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Supported Decision‐Making Rights in Behaviour Support Policies

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Disability policy emphasises that people with disability have the right to exercise their will and preferences in their lives, and decision‐making support must be provided to realise this right if they request. One context in which people's will and preferences are often restricted is behaviour support.
Sally Robinson, Karen R. Fisher, Julian Laurens, Alinka Fisher, Sabrina Forte, Katrina Reschke, Rosemary Kayess   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Estia Centre 10 Years [PDF]

, 2010
In 2009, the Estia Centre celebrates a decade of working \ud towards making sure the mental health needs of people \ud with learning disabilities are met – through specialist \ud clinical services, research, and a programme of training \ud and education ...
Centre, Estia
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I Wanted to Be Able to Stand on My Own Two Feet First—Younger Parents Exiting Homelessness and Care and Their Aspirations

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This qualitative study examines the aspirations, motivations and support needs of 15 young parents in South Australia with experiences of out‐of‐home care (OOHC) or homelessness. Most participants aimed to delay parenting to achieve financial stability, education and personal development, but faced unplanned pregnancies due to inadequate ...
Tim Moore, Stewart McDougall
wiley   +1 more source

‘Giving Back to Our Community’: The Retention of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Disability Workforce in New South Wales, Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of Australia require culturally responsive services. The Australian government has committed to establishing strategies to increase the size of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander disability workforce; however, there is scant research on the factors influencing retention.
J. Gwynn, J. Gilroy, S. Peter, F. Talbot, K. Bulkeley, C. Alcorso, K. Gwynne, B. Rambaldini, A. Haines, M. Lincoln   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Using narrative ideas to learn about mental illness in the classroom [PDF]

, 2010
Narrative ideas provide an interesting basis for teaching health practitioners. The specific notions discussed here have been referred to as reflecting teams and as outsider-witness practices.
Morrison, P.
core   +1 more source

Culturally Safe Assistive Technology Provision in Australia: Concept Mapping Perspectives From Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Disparities in Assistive Technology (AT) access exist for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples despite recent policy reforms. This paper brings together First Nations and Western academic ways of being, knowing and doing to deliver an AT practice analysis based upon primary data from two research reports into the cultural safety of AT
Shane Hearn, Vanessa Langenberg, Kristy Harper, Libby Callaway, Hilary O'Connell, Eleanor Kennett‐Smith, Natasha Layton   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘Keeping Ourselves Safe From the System’: Perinatal Care Model Considerations for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Families Intersecting With Child Protection

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT It is the priority of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, and Australian governments, to provide infants with enriching environments in which they may thrive. This is particularly critical during the perinatal period. Yet, an increasing number of notifications and interventions by child protection authorities are occurring in ...
Neve Mucabel‐Bue, Shakira Onwuka, Paul Gray, Melissa O'Donnell, Helen Herrman, Renna Gayde, Skye Stewart, Kimberley A. Jones, Jane Fisher, Emma Stubbs, Cath Chamberlain, Jacynta Krakouer   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Quality of Adult Inpatient Discharge Planning and 3 Day Follow Up – a Regional Audit

BJPsych Open
Aims This study aimed to assess the post-discharge follow-up processes for psychiatric patients, specifically focusing on a 72-hour follow-up with documented Mental State Examination (MSE) and the presence of a comprehensive care plan, including up-to ...
Tajnin Mitu, Anita Pierce, Nehad Seddiq, Asmaa Elsayed, Ishraq Elahi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Harnessing the Neurobiology of Empathy and Compassion to Alleviate Burnout in Neurology

Annals of Neurology, EarlyView.
The neurologist cares for patients with complex chronic conditions that compromise their wellbeing. Many such disorders are poorly understood. Whereas for some, effective symptomatic treatments exist, for most we lack an understanding of the molecular and cellular bases for disease pathogenesis needed for discovering disease‐modifying treatments ...
Fadel Zeidan, Joseph D. Stern, William C. Mobley   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparing a Community Mental Health team in Bedford (UK) with Community Mental Health Services in Perugia (Italy): description of teams and caseloads.

Psychiatria Danubina, 2013
The aim of our work is to evaluate and compare some of the key indicators that characterize one English Community Health team (Bedford), two Italian Mental Health Services, in Bastia and Magione, and one University Hospital Mental Health Service, in Perugia.
ELISEI, Sandro, Agius M., Bongards E. N., Salierno G., Massucci G., ANASTASI, SERENA, VERDOLINI, NORMA, QUARTESAN, Roberto   +7 more
openaire   +3 more sources