S12: Your Experience of Service. The continued development of a nationally consistent approach to mental health consumer experience measurement.

The Your Experience of Service (YES) survey was developed to provide an understanding of the consumer’s experience of mental health services. The measure is currently…

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S21: Our sunshine place: A collective reflection on being admitted to a psychiatric inpatient unit.

This presentation presents a collective reflection on how health care professionals can best support people who have been admitted to a psychiatric inpatient unit. This…

adminSeptember 21, 2017

S25: “All I need is the air that I breathe” – 18 month journey to a smoke free environment at Fairleigh Lodge (mental health residential support service for older adults).

In May of 2015 Fairleigh Lodge bravely embarked on a journey to become a 100% smoke free mental health residential service by August 1, 2016.…

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S34: Carers experience of service provision, why is it such a struggle for carers to be recognised?

Carers (relatives and family) of people who have a mental illness are considered central to the provision of mental health care. This paper reflects on…

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S12: Finding the heart of CAMHS SA: Keeping the spirit of our redesign journey alive.

CAMHS South Australia has been on a bumpy and sometimes uncomfortable journey since merging the old northern and southern CAMHS services. Different organisations, cultures, histories…

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S21: Hospital to Home – our experience of developing and delivering this peer service – the human story.

Making the transition from hospital to the community is a known period of increased risk and challenge for the individual. The Tracking Tragedy reports clearly…

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S26: Far West Mental Health Recovery Centre: Delivering on responsive recovery services in remote Australia.

The Far West Mental Health Recovery Centre is an innovative short-term residential service model that is based on a partnership between a public mental health…

adminSeptember 21, 2017

S34: East Gippsland Parent and Infant Support Programme: A story of innovation and adaptation.

This presentation will describe the way in which Save the Children Australia: Good Beginnings - East Gippsland staff has adapted an evidence informed programme to…

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S04: Reading and theory as empowerment: Critical perspectives on ‘Madness’ in the community.

Theory is often considered by mental health practitioners as the necessary evil: needed to gain professional qualifications, but eschewed once they enter the realms of…

adminSeptember 19, 2017

S04: Recovery from Schizophrenia – an update and a tribute to Richard Warner MD.

Recovery from Schizophrenia (2004) was the late Richard Warners seminal work and influenced thinking not only about recovery, changing the then pessimistic view of the…

adminSeptember 19, 2017