The early Intervention project officer in Northern Sydney has the task of building on the work already done by staff in the field of early…

This study was part of a large project funded by the Federal Government under the National Mental Health Strategy. In trying to evaluate psychiatric service…

"Every year one in five Australians over the age of 15 years works as a volunteer" . Sound familiar! One in five Australians are said…

South West Healthcare, Psychiatric Services Division, uses the Integrated Mental Health Care model of service delivery throughout its community and inpatient services. This is…

The purpose of this paper is to describe an education and support group run by the North Western Adelaide Mental Health Service for relatives and…

The Schizophrenia Fellowship of SA (SFSA) is a non government community based organisation that aims to enable people with schizophrenia and other mental illnesses and…

Despite the convincing and optimistic rhetoric the development of sustainable GP/Mental Health Shared Care Programmes has been very slow and fraught with problems. This paper…

SYMPOSIUM THEME: This symposium will present the sector wide approach to anxiety disorders in Blacktown Mt Druitt Health. We believe this is unique and innovative…

Social phobia is a high prevalence mental illness (0.9-13.3%) with an average onset of mid to late teens (Schneier et al 1992) and often chronic…

The YPPI Creative Arts Project was initially funded by the National Mental Health Reform and Incentive Funding in recognition that 'non-clinical' interventions are relatively unexplored…