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,...
NSW mental health act documentation - Are we getting it right?N., O'ConnorJ., CorishC., Olmstead
What are the key points of the mental health Act 2007? it establishes the system of public mental health care and provides for the licensing of private mental health facilities in NSW. it sets out the circumstances in which persons with mental illness may be admitted to and treated in public...
2. How culturally competent are Australian mental health care practitioners? 3. To what degree do Australian mental health practitioners ascribe to colour-blind racial and ethnic attitudes? 4. What variables (e.g., desirable responding, demographics, experience with non-White clients, attendance ...
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 det
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(...
For example, The Mental Health Act 2007 (NSW) [52] is silent on a complaints process, whereas in Western Australia [35] there are specific provisions regarding processes for complaints about mental health services. In South Australia there is separate legislation covering complaints against health ...
Limited empirical evidence is available regarding the uptake and effectiveness of school-based mental health and wellbeing programs implemented in Australi
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
A cross-sectional study aimed to determine the prevalence and correlates of violent victimization among homeless people in Sydney, NSW, Australia.43 Clients of a shelter for homeless, substance-using adults were interviewed about their drug use, mental health, and violent victimiz...