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Involuntary treatment
In Australia, there are circumstances where you can be legally hospitalised for a mental illness without your consent. You can also be legally compell...
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Diabetes & mental illness
Mental illness is enough to cope with on its own, so being told you have diabetes as well can feel overwhelming at first. It’s important to remember,...
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Mental health in rural and remote Australia
The reported prevalence of mental illness in rural and remote Australia appears similar to that of major cities.
Read more on National Rural Health Alliance (NRHA) website

Crisis Support: How to help in a crisis
How to help when someone experiences a mental health crisis
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For new mums - COPMI
Mums experiencing a mental illness have the extra challenge of managing the demands of their recovery with the everyday roles and responsibilities of being a mum
Read more on COPMI – Children of Parents with a Mental Illness website

Getting better
Recovery is often defined as a process in which you take an active part in getting as well as you possibly can be: accepting unavoidable limitations a...
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Getting back to work
Getting back to work when you have a mental illness can be a challenge. Whether you have never worked, or have not been in work for months or even yea...
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Anorexia nervosa in children and young people | Sydney Children's Hospitals Network
What is anorexia nervosa? Anorexia nervosa is a mental illness in which there is a disturbance in the way a person experiences their body shape or weight as well as unhappiness with their body
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Hospital care: before, during and after | Health and wellbeing | Queensland Government
Going into hospital can be a stressful time for both patients and families. Knowing as much as possible beforehand can help ease the stress.
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For family & carers
For Family and Carers The experience of caring for someone with diabetes is different for everyone
Read more on Diabetes Australia website

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Training to recognise the early signs of recurrence in schizophrenia | Cochrane
Authors' conclusions: This review indicates that early warning signs interventions may have a positive effect on the proportions of people re-hospitalised and on rates of relapse, but not on time to recurrence
Read more on Cochrane (Australasian Centre) website

Paranoia | Ausmed
Paranoia is a breakdown of a person’s various mental and emotional functions related to reasoning and assigning meaning. It is marked by unreasonable beliefs often to do with either persecution or grandeur.
Read more on Ausmed Education website

Loneliness and Social Isolation in Aged Care | Ausmed
Research suggests older adults are the most likely demographic to experience feelings of loneliness and social isolation.. Loneliness and social isolation are associated with poor physical and mental health, with research even suggesting that they increase the risk of premature death.
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Referral
Research & evidence summary on specialist palliative care referral for older persons in aged care.
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Emergency Planning and Management
Research & evidence summary on managing palliative care emergencies & deterioration of older people's health in aged care.
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Care Coordination - Synthesis
Detailed summary & identified gaps from research on palliative care transition, coordination & referral for older people in aged care.
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Goals of Care - Synthesis
Detailed summary & identified gaps from research on strategies for setting palliative care goals & end of life planning with older people in aged care.
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Depression
Depression is a mood state that is characterised by significantly lowered mood and a loss of interest or pleasure in activities that are normally enjoyable. Such depressed mood is a common and normal experience in the population. However, a major depressive episode can be distinguished from this `normal’ depression by its severity, persistence, duration, and the presence of characteristic symptoms (e.g., sleep disturbances).
Read more on CRUfAD – Clinical Research Unit for Anxiety and Depression website

Suicide in rural and remote Australia
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Hyperglycaemia - a Diabetes Emergency | Ausmed
Hyperglycaemia is the medical condition in which a patient presents with abnormally high levels of glucose circulating in their bloodstream (Better Health Channel 2014). It is common for people not to experience the symptoms of hyperglycaemia until their blood sugar levels reach this high level.
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