Factsheet - Custodial settings
This factsheet outlines the Victorian Chief Psychiatrist's expanded oversight to include custodial settings under the Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022. From September 2023, specialist mental ...
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The new World Mental Health Report: Believing impossible things
Australian psychiatrists critique the WHO's World Mental Health Report for prioritizing broadly defined mental health conditions affecting over a billion people while neglecting severe psychiatric ...
Early readmission of exclusively breastmilk-fed infants born by means of ...
Australian researchers studied readmission rates within 30 days for exclusively breastfed infants born via normal birth or cesarean section. They found similar readmission rates (6.8-7.3%) but ...
Scaling, integrating and better supporting people with mental disorders to ...
This 2022 Australian policy brief examines employment barriers for people with mental disorders, who experience unemployment rates up to five times higher than the general population despite ...
Seeking mental health support as a psychiatrist
This is a personal account by Israel Berger, an advanced trainee in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, describing his experience with major depression and recovery. He advocates for mental health ...
Centre for Mental Health Fact Sheet about Bi-Polar Disorder
This fact sheet from Swinburne University's Centre for Mental Health explains bipolar disorder (BD), a mental health condition involving alternating periods of elevated mood (mania/hypomania) and ...
Assumptions of Family Sensitive Practice
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 ...
Fact Sheet for Body Dysmorphic Disorder
This fact sheet from Swinburne University's Centre for Mental Health explains body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) - a condition causing severe distress about perceived physical flaws. It covers ...
Peer Support Workers in Mental Health
Northern Health's information sheet explains Peer Support Workers - staff with lived experience of mental health challenges who provide non-clinical support to consumers and carers. They offer ...
Research‑related knowledge, understanding and practice in public mental ...
This study explored research-related knowledge and practices of 59 social workers and occupational therapists in Australian public mental health services. Findings revealed that research wasn't ...