Conclusions: The shaky ethical standing of these provisions has encouraged mental health services in NSW to play a role in controlling unacceptable behaviour, even in the absence of mental illness. This places the Act in an exceptional position in comparison to other Western Mental Health Acts. ...
The relevantMental Health Acts(NSW) authorised reviews by appropriately credentialed non-medical health professionals as part of the process of detaining and treating a person without consent: an authority previously held by medical officers. Evaluations of the Programme are needed.#To compare discharge...
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 ...
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 value of breastfeeding in supporting the normal growth and development of infants and young children is recognized worldwide [1]. There is also a growing awareness that it is possible for women to breastfeed their adopted children, and that health care professionals should support them if th...
Centre for Research Excellence in Mental Health and Substance Use, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia Louise Birrell Contributions M.E.L., K.H., and J.N. planned the study, developed the coding framework and reviewed the app descr...
An intermediate usage characterizes mind reading as any process that enables insights into a person’s mental life. This includes some degree of epistemic access to features such as mental states, activity, and functioning, and may also involve deeper observations about a person’s health, capacitie...
Scott.Brunero@ sesiahs.health.nsw.gov.au, Scottbrunero@hotmail.com Received: September 09, 2014; Accepted: October 06, 2014; Published: October 08, 2014 Abstract This intrinsic case study explores the mental health nursing care of a consumer that was born in mainland China and who had migrate...
1. Identify and differentiate disaster mental health from clinical practice. 2. Learn the traits essential to being an effective disaster mental health worker with adults and children. 3. Know what to pack, and how to prepare yourself physically and emotionally to go to a disaster. 4. Under...
Personality and Mental Health in Australian Adults with and without Food Addiction Tracy Burrows 1,*, Leanne Hides 2, Robyn Brown 3, Christopher V Dayas 1 and Frances Kay-Lambkin 1 1 Faculty of Health and Medicine, University of Newcastle, Callaghan NSW 2308, Australia; christopher.dayas@newca...