Intervention in early psychosis has gained momentum over the past decade, with a growing body of literature describing best-practice principles and models of service (Herman-Doig…
The onset of mental illness for young people often disrupts key areas of life including education, employment, social networks and self esteem. Barwon Health’s- Early…
In 2004 the Mental Health Co-ordinating Council of NSW (MHCC) commenced work on the NGO Development Strategy: Mental Health, an initiative funded by and run…
Changes within mental health service delivery demand the development of cost effective programs that reduce length of stay and provide better transition between discharge and…
The Refugee Support Program, a non clinical community support program, is a recent initiative of Uniting Care Wesley Port Adelaide. The program works with asylum…
I have been employed by the South Eastern Sydney and Illawarra Area Health Service to assist in the development of structures, policies and procedures to…
An unspoken debate at previous TheMHS Conferences has been the relative merits of the various epistemologies (ways of knowing) represented. Borrowing from philosophy of science…
Admission to an in-patient psychiatric ward can be a challenging and confusing experience for many consumers, particularly those on their first time to hospital. Many…