A5055253101- Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Family Caregiving in Mental Illness
- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
- Psychiatric care and mental health services
- Social Work Education and Practice
- Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Healthcare innovation and challenges
- Social Media in Health Education
- Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
- Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Acute Ischemic Stroke Management
- Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints
- Health, psychology, and well-being
- Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
La Trobe University
2021-2025
Mental Illness Fellowship
2023
Weatherford College
2021
Australian Catholic University
2016-2017
St Vincent's Hospital
2017
Mind Australia
2016
Background Mental health service users are more likely to smoke tobacco and as make quit attempts people not experiencing SMI, but they less succeed. Quitting can be harder for SMI due higher levels of nicotine dependence, severe withdrawal, many other complex factors. The Quitlink study was a randomized controlled trial combining tailored 8-week Quitline intervention delivered by dedicated counsellors plus combination replacement therapy who experience SMI. purpose this paper is report on...
Abstract The employment of mental health peer support (PS) is recommended in national and international policy, widely implemented across many countries. key components PS remain to be identified. This study aimed develop a typology involved one-to-one for adults services. A systematised review was performed establish preliminary long list candidate components, followed by expert consultation ( n = 21) refine the list. Forty-two publications were full-text reviewed, comprising 26 trial...
When graduates of Australian social work courses embark on a career in mental health, the systems they enter are complex, fragmented and evolving. Emerging practitioners will commonly be confronted by loneliness, exclusion, poverty prejudice experienced people living with distress; however, practice may not focused these factors. Instead, accordance dominant biomedical perspective, symptom risk management predominate. Frustration limitations evident this approach has seen United Nations call...
This study explored the benefits and limitations of employing peer support workers, who utilise their own lived experience mental distress recovery, to people experiencing are attending ED.This co-produced qualitative utilised four phases: (i) assemble a collaborative multi-disciplinary research team Expert Panel, which at least half identified as having experience; (ii) site visit an ED; (iii) focus groups with consumers, persons ED staff; (iv) learning workshop for workers.Focus were run...
Background Recovery Colleges are an innovative approach to promoting personal recovery for people experiencing mental illness.Aims This study was explore experiences of students, supporters, staff, educators and external stakeholders (i.e. partner organisations) a pilot College in the Australian Capital Territory (ACTRC), impact participation students supporters.Methods ACTRC staff educators, were invited participate mixed-method evaluation via online survey, interviews and/or focus groups....
Stroke is a leading cause of disability and distress, often profoundly affects the quality life stroke survivors their carers. With support carers, many are returning to live in community despite presence ongoing challenges. The sudden catastrophic changes caused by mental, emotional social health both aim this study evaluate Carer Optimal Health Program (SCOHP) that adopts person-centred approach engages collaborative therapy educate, improve psychosocial This prospective randomised...
This article explores how the concept of 'recovery' has been much debated and often sits at odds with our notion rehabilitation.This provides a Lived Experience post-structural commentary on ever-changing meaning recovery rehabilitation.Building contemporary Consumer Movement's use term recovery, this constructions try to create boundary which stops people being invalidated based their experience, or perceived mental distress. The insufficiently influenced rehabilitation practices. Recovery...
One of the most challenging aspects conducting intervention trials among people who experience severe mental illness (SMI) and smoke tobacco, is recruitment. In our parent "QuitLink" randomized controlled trial (RCT), slower than expected peer researcher facilitated recruitment, along with impact COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, necessitated an adaptive recruitment response. The objectives present study were to: (i) describe strategies; (ii) explore effectiveness these (iii) investigate...
ABSTRACTABSTRACTOver the past three decades, "lived experience" designated roles in mental health services Australia have increased. However, lived experience of staff not this way is often hidden or unacknowledged. This qualitative study included 33 participants employed a range at two Victorian services, including 10 social workers. Interviews explored perspectives regarding sharing by with colleagues and supervisors. Concept analysis identified conflicting ways thinking about experience,...
Introduction People experiencing severe mental illness (SMI) smoke at much higher rates than the general population and require additional support. Engagement with existing evidence-based interventions such as quitlines nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) may be improved by health peer worker involvement tailored This paper reports on a qualitative study nested within researcher-facilitated tobacco treatment trial that included brief advice plus, for those in intervention group, quitline...
Abstract Background: Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) in identifying research questions, designing trials, collecting, interpreting, publishing results may positively affect the relevance, quality impact of research. The extent patient public involvement nursing clinical trials has not been previously studied. Methods: A Scientiometric study PPI published three leading science journals. Randomised controlled International Journal Nursing Studies , Clinical Advanced between January April...