Supporting safe driving practices among consumers of mental health services: guidelines for assessment.

Driving is often omitted or ignored during assessment and ongoing work with consumers of mental health services. This Open Forum describes guidelines to help providers of psychiatric services to support safe driving practices among consumers. The guidelines were developed over seven years with contributions from a wide range of stakeholders.

A survey of recruitment and retention issues for occupational therapists working clinically in mental health.

Background:   Mental health services Australia-wide have difficulty recruiting and retaining clinical occupational therapists.

Methods:   A survey of occupational therapists to identify factors that could influence their retention or loss from clinical mental health practice was undertaken.

Results:   Typically, respondents were female, aged 30 years or younger, working full-time at a grade 2 or 3 level, and had worked entirely in mental health.