Managing stuck or distressed patients

Professor Bruce Arroll suggests ways to identify stress and stressors, and why it’s important to do so.

Topics:

• How do you define distress?
• Why is it important to be self-aware as a primary care provider?
• Why is it important for us to discuss stress with our patients?
• What have you noticed about how different cultures cope with stress?
• What techniques can we use personally and teach our patients to deal with stress?
• Long term, unchecked stress can lead to other chronic health issues like anxiety, insomnia and chronic pain. What is your experience here?

Resources

• Bruce Arroll: Focused Acceptance & Commitment Therapy in Primary Care & other resources  
  
• Actmindfully.com   Workshops with Russ Harris
  
• The happiness-trap  Goodfellow Unit podcast episode
• Anxiety NZ Trust 
  

Presenter

Bruce Arroll
General Practitioner

Bruce is a Professor of General Practice and Primary Health Care at the University of Auckland New Zealand and a practising GP at Greenstone Family Clinic in Manurewa, South Auckland. He does regular general practice at that clinic and also does special consultations using Focused Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for people who are feeling stuck in their lives by stress, pain or low energy. He does this work with his own patients and those referred from his clinic colleagues as well as for people outside of the clinic.

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