Recommended Reading: Comorbidity and recovery: Is increased mental illness a consequence of sobriety?

Paper from TheMHS Conference 2016 Book of Proceedings: People. Authenticity Starts in the Heart. The Conference was held in Auckland, New Zealand 23 - 26…

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KEYNOTE WEBCAST: “Beyond the Black Box: The Transformation to a Population Health Approach”

View the video of Arthur Evan's Keynote Presentation at TheMHS Conference 2016 in Auckland, New Zealand. The presentation is also followed by a Q&A session. …

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KEYNOTE WEBCAST: “The heart of healing – a compassionate approach to mental illness.”

View the video of Robin Youngson's Keynote Presentation at TheMHS Conference 2016 in Auckland, New Zealand. The presentation is also followed by a Q&A session. …

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KEYNOTE WEBCAST: “Clarity and Complexity: Being a Non-Binary Transgender Person”

View the video of Joe Macdonald's Keynote Presentation at TheMHS Conference 2016 in Auckland, New Zealand. The presentation is also followed by a Q&A session. …

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Slides S39: Building an understanding of the social context of tobacco smoking by people experiencing mental illness.

People experiencing mental illness have higher tobacco smoking rates than the overall population.¹ There is increased attention to reducing the harm from tobacco to this…

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Slides S82: Heart and Soul Matters: Making space for spirituality. Working towards a place where our consumers feel seen and heard at their essence, a place where true person centred models of care become more than just rhetoric.

The paper will focus on the key concepts of authenticity and how workers can make a positive difference in the lives of consumers. The workforce,…

adminOctober 19, 2016

Slides S65: The Consumer-Support Facilitator Relationship – what works? Learnings from a year of consumer-led mental health research.

With the increasing recognition of the importance of consumers’ perspectives, consumer collaboration in mental health service evaluation and research has developed to the degree that…

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PowerPoint S89: Enhancing cultural inclusive practice within acute mental health settings through the delivery of alcohol and drug groups.

This paper identifies how a cultural framework Te Whare Tapa Whā can be interwoven in an alcohol and drug education group within an acute mental…

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PowerPoint S21: Enacting a purposeful vision and mission through values-based culture and leadership

The culture and values of an organisation can be major source of coherence, resilience and meaning. Through times of change and growth they can also…

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PowerPoint S55: Stories of recovery from the bush: Unravelling the experience of mental illness, self and place.

'Stories of Recovery from the Bush' research project, is a collaboration between The Benevolent Society and Western Sydney University, funded by Partners In Recovery(PIR). This…

adminOctober 18, 2016