Dr Grant Blashki

Collaborative Partner, McCaughey Centre
Senior Research Fellow, Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne
Honorary Senior Lecturer, Department of Health Services Research, Kings College London

Email: gblashki@ unimelb.edu.au

Introduction
Qualifications
Current research
Publications
Research supervision interests

Introduction

Grant is a practicing general practitioner, Senior Research Fellow in the University of Melbourne’s Department of General Practice, and an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London. His three research interests are climate change and health, mental health care and knowledge transfer. Grant is lead editor of General Practice Psychiatry, and is also a Mentor for the Al Gore Climate Change Leadership Project.

Qualifications

MD MBBS FRACGP

Current Research

Pirkis J, Burgess P, Whiteford H, Blashki G, Littlefield L. An evaluation of the new Medicare Benefits Schedule psychologist item numbers: Impacts for psychologists and their patients 2006- 2009, Australian Rotary Health Research Fund. Grant based at the Program Evaluation Unit, School of Population Health, University of Melbourne.

Blashki G, Pirkis J, Gunn J, Kroschel J, Day J. Reducing Suicide in Men Through General Practice. (SIM study) 2007, beyondblue Victorian Centre of Excellence in Depression.

Blashki G, Gunn J, Mihalopolous C, Pirkis J. Optimising the Primary Mental Health Care Workforce, 2007, Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute.

Blashki G PHCRED Research Fellowship, 2007-2010

Brown A, O’Dea K Rowley K Weeramanthri T, Blashki G. Men, Hearts and Minds, Australian Rotary Health Research Fund. Grant held at Menzies School of Health, $178,839.

Gunn J, Hegarty K, Huworth R, Gilchrist G, Pierce D, Griffiths F, Blashki G, Griffiths K, Dowrick C, Pond D, Mihalopoulos C, Kyrios M, Herrman H. RE_ORDER- Re-organising care for depression and related disorders in Australian primary health care setting, 2005, Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute. Funding for Research in Priority Areas for Primary Health Care: Stream Three

McGartland M, Selzer R, Ellen S, Blashki G, Richards J, Fitzgerald P. A Randomised Controlled Trial of a Letter Intervention in Primary Care Patients to Improve Depression and Anxiety Disorders, 2005, beyondblue Victorian Centre of Excellence in Depression.

Kiropoulos L, Blashki G, Griffiths K. Multicultural Information on Depression online (MIDonline): Development of an IT resource to improve depression literacy and assist in pathways to mental health care for people of CALD background, 2005-2006, beyondblue Victorian Centre of Excellence in Depression.

Publications

Fogarty A, Horton G, Blashki G, Morrel E GreenClinic – A Pilot Educational Intervention for Environmentally Sustainable General Practice 2008; in press

Blashki G Climate Change and Rural Health Workforce editorial Australian Journal of Rural Health 2008; 16: 1.

Kohn F Pirkis J Morley B Nacarella L Blashki G Utilization of findings from the evaluation of a major primary mental health care initiative in Australia Evaluation Journal of Australia 2008  in press

Blashki G GPs and the Environment editorial Australian Family Physician 2007; 36: 981.

Blashki G McMichael T, Karoly D Climate Change and Primary Health Care Australian Family Physician 2007: 986-989.

Morley B, Pirkis J, Nacarella L, Kohn F, Blashki G, Burgess P Improving access to and outcomes from mental health care in rural Australia. Australian Journal of Rural Health 2007; 15:304–312.

Edelman S, Blashki G Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Managing Anxious Patients in General Practice. Australian Family Physician 2007; 3: 212- 220.

Ellen S, Selzer R, Norman T, Blashki G Pharmacological treatment of depression and anxiety in general practice Australian Family Physician 2007; 3: 222-227.

Monash D, Richards J, Blashki G. Meadows G Are Australian medical students missing out on psychological skills? Australian Family Physician 2006;35(12):1011-2 .

Blashki G, Butler C, Brown S Climate change and Health – what can GPs do? Australian Family Physician 2006; 35: (11) 833 – 928.

Morley B, Pirkis J, Sanderson K, Burgess P, Kohn F, Nacarella L, Blashki G Better outcomes in mental health care: The impact of different models of psychological service provision on consumer outcomes. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry  2007; 41, 142-149.

Hickie I, Blashki G. Evidence into practice: the mental health hurdle is high. Medical Journal of Australia. 2006; 184 (11): 542-543.

Pirkis J, Stokes D, Morley B, Kohn F, Mathews R, Naccarella L, Blashki G, Shandley K, Littlefield L, Burgess P Impacts of Australia’s  Better Outcomes in Mental Health Care  program for psychologists. Australian Psychologist 2006; 41: 152-159.

Pirkis J, Burgess P, Kohn F, Morley B, Blashki G, Naccarella L Models of psychological service provision under Australia's Better Outcomes in Mental Health Care Program Australian Health Review 2006, 30, 277-285.

Ryan P, Richards J, McCabe M, Blashki G, Pierce D, Groom G. General Practitioner’s mental health training and use of cognitive behavioural strategies to treat depression and related disorders. Primary Care Mental Health 2007; in press.

Pirkis J, Blashki G, Murphy A, Hickie I, Ciechomski L The role of general practitioner based research in the development of national policy: Two international case studies. Journal: Australia and New Zealand Health Policy 2006; 3:4.

Gunn J, Diggens J, Hegarty K, Blashki G A systematic review of complex system interventions designed to increase recovery from depression in primary care.  BMC Health Services Research 2006.

Mindfulness Academic Interest Group Allen N, Blashki G, Chambers R, Ciechomski L, Gullone E, Hassed C, Knoght W, McNab C, Meadow G. Mindfulness-based psychotherapies. A review of conceptual foundations, empirical evidence and practical considerations. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 2006; 40:285-294.

Keks N, Blashki G The acutely psychotic patient. Assessment and initial management. Australian Family Physician March 2006; 35: 90-94.

Blashki G, Pirkis J, Morgan H, Ciechomski L Managing depression and suicide risk in men presenting to primary care physicians. Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice. 2006; 33: 211-221.

Austin D, Blashki G, Klein B, Barton D. Managing Panic Disorder in General Practice.; Lekarz Rodzinny 2006;1(101):108-115.

Clarke DM, Smith GC, Peake JA, Trauer T, McCall L , Blashki G, Piterman L. Evaluation of a short course in psychiatry for general practitioners. Australasian Psychiatry 2006; 14: 76-80.

Blashki, G, Keks, N, Stocky, A, Hocking, B. Managing schizophrenia in general practice. Lekarz Rodzinny 2006;3(103):350-356.

Brown A, Blashki G Linking the Heart and Mind to Explain Indigenous Male Health Disadvantage: General Practice at the Coal-face. Australian Family Physician. 2005; 34:813-819.

Mihalopoulos C, Kiropoulos  L,  Shih S, Gunn J, Blashki  G, Meadows G Exploratory economic analyses of two primary care mental health projects: Implications for sustainability. Medical Journal of Australia 2005; 183 (10): S73-S76.

Blashki G, Selzer R, Judd F, Hodgins G, Ciechomski L Primary Care Psychiatry: Taking Consultation Liaison Psychiatry to the Community. Australasian Psychiatry 2005;13; 302-306.

Austin D, Blashki G, Klein B, Barton D. Managing Panic Disorder in General Practice. Australian Family Physician. 2005. 7; 563-571

Kiropoulos L A, Blashki G,  Klimidis S. Managing Mental Illness in General Practice Patients from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities. Australian Family Physician 2005; 4: 259-263

Pirkis J, Kohn F, Morley B, Burgess P, Blashki G Better Outcomes in Mental Health Care? Primary Mental Health Care 2004:2;141-9

Pirkis J, Morley B, Kohn F, Blashki G, Burgess P, Headey A. Improving access to evidence-based mental health care: general practitioners and allied health professionals collaborate. Primary Care Psychiatry 2004: 9 (4) 125-130.

Ciechomski L, Blashki G, Tonge B. Managing Common Childhood Mental Illnesses. Australian Family Physician 2004; 33:997-1005.

Hickie IB, Pirkis J, Blashki G, Groom G, Davenport TA. General practitioners’ response to depression and anxiety in the Australian community: a preliminary analysis. Medical Journal of Australia 2004; 181:S15-S20.

Blashki G. Praise for PACT [Letter]. Australian Family Physician 2004; 33: 582.

Ryan P, Richards J, McCabe M, Blashki G, Pierce D, Groom G, Hickie I. Australian GPs’ preferences for education about depression and related disorders. Australian Family Physician 2004; 33: 381-384.

Blashki G. GP counseling [Letter]. Australian Family Physician 2004; 33: 7.

Blashki G, Richards JC, Ryan P, Pierce D, McCabe M P, Morgan H, Hickie I B. CBS and CBT [Letter]. Australian Family Physician 2004; 33: 199.

Blashki, G, Keks, N, Stocky, A, Hocking, B. Managing schizophrenia in general practice. Australian Family Physician 2004; 33: 221-227.

Blashki G, Hickie IB, Littlefield L, Scott EM, Pirkis JE, Groom G, Richards JC, Davenport TA. Referral of depressed patients to specialist psychological care from general practice. Australian Family Physician 2003; 32: 998-1002.

Blashki G, Jolly B, Piterman L, Gunn J. Effective mental health training for general practitioners. Asia Pacific Family Medicine 2003; 2; 218-225.

Blashki G, Richards JC, Ryan P, Pierce D, McCabe M P, Morgan H, Hickie I B, Sumich H Cognitive behavioural strategies for general practice. Australian Family Physician. 2003; 32 :910-7.

Blashki G, Hickie IB, Davenport TA. Providing psychological treatments in general practice: how will it work? Medical Journal of Australia 2003; 179: 23-25.

Blashki G, Morgan H, Hickie IB, Sumich H, Davenport TA. Structured problem solving in general practice. Australian Family Physician 2003; 32: 836-842.

Blashki G, Morgan H, Sumich H, Hickie IB, Scott E, Davenport TA. Behavioral treatments in general practice. Australian Family Physician 2003; 9: 715-721.

Blashki G, Parsons J, Morgan H, Hickie IB, Davenport TA. Providing psychological treatments in general practice: rationale and practicalities. Australian Family Physician 2003; 32: 625-630.

Morgan H, Blashki G. Fits, faints and funny turns. Could it be a mental disorder? Australian Family Physician 2003; 32: 211-219.

Blashki G. GP provision of counseling: more research is necessary. Australian Family Physician 2003; 32: 67-68.

Blashki G, McCall L, Piterman L, Judd F et al. A graduate certificate and masters in general practice psychiatry by distance education: 1998-2001. Australian Family Physician 2002; 31: 394-397.

Blashki G. The answer within – a family in therapy re-examined [Book review] Australian Family Physician 2001; 30: 1001.

Stone L, Blashki G. Integrating counselling into general practice. Australian Family Physician 2000; 29: 231-235.

McCall L, Blashki G, Judd F, Piterman L, Clarke D, Liaw T, Martyres R, Hogan C, Pring W. Collaboration in educational development: interuniversity and inter- departmental cooperation using General Practice Psychiatry Program as a case study. Focus on Health Professional Education: A Multidisciplinary Journal 2000; 3: 50-58.

Piterman L, Blashki G, Liaw T. Depression in general practice. Australian Family Physician 1997; 26: 720-721.

Research Supervision Interests

Primary Mental Health Care

Climate Change and Health