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…
This paper will define the processes and procedures used to enable multiple agencies from the government and non-government sectors, plus consumers and carers to work…
Autism has traditionally been diagnosed during childhood when criteria for the developmental disorder were clearly satisfied. As intellectual disability (ID) was usually present, life long…
Background:
Since 1998, the lay discourse by consumers, called here the ‘Recovery critique’ of mental health services is acknowledged as the new plank for mental…
Parents with a mental illness may feel extreme isolation and may avoid services fearing their children could be removed from their care. The Collaborative Therapy…
There is substantial evidence that people with mental illness also have a high rate of physical health problems. There is also evidence that people with…
People with intellectual disability are at higher risk of mental health problems and have difficulty in accessing appropriate services. There is increasing evidence that this…
This presentation will provide participants with a clear understanding of the critical, and sometimes unanticipated, role the lived experience has in mental health/illness promotion to…
This presentation describes an innovative consumer peer support initiative within the Sunshine Adult Acute Psychiatric Unit in Victoria, and initial anecdotal staff and consumer responses…
The social emotional wellbeing programs at Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health Service are community driven and provide a whole of life focus that acknowledges the importance…