Depression

This new practice guide will be presented in the context of the Victorian Government Elder Abuse Prevention Strategy, which includes a range of initiatives all based on principles that empower older people.
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CPD Listening Time:	43 Mins
Conference:	General Aged Care
Date Recorded:	10 Feb 2010
Location:	Victoria, Australia

This fact sheet shows a diagram of a human, labelling areas where anxiety-symptoms may arise...
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Feelings of sadness are normal. However, they become abnormal if they are persistent and disrupt a person’s social, occupational and personal activities. This chapter addresses the signs and symptoms of depression and how to approach a depressed person...
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Book Title:	Counselling and Interviewing
Chapter:	10
This education is:	eligible for CPD

In this session the concept of suicide is discussed. The question is asked: Do you have to be mentally ill to want to kill yourself?
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CPD Listening Time:	23 Mins
Conference:	Depression and the Elderly
Date Recorded:	23 Mar 2010
Location:	Melbourne, Australia

End Matter: Post test, Test answers, Glossary, Index
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Book Title:	Caring for People with Problem Behaviours
Chapter:	0
This education is:	eligible for CPD

This session explores the notion of therapeutic care in relation to caring for an older person with a depressive illness.
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CPD Listening Time:	25 Mins
Conference:	Depression and the Elderly
Date Recorded:	23 Mar 2010
Location:	Melbourne, Australia

This chapter aims to shed light on the relationship between masculine cultures and health behaviour patterns as well as to identify social norms that have impeded improvements in men's health status...
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Book Title:	Promoting Men’s Health
Chapter:	4
This education is:	eligible for CPD

This session discusses differing models of theory and treatment for drug and alcohol addiction and substance abuse.
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CPD Listening Time:	26 Mins
Conference:	Alcohol & Drugs: Substance Abuse In ADULTS
Date Recorded:	11 Mar 2010
Location:	Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Improving the Chronic Complex (Illness) Patient Journey. Doing it Better and Smarter - Part 1 The health care journey for many chronically ill patients and their families is difficult, confusing and frustrating. Patients can wait for up to 12 months
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CPD Listening Time:	27 Mins
Conference:	Chronic Disease Management
Date Recorded:	5th of September, 2008
Location:	Victoria, Australia

This fact sheet is a practical worksheet, which cancer patients can use to both record their events, and motivate themselves in performing other everyday activities.
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A nurses account of the experience of her partner developing Dementia. The story of how this same sex couple coped professionally and personally with the changes to their lives.
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CPD Listening Time:	38 Mins
Conference:	General Aged Care
Date Recorded:	9 Feb 2010
Location:	Victoria, Australia

Managing negative thoughts can often be overwhelming, so documenting them in a diary can usually prove an effective way to release stress and create a sense of control and order within your mind...
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In this session Bruce talks about Anti-Psychotic Medicines and indications for the therapeutic use of these drugs.
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CPD Listening Time:	31 Mins
Conference:	Understanding Mental Illness
Date Recorded:	12 Feb 2010
Location:	Brisbane, Australia

When overwhelmed by life, we often forget to focus on what really matters to us. This fact sheet, indicating values in relation to an individual, is ideal for a patient feeling lost or down, or a health professional consulting their patient...
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This fact sheet compares common features in both organic brain disorders and psychoses - showing the subtle, but important, differences between the two...
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Denial, Depression and anxiety in chronic illness. Identifying the differences. - Part 1. When faced with a potentially life-changing diagnosis of a chronic condition, it can be easy for depression to set in as a complication.
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CPD Listening Time:	27 Mins
Conference:	Chronic Disease Management Conference
Date Recorded:	5 Sep 2008
Location:	Victoria, Australia

This session outlines the internal factors, such as genetic predisposition along with external factors such as death and reactions to loss which contribute to 'Depression in the Elderly Person'.
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CPD Listening Time:	20'00
Conference:	Depression and the Elderly
Date Recorded:	23 Mar 2010
Location:	Melbourne, Australia

This chapter guides readers in how to recognise the difference between episodes of despondency and depression; understand the causes of depression; identify suicide warning signs; and to make approaches to withdrawn/depressed clients...
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Type:                         eChapter
Book Title:	Caring for People with Problem Behaviours
Chapter:	5
This education is:	eligible for CPD

Personalising the care of a person with depression is the focus of this lecture. Emphasis is made on the need to tailor the application of nursing theory and nursing skills to each individual person.
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CPD Listening Time:	15 Mins
Conference:	Depression and the Elderly
Date Recorded:	23 Mar 2010
Location:	Melbourne, Australia

This chapter contends that emotional concerns should always be addressed as part of a comprehensive psychosocial intervention, which usually involves strategies to deal with physical, practical, social and spiritual needs...
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Book Title:	Psychosocial Care of Cancer Patients
Chapter:	7
This education is:	eligible for CPD