The paper discusses Family/carer issues in a Mental Health Service from a Family Advisor position.
A need for more support and education to family/whanau…
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Mental health service clients who have sought advice to quit smoking have not felt that they have been well served by telephone quit services. Likewise,…
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Psychiatry has a long history of isolation, control and containment. Over the last few decades these barriers have been falling. The Consumer Movement (Mental Health)…
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Relationships are an important element in the healing and recovery process. A caring nature, the ability to establish rapport and genuine desire to help people…
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While unemployment rates remain high among people with a psychiatric disability, an increased focus on rehabilitation in the last two decades has resulted in increasing…
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This is a qualitative study of ten consumer consultants working in Area Mental Health Services in Victoria, exploring their perspectives on their areas of influence,…
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It is widely acknowledged that the needs of consumers should guide service development, however, there has been relatively little progress made in this area. We…
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It is argued that the messages from consumers today have a more powerful influence because the audience has been prepared to hear them in a…
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Neami, a Community Rehabilitation and Support Service in Melbourne, has implemented the clinical version of the Camberwell Assessment of Need (CAN) as their main needs…
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