- Title
- What family work is done by mental health clinicians? An examination of family contacts with staff of continuing care teams
- Creator
- Farhall, John; Campbell, James; Harvey, Carol; Di Benedetto, Mirella; O’Hanlon, Brendan
- Date
- 2008
- Type
- Text; Conference paper
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/34956
- Identifier
- vital:2360
- Identifier
- ISBN:978-0-9757653-3-3
- Abstract
- Working with family members and other carers of mental health consumers is widely encouraged by clinical practice guidelines and by state and national government policies, however, in public mental health services, practices appear to be varied, evidence based programs are infrequent, and there is little systematic data available about the nature of contacts that do occur. This paper reports data on the extent and nature of contacts between clinical staff and family caregivers at five continuing care teams, just as a major program of implementation of evidence-based family work was about to commence. The patterns of contact show scope for incorporation of evidence-based family interventions. Variation in patterns of family contacts across teams may be influenced by caseload and demographic factors.
- Publisher
- Melbourne : TheMHS Conference
- Relation
- Paper presented at 17th Annual TheMHS Conference 2007 - 2020 Vision: Looking toward excellence in mental health care in 2020, Melbourne : 4th-7th September 2007 p. 90-97
- Rights
- Copyright the authors
- Rights
- Open Access
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- Mental health carers; Clinical staff; Family caregivers
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