This report aims to provide a rich and honest discussion around the advantages and challenges of consumer engagement, employment and leadership in the mental health…
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There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you. ~ Maya Angelou
There is a growing trend in mental health services…
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Recovery is seen as a journey of healing and transformation. It requires people who believe in and stand by the person in recovery. Recovery takes…
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The aim of this paper is to inform people that Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) is for all people, including Aboriginal people, and that DBT is…
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Describes strategies used to recover from trauma (burnt 50 years prior). Five years ago was a fit teacher when trauma suddenly developed causing severe physical/psychological…
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In 2011 The Seclusion Restraint Review committee (SRRC) requested the Consumer consultant undertake a survey of the Psychiatric Service Unit (PSU) consumers. Seclusions in PSU…
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In this symposium we talk about our journey, as part of an area mental health service, towards trauma informed care. This first paper in the…
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This paper introduces an innovative clinical initiative in the Northern Sydney and Central Coast Local Health Districts – the Hearing Voices Recovery Group –that has…
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Research shows that people with mental illness are not enjoying the same life choices and opportunities as other Australians. As a signatory to the United…
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