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Healthc Pap
July 2024
Chief Executive Officer, First Peoples Wellness Circle, North Bay, ON.
Members of the Indigenous mental wellness and trauma-informed specialist workforce - including Mental Wellness Teams (MWTs), Crisis Support Teams (CSTs), the Indian Residential Schools Resolution Health Support Program workforce, and other community-based cultural support workers - are often the primary and urgent care providers for individuals and families in need of culturally safe supports. While fulfilling a critical role, these teams contend with distinct challenges stemming from colonial impacts and health systems that continue to undermine Indigenous mental wellness and cultural traditions of healing. During the COVID-19 pandemic, increasing rates of mental illness and substance use among Indigenous populations strained the already overworked and under-resourced mental wellness workforce.
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December 2024
School of Social Sciences, Western Sydney University, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia.
Objective: In line with the Australian Government's Vision 2030, this research foregrounds consumer experiences of recovery to inform the (co)design and delivery of mental health services for people living with complex needs and/or a severe and persistent mental health condition.
Setting: The research takes a specialist focus on the regional setting, with data collected from client experiences within Western NSW, Australia, in the context of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) implementation and inclusion of psycho-social disability within the NDIS service environment.
Participants: Thirty-seven people aged 19-70 years living with complex needs and/or a diagnosis of a severe and persistent mental health condition were recruited from services where they had a care plan or where they were members of a consumer reference group for recovery-oriented services.
Psychiatr Psychol Law
June 2024
School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences, CQUniversity, Rockhampton, QLD, Australia.
Lawyers experience disproportionately high levels of poor mental health outcomes compared to other professions. This persistent problem can be explained, at least in part, by the fact that current initiatives are not adequately addressing the impact of trauma (from clients and lawyers). The legal profession is yet to embrace trauma-informed practice in the same way other human services have.
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December 2024
School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia.
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