbane Hospital.
    Acting Head, Department of Psychiatry, University of Queensland.

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