Exploring presentation differences in multi-cultural youth seeking assistance for mental health problems.

Background: Mental ill-health can impact an individual's capacity to interact with others, make decisions, and cope with social challenges. This is of particular importance for many Culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) individuals who may be at various stages of the acculturation process. The increasing diversity of the Australian population necessitates informed and culturally relevant services that meet the needs of a changing demographic.

Polypharmacy and chronic pain: harm exposure is not all about the opioids.

Objective And Design: Individuals seeking treatment for chronic pain in multidisciplinary pain management services are typically already on high doses of pain medications. This cross-sectional cohort study of patients with long-term chronic pain examined profiles of polypharmacy and pain medication-related harm exposure.

Setting: Multidisciplinary pain management service.