A lack of effective discharge planning may result in blockages to a consumer’s transition from hospital back to their community; and reinforce the ‘revolving door’…
This paper presents the Northern Territory’s Top End Sub Acute Care Trial designed to reduce pressure on the psychiatric inpatient unit at Royal Darwin Hospital…
Cultural and traditional protocols for grief and loss in the Torres Strait and Northern Peninsula Area (TS&NPA) can only be described as unique in any…
The Catherine Mahoney Aged Care Psychiatry and Neurosciences Unit at St Joseph’s Hospital is dedicated to the care of aged consumers with mental health illness…
beyondblue: the national depression initiative has included in their priority areas those with the lived experience of depression, anxiety and related substance-use disorders. The lack…
This paper discusses what the impacts of ‘reaching out’ and ‘connecting’ to communities can have on new clinicians who are working in rural and remote…
Problem Gambling (Problem Gambling) is essentially a hidden problem. Nonetheless, screening for Problem Gambling is not a standard part of the clinical risk assessment protocol…
Recent aggregated statistics confirm our experience as Aboriginal health service providers and researchers that Aboriginal people in the Eyre Peninsula region of SA are living…