Suicide and social media: Youth mental health
Social media has much potential for raising community awareness about the problem of suicide due to the capacity for expression of emotion, care and...
Dual Diagnosis of mental illness (MI) and acquired brain injury (ABI): Making positive changes towards rehabilitation and recovery.
Aims and RationaleThe aim of this exploratory study was twofold. It sought to describe some of the challenges faced by people with dual diagnosis of...
Preventing obesity and poor physical health through assessment and ongoing monitoring
Dr Susanne Stanley aims to highlight the poor physical health of the mentally ill, paying particular attention to the high incidence of obesity,...
Talk is Cheap: The Role of a Speech Pathologist in Mental Health Services
It has been shown that language (e.g. understanding other people, or expressing yourself effectively), social interaction, and literacy disorders are...
Carer Appraisal Scale - A Carer-Based Assessment of Patient Functioning
Measurement of patient outcomes is an integral part of mental health service evaluation, as well as guiding clinical practice to ensure best outcomes...
The Integration of Resolution with Recovery Principles for the Ageing Person
The “Australian National Standards for Mental Health Services 2010”, in conjunction with the “Implementation guidelines for Public Mental Health...
Empowering Peer Support Workers in Mental Health Service Delivery
Moving away from a deficits-approach, scholars have described recovery as a journey, in which a person:
Life values, active procrastination, and psychological wellbeing
Prof Richard Hicks People's life values are thought to be inherently positive forces for decision making and giving direction to life. Some...
'Surviving and Thriving' - a new culture in co-location
Who are Stepping Up?
Treatment decision making for young people diagnosed with major depressive disorders: The case for shared decision making
Shared decision making (SDM) is a model of medical or treatment decision making that involves collaboration between a clinician and client. One way...