Mental health nurses are calling on the government to use their expertise to drive a targeted response towards rising rates of mental illness in Australia. According to the latest ABS data, nearly two in five people aged 16 to 24 ...

The Australian College of Mental Health Nurses (ACMHN) has urged the Federal Government to consider greater access to MBS items for Credentialed Mental Health Nurses (CMHNs) as a means of dealing with high demand for mental health services. This comes ...

The mental health system is failing to provide treatment to the people who most need it. That was the opinion of last year's report on mental health by the productivity commission which found that, among other things, mental health is ...

Paula’s regular shift is 2pm to 10pm, she tells me. It’s only ten past and today a police officer has already come to her desk to fill her in on a domestic violence-related incident with mental health implications. The incident ...

Mental health nurses will now be based at a number of police stations across NSW as part of the Government’s response to a growing mental health crisis. The Sydney Morning Herald reported that 36 mental health nurses will be placed ...

Mental health nurses (MHNs) make up the largest group of mental health workers in the country, but by 2030 there is projected to be a shortage of up to 18,500 nurses. Researchers believe this is, in part, due to workforce ...

'What’s special about mental health nursing?’ This question launched a three-year study into the nature, scope and consequences of nurses’ work in the mental health sector. “The question [was] posed in the context of what constitutes distinctive practice and how ...

A landmark report on youth suicide in the Northern Territory calls for better training of nurses in indigenous and mental health to help turn around the alarming statistics, writes Darren Marra. Mental health care groups have welcomed a report into ...

Health professionals looking after prisoners with a mental illness lack the required skills, knowledge and resources, new research has found. Under-resourced, undertrained and overburdened. This is the current situation of Western Australian health professionals and correctional staff looking after male ...