Mental Illness Need Not Be a Death Sentence, Allan Fels Warns
People with a serious mental illness are dying on average 14 to 23 years earlier than other Australians, prompting a push for a national focus on...
Rural, Remote and Regional Clinical Supervision Programmes for Youths
Distance supervision: What does a focussed rural, remote and regional Clinical Supervision Programme contribute to clinical practice within a child...
Cultural Identity and Participation In Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children
The Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health has reported on the importance of cultural identity and cultural participation as key protective...
CASPER – Psychosocial Interventions for Older Adults
The University of York’s Kate Bosanquet provides a closer look at the CASPER Trial in collaborative care for depression in older adults.
Parenting With a Mental Illness
When you meet 34-year-old mother-of-two Narelle* for the first time, you’re not actually meeting her, but her ‘representative’ as she tells it.
Alison Fairleigh Making Inroads Into Rural and Regional General Practitioner Mental Health
Congratulations Alison Fairleigh (Senior Manager – Community Engagement) of selectability on being a recipient of the David Horn Memorial Medal,...
Aboriginal Mental Health Workers in Rural NSW
Australia’s rural community mental health (CMH) services face serious workforce shortages. Research specifically investigating factors impacting...
Gender Diversity in Children: Where Are We?
A visible shift has occurred regarding support for children expressing diversity in gender identity and expression. Some parents are recognising...
Harvesting Your Health
Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) individuals and communities continue to be a topic of focus in Australia, a nation founded on an...
13 Signs of Potential Mental Illness in a Child
Most parents have an instantaneous desire to protect their children. We tend to our children’s needs: If an unexplained rash appears, we see the...