A Victoria state-wide carer consultation conducted by Association of Relatives and Friends of the Mentally Ill (ARAFEMI) Victoria in 2007 identified the need for an…
The HEAL Program (Home of Expressive Arts in Learning) is a mental health service which implements multicultural best-practice in working towards improving resiliency, well-being and…
Consultative, culturally appropriate psychological services for Aboriginal consumers are a well established need in mental health services. One step toward this is to increase the…
The international recovery movement represents a challenge to current practice with its emphasis on lived experience knowledge, and the potential for mental health services to…
Ni sa bulla vinaka. Namaste. Greetings in Fijian, Indo-Fijian and English. I would like to share with you, mine and another volunteers’ experience of the…
The immigrant experience is one of adjustment towards integration into the majority society. Many bring a sense of loss and separation, and some refugees have…
Care coordination has been shown to improve outcomes for people with complex needs (Davies, Harris, Perkins, Roland, Williams, Larsen and McDonald 2006). In 2009, the…
Stress is a well-known major risk factor for relapse of mental illnesses. Mindfulness techniques have been shown to be effective in reducing stress, decreasing symptoms…