Service Report Jan - June 2008
Mental Health Association of Central Australia
Mental Health Association of Central Australia reports; MHACA : Mental Health Association of Central Australia reports; Reports; PublicationNT
2008
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Date:2008
English
Mental health facilities -- Northern Territory -- Periodicals; Aboriginal Australians -- Mental health services -- Northern Territory -- Periodicals; Well-being -- Social aspects -- Northern Territory -- Periodicals
Mental Health Association of Central Australia
Alice Springs
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https://hdl.handle.net/10070/242228
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/610060
MHACAServiceReport,JanuaryJune2008 /22 Prevention&RecoveryProgram RangiwhiuaPonga:ServicesManager Toprovideshortterminterventionsofclinicalandnonclinical supportsforconsumersexperiencinganexacerbationintheirmentalhealth thatenablestheleastintrusiveprovisionofsupportsandreducesanadmission 100%ofsubacutecareclientshaveamentalillnessand64.28%haveasevereandpersistent disabilityrelatedtoamentalillness.Genderanalysisshows78.57%ofclientsweremaleand 21.43%female,with60%identifyingasindigenous,allwerereferredandcasemanagedwiththe clinicalCentralAustralianMentalHealthService. ServiceActivity1ProvisionofIndividualcarepackagestosubacute mentalhealthclients(refertoPreventionandRecoveryappendix) 1.1 ReferralsprovidedwithIndividualizedCarePackagesinconjunctiontoCAMHSand otherserviceproviders ForJanuarytoJune2008fifteenclientswerereferred,withfourteensubsequentlycocasemanaged underthesubacuteprogram: 13clientsreceivedcareplansincorporatingjointclinicalnonclinicalsupports 1referralremaineduncompletedandwassubsequentlydischargedduetononengagement andcontinuedsubstanceuse 1referralwasassessedanddeterminedsuitabletoPathwaysinsteadduetonoacuterisk factors 1.2WorkerhoursrequiredforIndividualizedCarePackages: Casemanagementvariedfrom312weekperiods.Individualhoursshowedvariationsbetween minimumofhalfhourtofourhoursindailycontacts. Psychosocialsupportsonanhourlybasisincluded: Directclientcontacts 184.5 Clinicalliaise 44.7 Wardreviews 21.0 Familycontacts 37.5 Casemeetings/reviews 27.0 Govtandcommunitysupports 156.8