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The Perspectives Approach to Treating Mental Illness

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How can clinicians approach treatment of mental illness while honoring the unique context in which individuals live their lives? Physician, clinician, author, mother, and sister to name a few; Dr. Margaret (Meg) Chisolm offers an alternative approach to treating folks experiencing mental illness.

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Episode 26 – ‘Default Depression: How we now interpret human distress as mental illness’ with Anthony Smith.

Social Work Discoveries

The rise of the biomedical approach to treatment of depression and anxiety among other mental health issues for Australians has been swift, expansive, and for many, completely all-consuming. It is the dominant lens through which we as a society believe mental illness can be administered and recovery be found, but is it the only answer?

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A roadmap to prevent people being gone too soon

MQ Mental Health

People with severe mental illnesses die up to 10 years earlier than the general population. Now, a new paper published in the Lancet Psychiatry calls for action on a global scale to put an end to the growing mortality rates of people with mental illness and distress. Too many people are gone too soon.

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Mental wellbeing can, and should, be assessed in clinical samples

Society of Clinical Psychology

Scientific studies into mental health have had a major focus on the first, more clinical aspects of recovery, while the second, broader perspective, recovery in terms of mental wellbeing, has gained much less attention.

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NASW Brings Awareness to the Importance of Mental Health

Social Work Blog

May is Mental Health Awareness Month and the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) wishes to bring attention to the importance of mental health as it affects millions of people in the United States. A statistical report from NAMI indicated 11% of those who are mentally ill in the United States were uninsured in 2020 1.

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What Are The New Government Guidelines For Children’s Mental Health?

MQ Mental Health

This week (5-11 February 2024) is Children’s Mental Health Week. The UK government recently published guidance from the department of health and social care into improving the mental health of babies, children and young people. Early years are formulative, and can set the course for mental health in later life.

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What Are The New Government Guidelines For Children’s Mental Health?

MQ Mental Health

This week (5-11 February 2024) is Children’s Mental Health Week. The UK government recently published guidance from the department of health and social care into improving the mental health of babies, children and young people. Early years are formulative, and can set the course for mental health in later life.