Mental Health

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Residents of aged care facilities would benefit from routine mental health checks

Nicole Madigan - 18-08-2019

Access to mental healthcare should be readily available and regular psychological assessment routine within aged care facilities, as increasing numbers of elderly residents

Continuity of midwife care instrumental in identifying postnatal depression

Nicole Madigan - 18-08-2019

Continuity of midwifery care plays an instrumental part in the successful identification and management of postnatal depression, says Professor of Perinatal Mental Health

Mental Health Experts Vital in the Fight Against Domestic Violence

Nicole Madigan - 18-06-2019

Psychologists and psychotherapists are playing an increasingly important role in preventing violence against women, as growing numbers of men are presenting to mental health

Parent counselling important to treat childhood anxiety

Haley Williams - 19-05-2019

Treating young children with anxiety can be challenging, especially when the age of onset is in the pre-school years, which is when parent counselling often forms the majority

Mental Health Nurses must take care of their own mental health in order to take care of others

Nicole Madigan - 18-03-2019

Mental Health Nurses must look after their own mental health, in order to maintain their crucial role in society, helping those with ongoing mental illness and addiction.

Mental Health Nurses need to manage workloads to protect their own health

Nicole Madigan - 13-09-2018

Public mental health nurses need to effectively manage increasingly heavy workloads to avoid burnout, and the subsequent detrimental impact on the clinical mental health service

Engaging therapy-resistant children

Haley Williams - 11-09-2018

Children who resist therapy for mental health conditions, such as depression and anxiety, present many challenges, but even the most difficult case is surmountable according

Confronting mental health in Critical Care

Nicole Madigan - 16-07-2018

Critical care nurses care for the sickest of the sick patients across a range of settings such as intensive care units, cardiac care units and emergency departments.

CBT for addiction

Nicole Madigan - 12-07-2018

As societal and medical understanding of addiction grows, particularly in relation to its link to mental health, Cognitive Behaviour Therapies are increasingly being used

Professional Bullies: when online bullying enters the workplace

Nicole Madigan - 05-07-2018

Clinical, personal and professional differences, along with the perceived security of social media, has lead to an increase in online bullying within the physiotherapy profession.

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