Recruitment, training and retaining specialist mental health nurses is problematic for services across the globe. (Happell1999) In Australia, we are not immune to this variable.…
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Recognising the need promote its role, goals and achievements as a advocacy body for Aboriginal people in a rural county South Australia location, the Wakefield…
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Identifying the prevalence of health risk factors, assessing Metabolic Syndrome and identifying potential predictors in people with mental illness enables early detection of patients at…
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The “stigma” surrounding mental illness has been part of my life experiences, some regrettable and some very memorable. After a 22 year career as a…
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“The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses – behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before…
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‘FUDGES’ Follow Up Discharge General Enquiry Support, is a unique mental health consumer initiated project which provides assistance, understanding and support to mental health patients…
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Supervision is a process employed by most of the people-helping professions to provide ongoing teaching and support for practitioners and to safeguard clients. This paper…
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This presentation by Carers of people with serious mental illness will demonstrate the importance in a “Recovery” environment of using a partnership approach which includes…
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Journey Boards are a Visual Communication Tool introduced at Southern Mental Health as part of the Redesigning Care and Learn Thinking Initiatives. Background information identified…
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