The programme was shown to significantly increase attendance at primary care clinics under the Amaudo Community Mental Health Programme. The Indigo-Local study described here builds on the Amaudo programme and extends it to other settings. The study is part of the larger Indigo Partnership programme...
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 team including researchers from the Australian Institute of Health Innovation (AIHI) at Macquarie University and the not-for-profit primary care data innovation group Outcome Health analyzed anonymized information from 1.4 million GP visits to 660 clinics in Victoria and NSW made by children aged ...
Mental health domains screened in the included studies were mainly broad social, emotional, and behavioural wellbeing (n = 10), and ADHD (n = 1). All children were community samples recruited from either preschools or kindergartens (n = 8), community health clinics (n = ...
The estimated 300,000 adults in Australia with severe mental illness (SMI) have markedly reduced life expectancy compared to the general population, mainly due to physical health comorbidities. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the commonest cause of early death and people with SMI have high rates ...
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Women make up 5% of the European prison population on average. Almost invisible in prison and health research, and suffering the stigma associated with female offending, incarcerated women are often forgotten, and their specific healthcare needs remain m
Non-governmental organisations NSW: New South Wales QR: Quick response RCT: Randomised Controlled Trial RELM: Restricted maximum likelihood WMG-E: Watch Me Grow – Electronic Platform References Fisher JR, Tran TD, Hammargerg K, Sastry J, Nguyen H, Rowe H, et al. Mental health of ...
Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium An-Sofie Van Parys & Olivier Degomme Bermi Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine Clinic, Bermagui, NSW, Australia David Arthur Peking Union Medical, Beijing, China David Arthur Faculty OF Nursing, University of Calgary, Calgary...
Evidence supporting the efficacy of therapeutic virtual reality (VR) for mental health conditions is rapidly growing. However, little is known about how best to implement VR, or the challenges perceived by treatment providers. This study aimed to (1) synthesis perspectives of staff working in priva...