Juvenile Justice, in partnership with Justice Health, conducted the comprehensive 2009 NSW Young People in Custody Health Survey. Juvenile Justice Psychologists assessed mental disorders and…
First-episode psychosis has been found to have significant impact on family and carers in addition to the impacts on the client themselves. The client experiencing…
Mental health services have often struggled to address the mental health needs of young people. Young people can experience significant loss, disengagement and disability while…
Mental Health Consumer Perceptions and Experiences of Services (MH-CoPES) is a Framework and tool for consumer participation in evaluation and consumer directed quality improvement of…
Depression is the most frequently occurring emotional disorder in older adults from early to middle adulthood to old age (Blazer et al, 1987; Butler et…
Major advances in neurobiological research during the last decade have changed the traditional landscape of mental health. A paradigm shift emerged since the days when…
This paper outlines the experiences of the South Eastern Sydney Illawarra (SESI) Area Mental Health Service in developing clinical rehabilitation services over the past five…
Inner South Community Health Service has a Recovery focused Mental Health Program that encompasses Psychiatric Disability Rehabilitation and Support Services, a Personal Helpers and Mentors…
Ulladulla is a small regional coastal community in the Southern NSW with a high level of single parents with mental illness and multiple disadvantage. The…