Assumptions of Family Sensitive Practice
Overview
This document outlines 16 assumptions for Family Sensitive Practice in mental health services. It emphasizes working collaboratively with families and carers as essential for comprehensive mental health care, recognizing mental illness as trauma-like, acknowledging natural emotional responses, and promoting respectful, empathetic approaches that benefit consumers, carers, and workers.
Key insights
Key Insights:
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Working with families is essential for comprehensive mental health response
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Mental illness affects families similarly to major trauma experiences
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Blame, guilt, grief are natural companions of mental illness
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People usually do their best given their circumstances
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Carers have needs and rights that require acknowledgement
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Trusting relationships with carers improve crisis intervention effectiveness
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Generous approaches to families generate positive responses to consumers
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Organisational change is complex and requires thoughtful planning
Did this resource draw on transformative evidence?
Based on the content, this document appears to draw heavily from experiential expertise. It emphasises practical insights about family dynamics, worker experiences, and organisational realities in mental health settings. The assumptions reflect deep understanding of the emotional complexities and real-world challenges that come from hands-on practice rather than purely theoretical frameworks.
This document is clearly based on practice wisdom. It reflects accumulated knowledge from frontline experience, emphasising practical insights about family dynamics, worker-client relationships, and organisational realities. The assumptions demonstrate understanding gained through repeated encounters with mental health situations rather than formal research or theoretical frameworks alone.
The document does not explicitly reference research studies, evaluation data, or empirical evidence. While the assumptions may be informed by research, they are presented as practice principles rather than research findings. There are no citations, statistics, or mentions of evaluation studies to indicate a clear research-based foundation.
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