The WA Aboriginal Child Health Survey is the largest and most comprehensive study of Aboriginal child health and development in Australia. The Telethon Institute for…

This paper will demonstrate how a community health service has responded in a unique and innovative way to the complex needs of people with a…

Deals with the adult life of a civil engineer, diagnosed with manic-depression in 1968 at the age of 34 years. The paper covers the effect…

Newly arrived adolescent refugees face many psychological pressures. Developmental and adjustment processes along with the pressure to quickly gain literacy skills compounds difficulties caused by…

This paper will provide a brief overview of the co-existence of intellectual disability and mental illness, known colloquially as the other ‘dual disability’. Whilst there…

In the traditional approach to assessment, the individual mental health worker of a particular discipline (social worker, occupational therapist, psychologist etc) interviews the child/family and…

The physical health and well being of people with a serious mental illness is of a much poorer standard than the general population (Lambert T,…

The Aboriginal Employment Strategy Limited has been addressing the issue of Aboriginal employment, with all its intrinsic difficulties, for 7-8 years. It has now found…

The Mental Illness Fellowship of North Queensland operates the only lifestyle and transitional supported accommodation service in North Queensland, providing individuals with serious and chronic…

Improving Maori mental health continues to be a high priority for the New Zealand government. This is outlined in several Ministry of Health strategies, including…