Complete 2013 Book of Proceedings from 2013 annual TheMHS Conference - Forging the Future.

Commonwealth Respite and Carelink Centre (CRCC) in partnership with Eastern Child Youth Mental Health Service (CYMHS), EACH and YMCA developed the Strengthening Families and Carers…

AIR (Arts in Recovery) is a group that provides opportunities for consumers who experience mental illness to participate in workshops and exhibitions to promote and…

Inspired by the success of current programs being facilitated on a community level within Hunter New England Local Health District, Morisset Hospital commenced a pilot…

This paper explores a service-wide initiative supporting culturally responsive mental health care at St Vincent’s Mental Health (SVMH) in partnership with Victorian Transcultural Mental Health…

Traditionally, satisfaction with acute care services has been assessed using measures designed by clinicians or academics and administered by staff. There is a risk that…

This paper charts Eastern Health Adult Mental Health Service’s (EH AMHS) journey of the creation of new strategic development positions from within current funding to…

One of the serious impacts of community stigma on people with mental illness is a fear of discrimination if they disclose any aspect of their…

Background: To date little is known of the experience of mental health consumers who are on Community Treatment Orders (CTOs) who access community mental health…

Sensory approaches utilise sensory stimulus as interventions to assist individuals to manage their emotional and functional states. In an acute mental health setting practical sensory…