Dr Susie Fletcher is the Deputy Lead of the Integrated Mental Health Research Program at the Department of General Practice. Susie joined the Department in 2015, prior to which she spent over seven years at Phoenix Australia – Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health.
She has over 50 peer-reviewed and knowledge translation publications, and over $5.8m in research income. Susie's primary interest is in health services research and her work seeks to evaluate both the experiences and outcomes of novel interventions and models of care. She is an investigator on a large Department of Health-funded trial, working closely with Primary Health Network Lead Sites to test a new, systematic approach to stepped mental health care in general practice. She is also an investigator on an NHMRC-funded trial of an intervention to support appropriate deprescribing of antidepressants in primary care. Susie is co-chair of the Human Ethics Advisory Group at the Department of General Practice and serves on the Expert Advisory Group for the Department of Health’s National Assessment and Referral Project.
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FEATURED Journal article
Target-D: a stratified individually randomized controlled trial of the diamond clinical prediction tool to triage and target treatment for depressive symptoms in general practice: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
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Projects
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Project Types
2
Internal Research Grant
2
Research Contracts
2
Research Grant
Scholarly Works
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Honours, Awards and Fellowships
Melbourne Abroad Travelling Scholarship
Credentials
Positions
Honorary
General Practice
Member
North American Primary Care Research Group
Member
Society for Mental Health Research
Member
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
Member
Australasian Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
Education
PhD
University of Melbourne
PSYCHOLOGY
Bond University
APPLIED SCIENCE (PSYCHOLOGY)
Deakin University