Shifting the Center: Relocating Refugee Men in Strategies Aiming to Address Violence Against Women.

This article aims to problematize individualistic strategies developed in western institutions to address violence against women and suggests more collective responses that engage refugee men. The data comes from a qualitative research project in Southeast Queensland, Australia. Thirty-one interviews with frontline workers from domestic violence and refugee settlement organizations reveal dissenting voices that challenge the hegemony of dominant groups who either advocate gender equality or overemphasize cultural differences.

The new World Mental Health Report: Believing impossible things.

Objective: We examine whether the recent World Health Organization (WHO) report on global mental health uses severity of illness as a criterion in priority setting for resource allocation.

Conclusions: The WHO does not prioritise severity in the recent landmark World Mental Health Report. It recommends instead the insuperable task of scaling-up interventions for broadly defined mental health conditions, including milder distress, amongst over a billion people, with the majority living in low- and middle-income countries.

The Association between Hearing Impairment and Postural Stability in Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

There is growing evidence linking hearing impairment to higher falls risk through alterations in postural stability, with studies showing mixed results. The primary aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to determine the association between hearing impairment and postural instability in older adults, including differences based on severity of hearing impairment. This review was pre-registered in PROSPERO and performed in accordance with PRISMA guidelines across six databases.

"Friend-ish": Home Care Workers, "Social Labor" and Managing the Boundaries of the Carer Relationship.

We examine how changes in home care work, with greater emphasis on social support, have led to corresponding changes in the forms of labor performed by home care workers. Drawing on interviews with fifty older adults, we find in addition to physical and emotional labor, workers may be increasingly expected to engage in a form of labor we term "social labor," in which they actively manage the boundary between the professional services they provide and the personal relationships that may develop. We find examples of such expectations include (1) following the lead of clients who set out terms of the relationship and degree of sociality, (2) managing the potential dual role of "support worker" and "friend," and (3) meeting social needs of clients vulnerable to isolation.

Australian older persons mental health inpatient and ambulatory services in 2015-2020 - A descriptive analysis and commentary.

Objective: To provide a commentary on Australian state/territory older persons mental health service (OPMHS) expenditure, inpatient and outpatient services and key performance indicators (KPIs).

Method: Descriptive analysis of data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), the Australian Bureau of Statistics and the World Health Organisation.

Results: Between 2015-16 and 2019-20, annual expenditure on OPMHS in Australia increased by an average of only 2.

Factors Influencing Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nurse Retention: A Scoping Review.

Nursing staff retention is an ongoing concern within pediatric hematology/oncology settings globally. Work-related stressors cause emotional burden, psychological distress, and burnout to which nurses respond by leaving their workplace. Consequently, workplace culture and functionality are negatively impacted, quality of care reduces, and potential harm to patients increases.

Built Environment and Loneliness Among Older Adults in South East Queensland, Australia.

To examine characteristics of the built environment and investigate associations with loneliness among older adults. Drawing on geocoded data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey and measures of neighborhood features retrieved from multiple publicly available sources, we conducted principal component and regression analyses to examine the associations between characteristics of the built environment and loneliness among older adults in South East Queensland, Australia. Older adults living in compact neighborhoods with higher population and housing density, smaller land parcels, and more access to green space reported lower levels of loneliness.

Does Childhood Maltreatment Lead to Low Life Success? Comparing Agency and Self-Reports.

Background: The long-term mental and physical health consequences of childhood maltreatment have been well documented. Less known are the longer-term consequences of childhood maltreatment, specifically the extent to which childhood maltreatment predicts adult life success.

Objectives: To prospectively assess the extent to which childhood experiences of physical, sexual, emotional abuse and childhood neglect predict life success at 30 years of age.

Outcomes of a co-located approach for metabolic health care for people with schizophrenia.

Objective: Metabolic syndrome is highly prevalent among people with schizophrenia. This study aims to assess the impact on metabolic and attendance outcomes of a co-located, dedicated, endocrinologist-led metabolic clinic in a stand-alone public community mental health service.

Methods: Demographic and metabolic data on the first 48 consecutive referrals over a 12-month period were retrospectively collected and analysed.

Acquired Hemophilia A following Pfizer-BioNTech SARS CoV-2 mRNA vaccine, successfully treated with prednisolone and rituximab.

Introduction: Acquired haemophilia A (AHA) is a rare bleeding disorder, characterised by the presence of autoantibodies to clotting factor VIII (FVIII). AHA can be idiopathic or occur in the context of malignancy, autoimmune disease, drugs, or pregnancy. Recently, cases of AHA following both COVID-19 infection and vaccination have been reported.

Sustaining allied health telehealth services beyond the rapid response to COVID-19: Learning from patient and staff experiences at a large quaternary hospital.

The patient, clinician and administration staff perspectives of telehealth (specifically videoconferencing) services provided by Allied Health Professions (AHP) at a large quaternary hospital were explored. The purpose was to understand stakeholders' perceptions of the service during initial COVID-19 restrictions and examine factors that influenced the implementation and sustained use of telehealth. A sequential mixed-methods approach was undertaken.

Adjunctive Linn. (Mangosteen) Pericarp for Schizophrenia: A 24-Week Double-blind, Randomized, Placebo Controlled Efficacy Trial: Péricarpe d'appoint Garcinia mangostana Linn (mangoustan) pour la schizophrénie : un essai d'efficacité de 24 semaines, à double insu, randomisé et contrôlé par placebo.

Objectives: Linn. ("mangosteen") pericarp contains bioactive compounds that may target biological pathways implicated in schizophrenia. We conducted a double-blind randomized placebo-controlled trial evaluating the efficacy of adjunctive mangosteen pericarp, compared to placebo, in the treatment of schizophrenia.

Anaemia in patients undergoing major bowel surgery - Prevalence and current practice: A public and private institution experience.

Aim: The study aimed to compare the frequency and alignment of preoperative anaemia screening and treatment with Australian guidelines in elective bowel surgery and determine the impact on clinical outcomes.

Methods: We performed a retrospective observational study, with an audit of 559 adult patients who underwent major elective bowel surgery in an Australian metropolitan hospital, January 2016-December 2018. Outcome measures included rate of anaemia, guideline compliance, hospital length of stay, and transfusion rate.