mental healthAccess to health information is a right for all people. Easy read information is one strategy used to make information accessible for people with intellectual disability. This research explored how easy read is used and the ways accessible information can address access barriers, with a...
Significant progress has been made in Australia in the fields of promotion, prevention and early intervention in mental health. These initiatives have been supported through national policy directions under the National Mental Health Strategy, as well as at state and local levels. The population ...
In Australia, Primary Health Care and the mental health sector have always shared a philosophy. In 1978, Primary Health Care was first put forward as a strategy to improve "health for all." Recently, the Australian Government included mental health as a national health priority, identifying six...
Background: The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists is co-ordinating the development of clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) in psychiatry, funded under the National Mental Health Strategy (Australia) and the New Zealand Health Funding Authority. Method: For these ...
"These findings are important as they demonstrate that loneliness is a health issue. We need to consider approaches to loneliness as part of our health and mental health strategy."
Conclusions: A comprehensive workforce development strategy is required to facilitate the engagement and capacity of public mental health professionals in this area.doi:10.3109/13668250.2017.1310825Weise, JanelleTrollor, Julian N.Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability...
AHPRA. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Strategy 2020. Available from https://www.ahpra.gov.au/About-AHPRA/Aboriginal-and-Torres-Strait-Islander-Health-Strategy.aspx#statement-of-intent. Arthur N, Januszkowski T. The multicultural counselling competencies of Canadian counsellors. Can J Co...
Both consumers and providers in our study had favourable views of telehealth as essential and valuable as a routine component of future mental health care strategy, with similar findings reported by Thomas et al. [31], who recommended improving digital ecosystems and integrating telehealth into ...
was the only strategy that was associated with decreased odds of finding the last incident very stressful or extremely stressful. However, this finding contradicts some existing studies which suggest that this coping response exacerbates the mental health ill-effects of racism, rather than being useful...
The Australian experience of deinstitutionalization: interaction of Australian culture with the development and reform of its mental health services Objective: To describe the Australian experience of deinstitutionalization of the Australian National Mental Health Strategy in the context of the history ......