Penina uliuli: Contemporary challenges in mental health for Pacific peoples (Culbertson, Agee, & Makasiale, 2007) is one of the few books published in the area…

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.…

This paper describes a creative arts process that promotes active involvement by clients to change the physical presentation of an acute inpatient psychiatric unit. …

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…

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…

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…

“The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses – behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before…

‘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…

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…

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…