NSW mental health act documentation - Are we getting it right?N., O'ConnorJ., CorishC., Olmstead
The Report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the right of all people to enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health pleaded the urgent need for governments to act through appropriate laws and policies. We argue that Australia is in breach of international obligations,...
What is Section 5 of the Mental Capacity Act? Acts in connection with care or treatment – Section 5 clarifies that, where aperson is providing care or treatment for someone who lacks capacity, then the person can provide the care without incurring legal liability. The key will be proper asse...
Journal of Mental Health, 32(2), 396–406. Google Scholar Riley, G., Freeman, E., Laidlaw, J., & Pugh, D. (2011). ‘A frightening experience’: Detainees’ and carers’ experiences of being detained under Section 136 of the Mental Health Act. Medicine, Science and the Law, 51(...
Limited empirical evidence is available regarding the uptake and effectiveness of school-based mental health and wellbeing programs implemented in Australi
Comparison of accredited person and medical officer discharge decisions under the Mental Health Act of NSW: A cohort study of deliberate self-poisoning pat... The Accredited Persons Programme was introduced in 2003. The relevantMental Health Acts(NSW) authorised reviews by appropriately credentialed ...
Relative to the general population, people with a mental illness are more likely to have modifiable chronic disease health risk behaviours. Care to reduce such risks is not routinely provided by community mental health clinicians. This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of an intervention in...
46 The use of bodily restraints and seclusion in psychiatric settings is regulated and defined in the Mental Health Act 2014 (Vic), but chemical restraint is not. ‘Chemical restraint’ is defined in section 3 of Tasmania’s Mental Health Act 2013 as ‘medication given primarily to control a...
This develops the topic of Ageing in better health. Here we return to the biology of ageing, that was first introduced in Chap. 1, but with a special emphasis on brain plasticity, a very important topic that is the focus of a fast-developing research pro
Clin Child Fam Psychol Rev (2017) 20:146–161 DOI 10.1007/s10567-016-0219-9 Mothers, Fathers, and Parental Systems: A Conceptual Model of Parental Engagement in Programmes for Child Mental Health—Connect, Attend, Participate, Enact (CAPE) Patrycja J. Piotrowska1 • L. A. Tully1 • R...