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Integration of Assertive Community Treatment into a Residency Curriculum: The Resident\u27s Perspective [PDF]

, 2011
Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) is a service delivery system designed to provide long-term quality care to patients with chronic mental illnesses. A brief description of these programs is presented.
Hiott, MD, D. Walter, Santos, MD, Alberto B.   +1 more
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Building Community Amidst the Institutional Whiteness of Graduate Study: Black Joy and Maroon Moves in an Academic Marronage

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article reflects on the construction of a supportive community of Black Afro‐diasporic graduate students and their supervisors researching issues relating to race in the field of education in Australia. It draws on the concept of marronage—a term rooted in the fugitive act of becoming a maroon, where enslaved people enacted an escape in ...
Hellen Magoi, Casianus Gemoh, Denise Chapman, Edmund Hypolite, Simon Angok, Melanie Baak, Joel Windle   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Factors associated with costs of hospitalization of severely mentally Ill patients [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Efforts to contain costs associated with general medical care include particular efforts for psychiatric disorders. Hospitalization represents the largest component of costs for psychiatric care and there is growing interest in balancing ...
Baldessarini, RossJ, Centorrino, Franca, Curto, Martina, Girardi, Paolo, Masters, Grace A   +4 more
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On the Prospects for African Philosophy in Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper grapples with the situation of people of African descent in Australia by working through the constitution of the body of academic philosophy in the country. It contends with the parochialism of the Australian philosophical community and the prospects for the cultivation of greater pluralism. Taking African philosophy as one possible
Bryan Mukandi
wiley   +1 more source

Equity in epidemic response: an action-oriented framework for guiding public health in equitable responses to major infectious disease emergencies

International Journal for Equity in Health
Background A rapid and equitable response is paramount to mitigating the spread and impact of an infectious disease public health emergency. Unfortunately, public health responses often integrate equity as a secondary component rather than a foundational
Precious-Junia de-Winton Cummings, Kelly K. Baker, Leah Appell, Marina Del Rios, Daniel J. Diekema, Tricia Kitzmann, Naomi Marroquin, Gus Raymond, Martha L. Carvour   +8 more
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Learning from Other Communities [PDF]

, 2006
This paper reflects a synopsis of the work in person/family-centered planning representative of its implementation across a variety of disability service systems, including prisons, schools, community-based service agencies and institutional settings ...
Abery, Brian, Allegretti-Freeman, John, Blessing, Carol, Osher, David, Tierney, Mary   +4 more
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Navigating Whiteness in Australia's Anti‐Racism Movement: A Duoethnographic Inquiry by Women of Colour Scholars

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper applies Critical Race Theory (CRT) to explore how whiteness operates within Australia's anti‐racism movement as a structuring force that shapes discourse, practice and policy. Despite the anti‐racism movement offering crucial spaces for resistance and reform, it remains entangled in Australia's settler‐colonial present and systemic ...
Franka Vaughan, Aish Ravi
wiley   +1 more source

Sitting in Many Camps—Innovative Approaches and Methods for First Nations‐Led Research Into Indigenous Peacebuilding

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In 2021, a desktop review was conducted of published references to First Nations peoples' approaches to conflict and its management in Australia (Project Stage One), culminating in a report published in 2024. This article focuses on Project Stage Two, a complex, innovative research undertaking building on the findings of Stage One, and being ...
Helen Bishop, Alysoun Boyle, Tania Sourdin, Bin Li   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Psychosocial treatments for negative symptoms in schizophrenia: current practices and future directions. [PDF]

, 2013
Schizophrenia can be a chronic and debilitating psychiatric disorder. Though advancements have been made in the psychosocial treatment of some symptoms of schizophrenia, people with schizophrenia often continue to experience some level of symptoms ...
Caponigro, Janelle M, Elis, Ori, Kring, Ann M   +2 more
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Variation in compulsory psychiatric inpatient admission in England:a cross-sectional, multilevel analysis [PDF]

, 2014
Background: Rates of compulsory admission have increased in England in recent decades, and this trend is accelerating. Studying variation in rates between people and places can help identify modifiable causes.
Bhui, K., Crepaz-keay, D., Cyhlarova, E., Keown, P., Mcbride, O., Parsons, H., Scott, J., Twigg, Liz, Weich, S.   +8 more
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