Episode 43 - Adolescent Mental Health and Addiction with Associate Professor Mathew Coleman

Welcome to another episode of the Meaning of Health, where this time we chat with Psychiatrist Associate Professor Mathew Coleman. Mathew practices in the town of Albany in the Great Southern region of Western Australia and lectures at the Rural Clinical School of WA. He specialises in adolescent and addiction psychiatry. Our conversation touches on a range of areas around health and health policy, and the future of psychiatry. Mathew recently had a review published that looked at the effectiveness of mandatory treatment for problematic methamphetamine use which we chat about as well. Mathew is also very passionate about healthcare in rural settings, a topic that we agreed to delve into in more detail in a future episode. We hope you enjoy the conversation as much as we did! You can see Mathew's publications here: https://research-repository.uwa.edu.au/en/persons/mathew-coleman/publications/ As always, if you want to get in touch with the podcast, you can contact us at: meaningofhealth@outlook.com or via twitter @healthmeanswhat