mental illness
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Clinical Practice
NSW trials ‘hospital in the home’ for people with mental illness
The NSW government says if a “hospital in the home” program for people living with acute mental illness is successful,…
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Specialty Focus
Stigma hinders student nurses from mental health careers: podcast
Negative attitudes towards mental illness is leading to fewer student nurses pursuing a career in mental health, a nursing professor…
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Clinical Practice
Meeting of minds
When mental illness meets the medical ward. The complexity of providing treatment to patients who suffer from both physical and…
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Workforce
Rapid, reasoned response
Victorian wins honour for program that pairs nurses with police. Victorian mental health nurse Steve Brown was named Nurse of…
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Clinical Practice
The physical burdens of mental illness
The lower life expectancy of those with a mental illness is an issue nurses continue to address. Australians with a…
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Older men a suicide risk
More males over the age of 85 years are reported to commit suicide than in any other age group in…
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Mental health cap short-sighted
The government’s decision not to increase funding for the nurse incentive program is a missed opportunity in preventative care, writes…
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Combat stigma of mental illness with campaign: expert
Calls for a long-term campaign to fight the stigma attached to mental illness. Australia needs to campaign against mental illness…
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At crisis point
Without improved communication between health professionals, mental health outcomes will remain less than perfect. Annie May reports. Sometimes homeless, at…
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