“We felt that we deal with anxious upset patients on a daily basis. And we felt that our nurse peers didn’t understand the magnitude of the work that we do. We probably felt a bit undervalued,” says Dr Pamela Ellem. ...

Cathy Chapple has been named the Northern Territory’s nurse of the year for her commitment to developing perinatal mental health services. Isolation from family and friends is a common reality for many Territorians, but for pregnant women and new mums ...

Isolating extremely unwell psychiatric patients remains a common practice despite being seen as a measure of last resort. Genevieve Costigan reports on a project that has seen it significantly reduced. A pilot project in an inner city Melbourne hospital has seen ...