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2008/09 Pre Budget Submission Lobby Kit
2008/08 Pre Budget Submssion Lobby Kit includes:
- Letter to members - Draft letter to member of parliament - Queensland Alliance Pre Budget Submission - Vision 2020 Statement |
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A Case of Two Acts – the Rights of the Severely Mentally Ill and Forced Feeding
The case of Re: Langham & Ors [2005] QSC 127 reads like a case of simple statutory construction. However, its implications run very deep. The decision has far reaching impacts on the way the Mental Health Act 2000 (Qld) (“the MH Act”) will operate in cases involving forced feeding, or, as it is technically known, artificial hydration and nutrition (ANH). It will also have the effect that the safe-guards contained in the Guardianship and Administration Act 2000 (Qld) (“the GA act”) will not operate to protect the rights of the severely mentally ill in situations involving consent to health care.
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A Way With Words
This user-friendly publication has been designed for use by communication professionals and the disability sector to encourage us to make positive, appropriate language choices.
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AAA International Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation
This online journal is a great resource, and you really must consult it occasionally (hence the AAA so it ends up at the top of the list). The IJPR is "a web based, peer reviewed publication for mental health practitioners, consumers and applied researchers". At the time of submitting this listing, articles included "The Social Construction of Mental Illness and its Implications for the Recovery Model" and "Recovery from Severe Mental Illness: The Lived Experience of the Initial Phase of Treatment"
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ASHRAM 2005 Directory
Guide to Agencies Supporting Housing for Refugees Asylum Seekers and Migrants
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Contributor: Queensland Shelter Migrant and Refugee Housing Project |
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Altering States
June 2008 Edition of Altering States Newsletter
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Altering States Newsletter
March 2008 edition of Altering States - the publication of the peak body for the Mental Health Community Sector
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Altering States Newsletter
November 2007 Edition
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An Exploratory Analysis of Correlates of Recovery
(Abridged Abstract) This study attempted to understand factors associated with a recovery orientation. METHODS: The authors reanalyzed data from 825 people with schizophrenia. RESULTS: People with less depression were more likely to have a recovery orientation. Family understanding of mental illness and fewer side effects of medications also had a significant effect. Psychotic symptoms were associated with less life satisfaction. Receipt of various services, including day treatment and legal services, was positively associated with knowledge about illness and services. CONCLUSIONS: A polarized view of biomedical and recovery perspectives on mental illness may be unfounded, given that these perspectives appear to be mutually reinforcing.
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April 2006 edition of the Alliance Newsletter
Download the April 2006 edition of the Queensland Alliance Newsletter in PDF (685KB).
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Auseinet Online Recovery Toolkit
Auseinet has an online toolkit providing information and resources around issues of recovery for people with mental illness. The toolkit is designed to be useful for jurisdictions, service providers, consumers and carers. Their factsheets and links are particularly useful
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Boston University Recovery Resources
The Centre for Psychiatric Rehabilitation at Boston University is internationally renowned for its work in research, training and service delivery. Here are links and a list of articles they recommend
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Building Resiliency in Aboriginal populations: When did Aboriginality become a risk factor?
Keynote speech by Dr Tracy Westerman, the Director of Indigenous Psychological Services, a company developed in Western Australia in 1999 for the specific purpose of providing psychological services for Aboriginal people. NOTE: this link will download a Power Point presentation.
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COAG National Action Plan for Mental Health
COAG National Action Plan for mental health
Website: COAG National Action Plan |
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Cannabis and Psychotic Illness (PDF)
Factsheet that describes what is cannabis, what are its effects, and how can it effect a person with a psychotic illness.
Keywords: drugs, marijuana, mental illness, mental health. |
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Carer Recognition Policy
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Celebrating Partnerships in Mental Health in the Toowoomba Region.
The Queensland Alliance, in partnership with the Carers Queensland, Toowoomba Clubhouse, Resolution Employment, Toowoomba CAG, Disability Services Queensland, Department of Housing and Queensland Health organised a community forum in Toowoomba titled, “Celebrating Partnerships in Mental Health in the Toowoomba Region.”
Over 100 people registered for the forum, including consumers, carers, mental health workers, representatives from non-government community organisations and government representatives from Queensland Health’s Mental Health Services, Disability Services Queensland, Department of Housing. Forum participants were given the opportunity to raise issues and problems facing the mental health and psychiatric sector in the Toowoomba region and suggest collaborative solutions to address those issues. A wide range of issues and problems were discussed, ranging from housing and accommodation to stigma and community education. |
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Changes in Schizophrenia Across Time: Paradoxes, Patterns & Predictors
Intro: There exist two polar, yet accurate, views about the outcome of schizophrenia. Huber et al. (1979), after studying the outcome of schizophrenia in 502 patients for more than two decades, wrote: "Schizophrenia does not seem to be a disease of slow progressive deterioration. Even in the second and third decades of illness, there is still a potential for full or partial recovery" (p. 595). Nine other such studies agree. Yet today, we have dayrooms, shelters, and public mental health caseloads consistently overcrowded with persons chronically languishing with the diagnosis of schizophrenia.
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Community Door Website
The site provides support for managers and workers in Queensland’s community and disability services sectors regarding the day-to-day business of running a non-government organisation.
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Community Services Sector Charter
Finalised in August 2007, the Community Services Sector Charter is a document that has been prepared on behalf of the Queensland Community Services Sector to define and communicate to other sectors of society (Government, business and community) - what the Queensland Community Service sector is, and to raise awareness of its vital role and invaluable contribution to society.
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Consumer Participation Training Resources
A set of training modules to help organisations develop a service that is more responsive to consumers' needs, enhance service quality and improve consumers' health outcomes. Although, not mental health specific, the modules are generic to help organisations develop ideas for active involvement, skills, greater understanding, appreciation of the value of, and possibility of change utilising consumer participation.
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Consumer Voice Project Convention Report
Queensland Alliance is committed to consumer participation in mental health service planning and policy development. The Queensland Consumer Advisory Group (QCAG) was Queensland Health’s mechanism for receiving advice on mental health policy from consumer and carer perspectives. This group was disbanded in June 2004. The Alliance engaged in discussions with Queensland Health about what should replace QCAG. After eighteen months of discussions, Queensland Health agreed to provide resources to Queensland Alliance to undertake a state-wide consultation with consumers and carers about a new mechanism to provide advice to the Queensland Government from consumer and carer perspectives.
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Consumer-Directed Transformation to a Recovery-Based Mental Health System
This paper provides an outline of how consumers/survivors can catalyze a transformation of the mental health system from one based on an institutional culture of control and exclusion to one based on a recovery culture of self-determination and
community participation. The paper provides a road map for developing services, financing, and supports that are based on self-determination and recovery. |
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Criminalising Illness?
The Department of Corrective Services (DCS) announced a review of the Corrective Services Act 2000 late last year and has released thirteen separate issues papers for consultation with key stakeholders. In all these documents there is little specific mention of the needs of people with mental illness, despite the very high prevalence of people with mental illness in prison.
The attached submission to the DCS legislative review asserts that the Queensland Alliance believes it is important for there to be a place of consequence for those who commit serious crimes. However, the culture and purpose of prison should be about rehabilitation and addressing the underlying causes of offending. Correctional cultures – based on the experiences of people from the system – appear focused on punishment, control and the breaking of spirit. This approach to prisons produces brutalised, dehumanised individuals and so reduces community safety. The Queensland Alliance suggests most people with mental illness should not be in jail, because: - There are viable alternatives to prison which produce better outcomes for individuals and safer communities; - Prison produces negative outcomes for individuals – incarceration worsens mental health; - People with mental illness need health care and social support, not punishment – the therapeutic environment required to deal with mental illness is in direct conflict with a prison environment focused on punishment; - Prison produces frustrated or brutalised individuals who are released to the community with little preparation or support - this reduces community safety; - Incarceration does not operate in practice as a deterrent and has a centuries long history of failure in reducing crime. |
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Criminalising Illness? Mental Illness and the Prison System
The attached speech was an address to the first in a lunchtime speaker series hosted by the Qld Alliance.
Debbie Kilroy OAM, Director of Sisters Inside, delivered the speech in Brisbane on 18 August 2005. Website: Click here to visit Sisters Inside on the web |
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Crisis Planning
This whole website is very informative & inspiring. This page helps consumers to determine their own Crisis Plan - indicators of a crisis, and what the consumer wants to happen when a crisis occurs. Consumers can do it alone, or support workers can work through the questions with a person they are supporting. A great way for consumers to take control of episodes of mental illness.
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Crossing the Divide - D&A and MH issues for MH NGOs
Results of a survey of issues for NGO mental health services
The occurrence of mental health and drug and/or alcohol issues in individuals is increasingly becoming an area of concern in our sector and the drug and alcohol sector. Research was undertaken by the Alliance to gain a snapshot of the current situation from the perspective of our member organisations, and some drug and alcohol organisations. The key findings of the research of our member organisations identified that nine out of ten agree that their service often deals with individuals with mental health and drug and/or alcohol issues, highlighting the importance of this study and the need to understand this cross-sectional issue and its impact on our sector. Furthermore, confidence of respondents when supporting individuals with both mental health and drug and/or alcohol issues varied, with some service types less likely to feel more confident. The idea of specialised training for workers who support individuals with both issues was supported with 98% of respondents indicating a need for this. The value of organisational links was found to be important to the majority of respondents (96%), with 70% of the respondents indicating that they do have links to drug and alcohol services. From the interviews taken with drug and alcohol services, organisation links were also deemed as being important for assisting individuals with both issues. |
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DRAFT for comment
"About non-government mental health services": a draft brochure for discussion & feedback. See Sector Development Diary Event2 for more information
Website: Sector Development Diary Event 2 |
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December 2005 Edition of the Alliance Newsletter
Download the December 2005 Edition of the Alliance Newsletter (994KB in PDF) and read about:
· The $5 million annual funding boost into the non-government mental health sector (pages 1, 5 and 7); · The new Alliance State Council (page 6); · The Alliance President's reasons for staying optimistic (page 3); · A report from John Mendoza (from the Mental Health Council of Australia) that mental health issues have found a place on the COAG agenda (page 8); · The Mental Health Review Tribunal’s claims of inefficiencies (page 10); · A worrying decision from Queensland’s Supreme Court (page 12); and · The unmet need for leadership in implementing the recommendations of the INCorrections Report (page 11). |
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Disability Support Services 2003-04
This report presents data on services provided or funded by governments under the CSTDA, and the people accessing these services between 1 July 2003 and 30 June 2004. The report presents a range of data relating to service users, their characteristics, their informal carers, and patterns of service usage. In addition, there is information on the service outlets providing disability support services nationwide during 2003-2004.
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Discovering Hope for Recovery From a British Perspective - Literature Review
A review of a sample of recovery literature, implications for practice and systems change.It's a great overview, bringing together lots of resarch on recovery - a good introduction for someone who wants to know 'But what does Recovery MEAN, exactly?'
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ENABLE - Australian Federation of Disability Organisations Campaign Kit
This campaign kit has been prepared by the Australian Federation of Disability Organisations (AFDO), with the generous support of the Reichstein Foundation.
AFDO is the peak national body for organisations of people with disability. Our vision is to achieve a community where people with disability can participate in all aspects of social, economic, political and cultural life. Our mission is to champion the rights of people with disability in Australia and help them participate fully in Australian life. Website: Click here to visit AFDO on the net |
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Emerging Research Base of Peer-Run Support Programs
This is a fantastic table that summarises 34 research papers on peer-run support groups. Inspiring reading if you are looking to establish or justify such a program.
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Fact sheet - POLICE MOVE ON POWERS
The attached fact sheet on police move on powers contains basic informaion about the new powers and also lists a number of contact places for homeless people.
Website: Click here to visit QPILCH online |
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Fact sheets on the mental health court
Link to 3 fact sheets on the Mental Health Court: about the mental health court, about forensic orders, and about making a statement for the mental health court.
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Family Support Plan
Updated version of what was previously called Family Safety Plan – now called 'Family Support Plan'. Looks a lot more family friendly, with some clearer steps outlined.
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Global Madness: A Journey of A journey on Policy Influence and Social Inclusion
As a result of being awarded a Churchill Fellowship in 2007, Global Madness madness was the experience of traveling through five countries in 60 days, visiting 35 mental health organizations and interviewing more than 100 people.
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Housing & Accommodation Support Initiative - Report 1: Summary
A great evaluation to read if you are looking for Australian research into the effectiveness of NGO mental health programs. The Housing and Accommodation Support Initiative (HASI) is a jointly funded NSW Department of Health and NSW Department of Housing (DOH) program, which aims to improve housing stability and community participation for people with mental illness through community based accommodation and coordinated support services. HASI Stage One provides accommodation support places to over 100 people with complex mental health problems and high levels of psychiatric disability. The Social Policy Research Centre (SPRC) is evaluating this program. The report outlines key findings including client satisfaction, friendships, housing stability and reduction in hospital admissions
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How the involuntary treatment of a mental health consumer impacts on the burden of care of the family: a family perspective
Recent research completed as part of Master of Nursing (honours) with the University of Southern Queensland. This research spoke to family members of a person with a mental illness under the Mental Health Act to determine the impact this had upon the family.
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July 2006 edition of the Queensland Alliance Newsletter
Download the July 2006 edition of the Queensland Alliance Newsletter in PDF (800KB).
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Legislation and Life
Over the past year QAI has produced a series of issue papers titled “Vulnerable People Shameful Responses”. QAI's report “Legislation and Life” exposes the realities of life for people with disabilities living in hostels. This report is produced in recognition of the inability of people to speak out about their situation and to expose the unacceptable practices experienced by these vulnerable people with disabilities living in facilities covered by the Private Residential Services Act.
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Love Me Tender Workshop
The Love Me Tender Workhshops held around Queensland were a great success.
Please find slide and notes from the workshops for you to download. |
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Mapping Loneliness in Australia
This paper maps loneliness in Australia. Using national survey data, it outlines patterns
of loneliness, support and friendship and assesses who is most at risk of emotional and social isolation and who is socially supported and connected. The paper focuses on young adults aged 25 to 44. |
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Media Team Australia
Media Team Australia assists community organisations across Australia to raise their public profile and attract greater support by professionalising their public relations and communications activities. As a non profit organisation we bring a specialised understanding to supporting the needs of other non profit organisations.
Media Team provides a range of services including workshops, tailored resources and consultancy services to develop organisations' communication capabilities. |
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Mental Health Partnership Forum Terms of Reference
The attached Terms of Reference are for the Bi-Monthly Mental Health Partnership Forum between Queensland Health & the Queensland Alliance.
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Mental Health Recovery: What helps, what hinders?
A huge study that interviewed over a hundred people across the USA to define factors that assisted recovery.
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Mental Health Statement of Rights and Responsibilities
Link to the Mental Health Statement of Rights and Responsibilities on the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing website. This is a report of the Mental Health Consumer Outcomes Task Force adopted by Australian Health Ministers in March 1991. The document enables consumers, carers, advocates, service providers and the community to be aware of their rights and responsibilities in terms of mental health care. (Follow link to download PDF 130kb document or access PDF free software)
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Mental Health Week 2006 Event Organiser’s Pack
The pack includes information on:
- This year's theme; - Ideas for participation; - A MHAQ overview; - Media campaigns; - Mini-grants; and - A writing competition. |
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Mental Health Week 2006 event pack
The pack includes information on:
- This year's theme; - Ideas for participation; - A MHAQ overview; - Media campaigns; - Mini-grants; and - A writing competition. |
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Mental Illness Recovery & Place
Abstract: This paper explores fifteen residents’ perspectives on a supported housing program for people
recovering from low prevalence mental health disorders in rural Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. It moves beyond the often unproductive institutional versus community care dichotomy to present a more complex consideration of the residents’ perceptions of supported housing as a site for recovery. This paper contributes to the literature on consumers’ experiences of mental health care in particular places. The residents’ narratives highlight the importance of supported accommodation as an integral part of a recovery focused service system delivered predominantly, but not exclusively, in the community |
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Model of Recovery- Oriented Services
Proposed Model of Mental Health Recovery and Recovery- Oriented Services attached.
Website: Click here for the State of Connecticut's Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services |
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National Action Plan on Mental Health 2006-2011
COAG has agreed to a National Action Plan on Mental Health involving a joint package of measures and significant new investment by all governments over five years that will promote better mental health and provide additional support to people with mental illness, their families and their carers.
Website: Click here to visit the COAG website |
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National Mental Health Plan 2003-2008
In the National Mental Health Plan 2003–2008, four priority themes are addressed through 34 outcomes. These themes emphasise mental health
promotion and prevention, increasing responsiveness to consumers and carers across all mental health and related services, strengthening quality, and fostering research and innovation across the sector for sustainable programs and services. Ultimately, the Strategy seeks to engage all members of the community in a partnership to improve the mental health of the Australian community. The 2003–2008 Plan will see partnerships with other sectors such as housing, education, welfare, justice and employment, to assist with the recovery of those experiencing mental health problems and mental illness. In seeking to achieve these goals, all Health Ministers have committed to working together through the National Mental Health Plan 2003–2008, building on the foundations of the last decade in improving the mental health of all Australians. Extract from the Foreward by the Hon Wendy Edmond, Health Minister for Queensland |
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National Mental Health Report 2005
The National Mental Health Report 2005 is available for download at the Department of Health and Ageing's website.
The National Mental Health Report 2005 is the ninth report in a series that has monitored the progress in mental health reform under the National Mental Health Strategy from 1993 to 2003. It presents data from 2002-03 and highlights the significant structural reform that has occurred over the course of the first ten years of the National Mental Health Strategy. |
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National Mental Health Strategy
All the latest and updated publications from the National Mental Health Strategy. To order documents, complete the form and fax back. All publications are free of charge.
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New UN Treaty Supports Rights of Persons with Disabilities
After five years of negotiations, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was adopted by the UN General Assembly on December 13 2006.
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OUT OF MIND, OUT OF SIGHT: THE SCANDAL OF PUBLIC POLICY
The attached speech was an address to the first in a lunchtime speaker series hosted by the Qld Alliance.
Professor Chris Puplick AM delivered the speech in Brisbane on 18 August 2005. Website: Click here to visit the Centre for Advancement of International Health |
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October 2006 edition of the Alliance Newsletter
Download the October 2006 edition of the Queensland Alliance Newsletter in PDF (612KB).
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PRIVACY KIT FOR MENTAL HEALTH SECTOR
Privacy Kit to guide mental health consumers, carers and providers through the detail of the Federal Privacy Act (PDF - 488KB).
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PSYCHOSOCIAL REHABILITATION: ISSUES AND ANSWERS FOR PSYCHIATRY
This is a fascinating article written by psychiatrists for psychiatrists, calling on them to work collaboratively with psychosocial rehabilitation service providers (that's NGO mental health services)
"The authors advance the argument that a confluence of developments, both within and beyond psychiatry, has now created an opportunity for psychiatry to build a mutually productive relationship with rehabilitation." |
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Papering Over the Cracks: The Veneer of Prevention
The Report From The QPPD Community Investigation Into The abuse, assault and neglect of people with a disability receiving services provided or funded by Disability Services Queensland (DSQ).
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People’s beliefs about factors contributing to mental health: implications for mental health promotion
A study of the emphasis (based on their statewide survey) on the use of the term “mentally healthy” (which has connotations of positive health) rather than “mental health”, which was seen as primarily about mental illness.
Website: Link to the Health Promotion Journal of Australia |
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Photo Consent Form PDF
PDF Photo Consent Form to be used when submitting photos for the Alliance databse. As listed on Consumer Participation webpage. |