This project will evaluate the use of a Shared Care Model for the assessment and management of depression amongst elders living in retirement villages in…
Though there is currently increased focus on employment for people with a psychiatric disability as a means of reentering the community and maintaining well being;…
The research of families involved in the eleven week psycho-educational support group at Geelong Hospital Psychiatric Services will be discussed. A phenomenological research design was…
The purpose of this presentation is to introduce the registration and review system known as SURF and SURD (Service User Registration Form and Service User…
I have just arrived back from Canberra from the first meeting of the Australian Disability Consultative Council, recently constituted to advise Minister Carmen Lawrence on…
Immediate action is required to develop a more adequate range of programmes to meet the complex needs experienced by people with a serious mental illness…
This paper provides a background to the Commonwealth funded training package, currently being prepared, on how to work effectively with people who have psychiatric disabilities.…
The Accommodation for Mental Health Society (NorthShore) Inc. (AMHS) is an independent, non-profit organisation providing long term housing, support and related services for people who…