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Galletly, Cherrie, Xiaoli Wu, Zili Han, and Dennis Liu. "M151. DIFFERENCES IN PATTERN OF OBESITY BETWEEN PEOPLE WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA LIVING IN CHINA AND IN AUSTRALIA." Schizophrenia Bulletin 46, Supplement_1 (April 2020): S192—S193. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbaa030.463.
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Abstract Background People with psychotic disorders, including schizophrenia, suffer premature cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Obesity is a major factor in cardiometabolic disorders in this population. There has been very little research investigating differences in patterns of obesity in diverse ethnic populations. Guidelines for treatment of complex comorbidities in people with schizophrenia and related psychoses may need to provide specific recomendations for different ethnic groups. Methods The Chinese sample consisted 192 subjects were recruited from the outpatients and inpatients department of the psychiatry department of the third affiliated hospital of Sun Yat-sen. All enrolled subjects were Chinese Han ethnicity, aged 16–45 years, with a diagnosis of schizophrenia according to ICD-10 criteria for schizophrenia, excluding other acute psychiatric disorders. The Australian sample (N=1825) were drawn from the Survey of High Impact Psychosis. BMI and central obesity were measured in all subjects. Results 10.3% of men and 4.7% of women in the China sample were obese (BMI>30). In the Australian sample, 41.6% of men and 50.3% of women were obese. Overall, 7.8% of Chinese sample and 45.1% of the Australian sample were obese. However, amongst the non-obese China sample, 41.7% of men and 53.1% of women had central obesity; the mean for all non-obese Chinese people was 46.7%. 73% of non-obese Australian men and 81.5% of non-obese Australian women had central obesity; the mean for all non-obese Australians was 76%. Discussion Chinese Han people with schizophrenia have much lower rates of obesity than the Australian sample. In both groups, rates of abdominal obesity were higher than rates of obesity as defined by BMI. These ethnic differences may help in understanding the high rates of cardiometabolic disorder in people with psychotic disorders in Western countries. They may also inform interventions to assist Western people with psychoses to maintain better physical health.
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Carr, Vaughan J., Amanda L. Neil, Sean A. Halpin, Scott Holmes, and Terry J. Lewin. "Costs of Schizophrenia and Other Psychoses in Urban Australia: Findings from the Low Prevalence (Psychotic) Disorders Study." Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 37, no. 1 (February 2003): 31–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1440-1614.2003.01092.x.
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Objective: To estimate the costs associated with the treatment and care of persons with psychosis in Australia based on data from the Low Prevalence Disorders Study (LPDS), and to identify areas where there is potential for more efficient use of existing health care resources. Method: The LPDS was a one-month census-based survey of people with psychotic disorders in contact with mental health services, which was conducted in four metropolitan regions in 1997–1998. Mental health and service utilization data from 980 interviews were used to estimate the economic costs associated with psychotic disorders. A prevalencebased, ‘bottom-up’ approach was adopted to calculate the government and societal costs associated with psychosis, including treatment and non-treatment related costs. Results: Annual societal costs for the average patient with psychosis are of the order of $46 200, comprising $27 500 in lost productivity, $13 800 in inpatient mental health care costs and $4900 in other mental health and community services costs. Psychosis costs the Australian government at least $1.45 billion per annum, while societal costs are at least $2.25 billion per annum (including $1.44 billion for schizophrenia). We also report relationships between societal costs and demographic factors, diagnosis, disability and participation in employment. Conclusions: Current expenditure on psychosis in Australia is probably inefficient. There may be substantial opportunity costs in not delivering effective treatments in sufficient volume to people with psychotic disorders, not intervening early, and not improving access to rehabilitation and supported accommodation.
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GUREJE, O., H. HERRMAN, C. HARVEY, V. MORGAN, and A. JABLENSKY. "The Australian National Survey of Psychotic Disorders: profile of psychosocial disability and its risk factors." Psychological Medicine 32, no. 4 (May 2002): 639–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0033291702005627.
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Background. Knowledge of the level of psychosocial impairment associated with psychosis is important in evaluating the impact of the illness on those affected. When such knowledge is derived from community-based epidemiological surveys, it can help in providing a public health perspective for service planning with information derived from representative samples of patients.Methods. A two-phase epidemiological survey of persons with psychosis in four predominantly urban areas of Australia. First phase screening for psychosis (N = 5710) was followed by a semi-structured interview of a stratified random sample (N = 980) to assess psychopathology (lifetime and current) and psychosocial disability.Results. Most of the interviewees were unemployed and had never married. There was widespread impairment in sexual and social relationships and in the performance of activities of daily living. Over half expressed dissatisfaction with life in general. Persons with affective psychoses were often as disabled as those with schizophrenia and diagnostic categorizations were not important in the conferment of risk for disability. Rather, poor pre-morbid work or social adjustment and poor course of illness were potent risk factors for diverse forms of disability in persons with psychosis.Conclusion. A large proportion of persons with experience of psychosis living in the community suffers from significant levels of psychosocial disability. Disablement seems to reflect, in part, a diathesis of poor pre-morbid functioning and less than optimal response to treatment of the disorder.
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Jablensky, Assen, John McGrath, Helen Herrman, David Castle, Oye Gureje, Mandy Evans, Vaughan Carr, Vera Morgan, Ailsa Korten, and Carol Harvey. "Psychotic Disorders in Urban Areas: An Overview of the Study on Low Prevalence Disorders." Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 34, no. 2 (April 2000): 221–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/j.1440-1614.2000.00728.x.
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Objective: This paper reports on a study designed within the framework of the National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing to: estimate the prevalence of psychoses in urban areas of Australia; identify profiles of symptomatology, impairments and disabilities; collect information on services received and needed; and explore quality of life issues in a broadly representative sample of people with psychotic illnesses. Method: The study was conducted over four areas in the Australian Capital Territory, Queensland, Victoria and Western Australia, as a two-phase survey: (i) a census and screening for psychosis of all individuals who made contacts with mental health services during a period of 1 month in 1997; and (ii) interviews with a stratified random sample (n = 980) of the screen-positive individuals (n = 3800) using a standardised instrument. Results: The point prevalence (1 month) of psychotic disorders in the urban population aged 18–64 is in the range of 4–7 per 1000 with a weighted mean of 4.7 per 1000. People with psychotic disorders experience high rates of functional impairments and disability, decreased quality of life, persistent symptoms, substance-use comorbidity and frequent side effects of medication. Although the utilisation of hospital-based and community mental health services, as well as of public and non-governmental helping agencies, is high, the majority live in extreme social isolation and adverse socioeconomic circumstances. Among the many unmet needs, the limited availability of community-based rehabilitation, supported accommodation and employment opportunities is particularly prominent. Conclusions: The so-called ‘low-prevalence’ psychotic disorders represent a major and complex public health problem, associated with heavy personal and social costs. There is a need for a broad programmatic approach, involving various sectors of the community, to tackle the multiple dimensions of clinical disorder, personal functioning and socioeconomic environment that influence the course and outcome of psychosis and ultimately determine the effectiveness of service-based intervention.
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Morgan, V. A., A. V. Jablensky, and D. J. Castle. "Season of birth in schizophrenia and affective psychoses in Western Australia 1916±61." Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 104, no. 2 (August 2001): 138–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1034/j.1600-0447.2001.00188.x.
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O’Donnell, Maryanne, Scott B. Teasdale, Xin-Yi Chua, Jamie Hardman, Nan Wu, Jackie Curtis, Katherine Samaras, et al. "The Role of the Microbiome in the Metabolic Health of People with Schizophrenia and Related Psychoses: Cross-Sectional and Pre-Post Lifestyle Intervention Analyses." Pathogens 11, no. 11 (November 1, 2022): 1279. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens11111279.
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The microbiome has been implicated in the development of metabolic conditions which occur at high rates in people with schizophrenia and related psychoses. This exploratory proof-of-concept study aimed to: (i) characterize the gut microbiota in antipsychotic naïve or quasi-naïve people with first-episode psychosis, and people with established schizophrenia receiving clozapine therapy; (ii) test for microbiome changes following a lifestyle intervention which included diet and exercise education and physical activity. Participants were recruited from the Eastern Suburbs Mental Health Service, Sydney, Australia. Anthropometric, lifestyle and gut microbiota data were collected at baseline and following a 12-week lifestyle intervention. Stool samples underwent 16S rRNA sequencing to analyse microbiota diversity and composition. Seventeen people with established schizophrenia and five people with first-episode psychosis were recruited and matched with 22 age-sex, BMI and ethnicity matched controls from a concurrent study for baseline comparisons. There was no difference in α-diversity between groups at baseline, but microbial composition differed by 21 taxa between the established schizophrenia group and controls. In people with established illness pre-post comparison of α-diversity showed significant increases after the 12-week lifestyle intervention. This pilot study adds to the current literature that detail compositional differences in the gut microbiota of people with schizophrenia compared to those without mental illness and suggests that lifestyle interventions may increase gut microbial diversity in patients with established illness. These results show that microbiome studies are feasible in patients with established schizophrenia and larger studies are warranted to validate microbial signatures and understand the relevance of lifestyle change in the development of metabolic conditions in this population.
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Carr, Vaughan J., Terry J. Lewin, Amanda L. Neil, Sean A. Halpin, and Scott Holmes. "Premorbid, psychosocial and clinical predictors of the costs of schizophrenia and other psychoses." British Journal of Psychiatry 184, no. 6 (June 2004): 517–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjp.184.6.517.
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BackgroundPredictors of the costs of psychosis have received insufficient research attention, particularly factors associated with indirect costs.AimsTo identify the predictors of direct mental health care costs and indirect or time-loss costs in psychotic disorders and to discuss their implications for future interventions.MethodStructured interview data from the Low Prevalence Disorders Study (n=980) were used to examine predictors of the costs of psychosis in Australia. Estimates of annual costs per patient were derived from the perspectives of government and society. Hierarchical regressions were used to assess the contributions to costs of premorbid, psychosocial and clinical factors.ResultsSchizophrenia involved greater costs than other psychotic disorders. Non-completion of high-school education and chronicity of illness course were predictive of higher costs across all categories, and some factors were linked primarily with mental health care costs (e.g. age at onset, current symptomatology) or indirect costs (e.g. male gender, overall disability).ConclusionsSeveral concurrent strategies were recommended, including early intervention programmes and assertive evidence-based rehabilitation and supported employment programmes aimed at reducing disability The cost-effectiveness of these approaches needs to be evaluated from the perspectives of both government and society.
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Copolov, David L., Patrick D. McGony, Nicholas Keks, Iraklis H. Minas, Helen E. Heman, and Bruce S. Singh. "Origins and Establishment of the Schizophrenia Research Programme at Royal Park Psychiatric Hospital." Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 23, no. 4 (December 1989): 443–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/00048678909062611.
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This paper documents the initial phase of a new research direction which began in 1984 at Royal Park Hospital. Attention is focussed on the place of the university and the research institute in the psychiatric hospital and on the perceived need for concerted research on the major psychoses in Australia. The focal point of the Royal Park research programme, the Aubrey Lewis Clinical Research Unit, has been open since October 1984. The development of the unit's research activities during the initial few years of its existence required an awareness of specific scientific, administrative and political issues. These are discussed in detail in order to convey something of the process, as well as the content of such development, and in an attempt to provide some assistance to others undertaking similar developments.
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Draper, Brian, Georgina Luscombe, and Stephanie Winfield. "The Senior Psychiatrist Survey II: Experience and Psychiatric Practice." Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 33, no. 5 (October 1999): 709–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/j.1440-1614.1999.00623.x.
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Objective: The aim of this study is to determine the effects of experience on the practice, roles, status and attitudes of psychiatrists within the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP). Method: A postal survey of Fellows of the RANZCP resident in Australia or New Zealand was conducted. The main outcome measures were: years of psychiatric experience; higher medical qualifications; location and type of psychiatric practice; attitudes about senior psychiatrists and mentorship; changes in work practices over the career; and the perceived benefits and drawbacks of experience on psychiatric practice and case selection. Results: Of 1086 eligible subjects, 629 participated. Over 96% of respondents, particularly the younger and less experienced, believed that senior psychiatrists have wisdom to offer to junior colleagues. This wisdom principally related to mentor-ship/supervision. Increased ‘respect and tolerance’ of patients as a benefit of experience was more likely to be reported by respondents who were more experienced. Respondents more confident about treating younger patients and treating functional psychoses were more likely to be less experienced, as were those reluctant to take on psychotherapy cases. Those respondents reluctant to take on ‘dangerous or acting-out patients’ were more experienced. The field of psychiatric practice significantly influenced case selection. Conclusions: Senior psychiatrists have accumulated wisdom through experience that is sought by junior colleagues via mentorship. It is recommended that the RANZCP should specifically address the needs of early career and senior psychiatrists.
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Lincoln, Clare, Susy Harrigan, and Pat D. McGorry. "Understanding the topography of the early psychosis pathways." British Journal of Psychiatry 172, S33 (June 1998): 21–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/s0007125000297614.
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Background This study aims to gain an understanding of treatment delays and their nature in initial psychotic episodes. We investigated to whom people turn for help, how long that approach takes and subsequent delays in commencing treatment.Method Qualitative and quantitative methods were combined with interviews of 62 people suffering from first-episode psychoses, aged 16–30 years, who had recently accessed a specialist mental health service in Melbourne, Australia. A modified version of the World Health Organization Encounter Form was analysed in conjunction with other data.ResultsPathways to care and the ways in which they were experienced were highly variable, with 50% of people experiencing psychotic symptoms before approaching any service. The general practitioner played a key role with 50% of people having had GP contact at some point prior to commencing effective treatment. Where an individual's own efforts to seek early help failed, the role of relatives and others was subsequently vital.Conclusions Opportunities exist for shortening delays through targeted health promotion activities and professional training. The need is indicated for a multi-layered or topographical strategy to identify and minimise critical barriers on the route to early intervention. Refinement of interview techniques and instruments of measurement are needed to enhance the explanatory power of data collected.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Psychoses Australia"
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Cordin, Robin M. "Psychopathic-like-traits and aggression in suspended mainstream school children and adolescents." University of Western Australia. Graduate School of Education, 2008. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2008.0100.
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[Truncated abstract] The overall aim of the research reported in this thesis was to explore the viability and utility of the construct of psychopathy and aggression in children and adolescents. Specifically, by taking a developmentally informed approach it sought to develop new instrumentation which measured psychopathic-like-traits, and verbal proactive and reactive aggression in non-referred mainstream school children and adolescents. To achieve this, four separate yet interrelated studies were conducted. Study One comprised three phases relating to the development and validation of two new instruments. In Phase One the instruments currently used to measure psychopathy were reviewed and items relevant to young persons were selected for inclusion in a draft version of the new psychopathy screening instrument. Phase Two, which sought to further explore the construct of psychopathy in children and adolescents, comprised a series of interviews with school principals, deputy principals, psychologists, and education officers at the main juvenile detention centre in Perth, Western Australia. These interviews provided information relating to the behaviour and characteristics of children and adolescents who present with psychopathic-like-traits. As a consequence of the feedback from the Phase Two data, Phase Three reviewed the instrumentation currently used to measure aggression in children and adolescents. From this items were selected for possible inclusion in an aggression questionnaire. The data gathered over these three phases resulted in 117 psychopathy related items being generated for the new instrument, which were subsequently reduced to 56 when duplicated items were identified and the extant knowledge of the construct applied. The 56 items were retained in a draft version of the newly developed instrument, which was named the Child and Adolescent Psychopathy Screening Instrument (CAPSI). The Study One data revealed the instrumentation used to date provided few measures of physical and verbal aggression - a characteristic of psychopathic-like behaviour. Thus, a review of instrumentation together with the information from the interviews resulted in 63 aggression items being generated. ... Study Four utilised information from the CAPSI and the CASA in conjunction with in-depth interviews to generate case studies to further elucidate the characteristics of children and adolescents with psychopathic-like-traits and extreme aggression. Case studies were undertaken with seven male students ranging in age from 8 to 15 years who had been suspended from mainstream schools. All boys scored very highly on the new instruments. All presented with extreme aggression, with some exhibiting proactive or premeditated aggression combined with a superficially engaging personality, insincere charm, lack of remorse, and lack of empathy. The findings from all four research studies are discussed in the light of the literature reviewed and the aims of the research. Implications are then drawn for researchers and clinicians, and directions for further research are suggested.
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Bryson, Patrick. "The triumphant approach: chasing the unwritable book." Thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/41190.
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Research Doctorate - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)Newly single and working the graveyard-shift at his local railway station, Peter Lawson is a complete failure. Yet, inexplicably, he has never felt better in his life. This confidence swells when a newsreader on morning television and an astrologer at the city’s loudest tabloid both agree: Peter is 'The One'... What follows next tests the limits of his mind, and his faith, as he lurches from crisis to catastrophe – being helped along in his journey by a psychiatrist, a priest, and a class full of autistic boys – before meeting Maya, the woman who guides him home. Set between Sydney, London, and the foothills of the Himalayas, 'The Triumphant Approach' is a tale about love, lunacy and the attraction of belief: a meditation on identity, and the redemptive power of losing one’s mind, in modern day Australia. Following the novel is a critical exegesis that charts the genesis and development of The Triumphant Approach by examining its various thematic elements with a focus on madness and writing, giving particular attention to the mental illness and spirituality shared by the protagonist and the author. The exegesis examines how identity is changed by mental illness and explores the inherent challenges for the writer intent on expressing that through fiction, as well as looking at the relationship between mental illness and belief – with a view to understanding the symbiotic relationship between the two.
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Bryson, Patrick. "The triumphant approach: chasing the unwritable book." 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/41190.
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Research Doctorate - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)Newly single and working the graveyard-shift at his local railway station, Peter Lawson is a complete failure. Yet, inexplicably, he has never felt better in his life. This confidence swells when a newsreader on morning television and an astrologer at the city’s loudest tabloid both agree: Peter is 'The One'... What follows next tests the limits of his mind, and his faith, as he lurches from crisis to catastrophe – being helped along in his journey by a psychiatrist, a priest, and a class full of autistic boys – before meeting Maya, the woman who guides him home. Set between Sydney, London, and the foothills of the Himalayas, 'The Triumphant Approach' is a tale about love, lunacy and the attraction of belief: a meditation on identity, and the redemptive power of losing one’s mind, in modern day Australia. Following the novel is a critical exegesis that charts the genesis and development of The Triumphant Approach by examining its various thematic elements with a focus on madness and writing, giving particular attention to the mental illness and spirituality shared by the protagonist and the author. The exegesis examines how identity is changed by mental illness and explores the inherent challenges for the writer intent on expressing that through fiction, as well as looking at the relationship between mental illness and belief – with a view to understanding the symbiotic relationship between the two.
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Rivera, Arroyo Guillermo. "A description of the Australian early psychosis intervention model and a proposal to establish a Pilot Early Intervention Program in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolívia." Master's thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/15720.
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RESUMO: Em 2011, a Associação Psiquiátrica Mundial lançou um programa de bolsas de investigação para psiquiatras em início de carreira a partir de países de renda baixa ou média-baixa, no âmbito deste programa, o autor foi selecionado para uma bolsa de pesquisa no Centre for Youth Mental Health/Orygen Youth Health Research Centre da Universidade de Melbourne.
Orygen, é a principal organização de pesquisa e tradução do conhecimento do mundo com foco em problemas de saúde mental em pessoas jovens. O estágio foi baseado em Prevenção e Intervenção Precoce Psychosis Centre (EPPIC), que faz parte do Orygen. EPPIC fornece programa de tratamento abrangente e integrada, baseada na comunidade para o primeiro episódio de psicose.
Esta dissertação descreve o modelo EPPIC, e seus componentes essenciais e fatores que são necessários para uma implementação de serviço direito.
Além disso, uma proposta de criação de um programa-piloto de intervenção psicose precoce é discutido. Este programa inclui um programa de extensão inovadora que combina princípios comerciais sólidos, com metas sociais, a fim de combater especificamente a maior barreira para o tratamento da psicose precoce na Bolívia: o estigma da doença mental.
Ao utilizar uma equipe de tratamento móvel, multidisciplinar, que enfatiza os papéis dos gerentes do caso treinados focada em fornecer indivíduo intensiva e apoio familiar no lar, este programa irá prestar cuidados culturalmente apropriados que irá alavancar contribuições de um suprimento limitado de psiquiatras e mudar longe da dependência um sistema médico fragmentado. ---------------------------- ABSTRACT: In 2011, the World Psychiatric Association launched a programme of research fellowships for early-career psychiatrists from low- or lower-middle income countries, within this programme, the author was selected to a research fellowship at the Centre for Youth Mental Health/Orygen Youth Health Research Centre at University of Melbourne.
Orygen, is the world’s leading research and knowledge translation organization focusing on mental ill-health in young people. The traineeship was based on Early Psychosis Prevention and Intervention Centre (EPPIC), which is part of Orygen. EPPIC provides comprehensive, integrated, community-based treatment program for first-episode psychosis.
This dissertation describes the EPPIC model, and its core components and factors which are necessary to a right service implementation.
Additionally, a proposal to establish a pilot early psychosis intervention programme is discussed. This programme includes an innovative outreach programme that combines sound business principals with social goals in order to specifically target the largest barrier to early psychosis treatment in Bolivia: the stigma of mental illness.
By utilizing a mobile, multidisciplinary treatment team that emphasizes the roles of trained case managers focused on providing intensive individual and family support in the home, this programme will provide culturally appropriate care that will leverage contributions from a limited supply of psychiatrists and shift dependence away from a fragmented medical system.
Books on the topic "Psychoses Australia"
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Ralls, Greg. Unravel: To Unwell and Back. Vivid Publishing, 2013.
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Hearing Voices Qualitative Inquiry In Early Psychosis. Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2012.
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Tayar, Mark, and Margaret Tayar. Managing Psychosis: An Australian Guide. Xlibris AU, 2019.
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Deane, Laura. Gender, Madness, and Colonial Paranoia in Australian Literature: Australian Psychoses. Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2017.
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Nelson, Barnaby, and Patrick D. McGorry. "Attenuated Psychosis Syndromes Among Australian Youth and Young Adults: Early Identification and Intervention." In Handbook of Attenuated Psychosis Syndrome Across Cultures, 67–84. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17336-4_4.
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Leicester, Jon. "Some Strange Shared Beliefs." In What Beliefs Are Made From, 5–13. BENTHAM SCIENCE PUBLISHERS, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/9781681082639116010004.
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This chapter describes and comments on mistaken beliefs that are or have been orthodox or at least common in whole communities. So-called culture-bound psychoses are illustrated by shen-k'uei in Taiwanese culture and malgri among natives of Mornington Island. So-called epidemic hysteria is illustrated by an outbreak of witchcraft in Christian Europe, the epidemic of shell shock among allied soldiers in the First World War, and the epidemic of RSI in Australia from 1980 to 1986. Brief notes on myths, legends, rumours, and conspiracy theories complete the chapter
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Compton, Michael T., and Beth Broussard. "Understanding Mental Health First Aid for Psychosis." In The First Episode of Psychosis. Oxford University Press, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195372496.003.0026.
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Throughout this guide, we have tried to explain all parts of a first episode of psychosis in a detailed way. But what happens if you know someone who may be experiencing an episode of psychosis and you have to act fast or help them get into treatment? This last chapter includes advice on how to provide mental health “first aid” to those who may be experiencing an episode of psychosis. These guidelines were developed by and reprinted here with permission from Professor Anthony Jorm and Ms. Betty Kitchener from the University of Melbourne and ORYGEN Research Centre in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. As a result of an extensive process, they are based on the agreement of a panel of patients, family members, and mental health professionals from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. For more information on their Mental Health First Aid program, please visit www.mhfa.com.au. The remainder of this chapter is organized around nine questions that are addressed to help people who may need to provide “first aid” to someone experiencing psychosis. The purpose of these guidelines is to help members of the public to provide first aid to someone who may be experiencing psychosis. The role of the first aider is to assist the person until he or she receives appropriate professional help or the crisis resolves. These guidelines are a general set of recommendations about how you can help someone who may be experiencing psychosis. Each individual is unique, and it is important to tailor your support to that person’s needs. So, these recommendations will not be appropriate for every person who may have psychosis. It is important to learn about the early warning signs of psychosis and the symptoms of psychosis so that you can recognize when someone may be developing psychosis. Although some of these signs may not be very dramatic on their own, when you consider them together, they may suggest that something is not quite right. It is important not to ignore or dismiss such warning signs or symptoms, even if they appear gradually and are unclear.
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"Summary of recommendations from Australian Clinical Guidelines for Early Psychosis." In Implementing Early Intervention in Psychosis, 159–60. CRC Press, 2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/b14315-12.
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Broussard, Beth, and Michael T. Compton. "Understanding Mental Health First Aid for Psychosis." In The First Episode of Psychosis, edited by Beth Broussard and Michael T. Compton, 173–88. Oxford University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med-psych/9780190920685.003.0015.
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This last chapter includes advice on how to provide mental health first aid to someone who may be experiencing an episode of psychosis. These guidelines were developed by and reprinted here with permission from Mental Health First Aid Australia. These guidelines are designed to help members of the public to provide first aid to someone who may be experiencing psychosis. The role of the first aider is to assist the person until appropriate professional help is received or the crisis resolves. These guidelines are a general set of recommendations. Each individual is unique, and it is important to tailor your support to that person’s needs. So, these recommendations may not be appropriate for every person.
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Compton, Michael T., and Beth Broussard. "Finding Specialized Programs for Early Psychosis." In The First Episode of Psychosis. Oxford University Press, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195372496.003.0024.
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Most of the time, people of all different ages and with all sorts of mental illnesses go to the same place to see a doctor, get medicines, or participate in counseling. That is, they go to mental health clinics or the office of a mental health professional that provides treatments for a number of different illnesses. Most young people who have psychosis get their medical care and treatment in a hospital, clinic, or doctor’s office. In these places, the doctors and other mental health professionals may have taken special classes about how to help young people with psychosis, but that may not be their only focus. They may see people with other illnesses too. However, in some places around the world, there are special clinics that are for people in the early stages of psychosis. These types of specialized programs have been developed recently, since the 1990s. These programs have a number of different types of mental health professionals, including psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, social workers, counselors, and others. In some programs, mental health professionals and doctors in training may rotate through the clinic spending several months at a time training in the clinic. Some programs, like the Early Psychosis Prevention and Intervention Centre (EPPIC) in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, operate within the framework of a youth health service. Such youth services treat all sorts of mental health issues in young people. Other programs are located primarily in adult mental health facilities. Such programs may offer classes or group meetings just for people who recently developed psychosis and other classes or group meetings especially for the families of these young people. Typically, these programs provide someone with 2–3 years of treatment. They usually do a full evaluation of the patient every few months and keep track of how he or she is doing. If the patient needs more care afterwards, they help him or her find another program for longer-term care. In this chapter, we list some of these clinics located in various parts of the world and describe what these specialized early psychosis programs provide.