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CHCMHS001 - Work with People with Mental Health Issues
Library Resources
E-Books + DVD's
e-books + DVD's
- Suicide Prevention Techniques: How a Suicide Crisis Service Saves Liives An unprecedented insight into the approach used by the innovative Suicide Crisis charity, a crisis centre that has so far achieved a zero suicide rate amongst their clients. This book explains their ethos, how they work and the ways in which their services operate.
Enrolled Nursing - Mental Health - Databases
Enrolled Nursing - Mental Health - Video
Enrolled Nursing - Mental Health - Recognising Mental Illness in Patients.
Imagine There Was No Stigma to Mental Illness - Video
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Websites
- Beyond Blue Beyond Blue provides information and support to help everyone in Australia achieve their best possible mental health, whatever their age and wherever they live.
- Capacity & Dementia: a guide for Tasmanian Health Care Profesionals. Under the common law, and consistent with Article 12 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, a person is always presumed to have the capacity to make decisions. Where a person has dementia this may be a trigger for a capacity assessment if a decision needs to be made. Broadly, there are three areas or domains of decision-making: personal, financial, and health.
- Legal rights & responsibilities - SANE Australia LISTEN TO THIS PAGE When someone is affected by mental illness, there may be no impact in the workplace at all. If they are able to carry out their work as usual, then it remains a private matter like any other health issue which has no bearing on their job. If symptoms do affect their capacity to carry out duties or have some other effect in the workplace, then it can raise a host of legal issues for both the employer and employee. Does someone have to tell their manager? What support is an employer legally bound to provide? What if the employer is worried about the impact on others? Can other staff be told? Or could the person even be sacked? The law can sometimes appear complex, or even conflicting, when an employee is affected by mental illness. It’s important to remember, therefore, that people affected by the symptoms of mental illness have the same rights – and responsibilities – as other employees. An employer, too, has both rights and responsibilities in managing employees who are affected.
- Managing Challenging Behaviour: Mental Health Challenging behaviour can be defined as any behaviour of an individual which has the potential to cause physical or psychological harm to themselves, another person, or to property around them. It does not have to be deliberate acts – some patients who suffer from mental health conditions can express challenging behaviour unintentionally.
- Mental health and human rights Human rights have been central to discussion about mental health care reform in Australia and overseas. Australia's 1991 Mental Health statements of rights and responsibilities focused on consumers' and carers' human rights. The intention was 'to promote social justice, equity, access and a compassionate society with metal health as a primary goal'.
- Mental Health and Suicide Prevention - Australian Department of Health A person’s mental health affects how they feel, think, behave and relate to others. Mental illness covers a spectrum of disorders that vary in how severe they are and how long they last. Find out what we’re doing to improve mental health services and prevent mental illness in Australia.
- Mental Health Australia Mental Health Australia aims to promote mentally healthy communities, educate Australians on mental health issues, influence mental health reform so that government policies address all contemporary mental health issues, conduct research on mental health issues, and carry out regular consultation to represent the best interests of our members, partners and the community.
- Mental Health First Aid Australia Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) teaches people the skills to help someone who they're concerned about.
- National Mental Health Commission The Commission monitors and reports on investment in mental health and suicide prevention initiatives, provides evidence based policy advice to Government and disseminates information on ways to continuously improve Australia’s mental health and suicide prevention systems, and acts as a catalyst for change to achieve those improvements.
- SANE Australia SANE Australia is a national charity making a real difference in the lives of people affected by complex mental health issues Guided by our vision and mission, values and behaviours, we help people live long and fulfilling lives, free from stigma and discrimination.