In 2002, the most modern and arguably most innovative mental health legislation in Australia — the Mental Health Act 2000 (Qld) — came into effect in Queensland. The Queensland jurisdiction is unique in grafting procedural provisions and definitions from mental health legislation onto The Criminal...
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,...
The decision in Re AKB was the first opportunity for a judicial interpretation of the provisions governing the review of forensic orders under the Mental Health Act 2000 (Qld) ('the Act'). The decision emphasised that the Act has no preventative detention function and the provisions requiring ...
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NSW Centre for Eating ampamp Dieting Disorders Central Sydney Area Health Service Sydney NSW 2050 AustraliaP. J. HaySchool of Medicine James Cook University Townsville QLD 4811 AustraliaB. RodgersNational Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health The Australian National University Canberra ACT 0200 ...
A dramatic decline in mental health of people worldwide in the early COVID-19 pandemic years has not recovered. In rural and remote Australia, access to appropriate and timely mental health services has been identified as a major barrier to people seekin
9. Mental Health Act (Qld). In. Brisbane, Australia: Queensland Government; 2000: 339. 10. Holdsworth N, Dodgson G: Could a new Mental Health Act distort clinical judgment? A Bayesian justification of naturalistic reasoning about risk. Journal of Mental Health 2003, 15(5):451-462. 11. Vi...
Health4Life has been evaluated in a cluster-randomized controlled trial (CRCT), including 71 schools across three Australian States (New South Wales, NSW; Queensland, QLD; Western Australia, WA)25. As the Health4Life trial tested a MHBC intervention spanning six lifestyle behaviors and mental ...
Only 43 per cent of mental health presentations to the emergency department were seen on time in 2018-19, the lowest in Australia, Mrs Dunne said. ACT Mental Health Minister Shane Rattenbury says the Canberra Liberals need to take a holistic view of the mental health system in ...
This paper describes the process of culturally adapting the US-based Young Black Men, Masculinities, and Mental Health (YBMen) Project to suit the needs, preferences, culture, and circumstances of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander males aged 16–25 years in the Northern Territory, Australia. ...