Mental health service users are among the most socially excluded of all groups. A major aim of services should be to promote social inclusion, but…

The need for the development of best practice mental health services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples is described in many recent national reports…

Clinical Practice Guidelines routinely include Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT) as an evidence-based psychological intervention for schizophrenia. Despite recommendations for its use, mental health services in general…

As part of mental health reform, the South Australian and New South Wales health departments have conducted assessments of consumers living in long stay institutional…

The removal of more than 25,000 Indigenous children from their families, has had devastating consequences (Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission, 1997). Lorraine Peeters, an…

PAPER 1 BUILDING FAMILY SKILLS TOGETHER: AN IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY FOR EVIDENCE-BASED FAMILY INTERVENTIONS IN PUBLIC MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES Carol Harvey, Brendan O’Hanlon, Margaret Leggatt,…

There is an increasing emphasis in mental health services policy and practice to purchase, deliver and evaluate services in terms of person centred outcomes. Policy…

This paper discusses how service user researchers can be involved as partners in research. It describes some of the work carried out by the Service…