Psychology

This session discusses how a diagnosis of drug abuse or alcohol addiction is made. The Diagnostic Systems Manual IV (DSM IV), a tool for outlining the criteria for diagnosis, is considered.
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CPD Listening Time:	34 Mins
Conference:	Understanding Mental Illness
Date Recorded:	13 Feb 2010
Location:	Brisbane, Australia

Do you understand the message you subconsciously communicate by your body language? Can you understand a person's temperament based on their handshake, posture, proximity to another or their eye movements? This PowerPoint helps answer those questions...
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This chapter emphasises how health professionals can use many straight forward but effective strategies to help cancer patients and their families manage common concerns...
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Type:                         eChapter
Book Title:	Psychosocial Care of Cancer Patients
Chapter:	6
This education is:	eligible for CPD

Dealing with cancer is often a distressing or stressful experience for cancer patients and their family and friends. However, there are a number of skills which, when used, can significantly improve an individual's ability to cope with their cancer-relate
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Let's Party Till We Drop. Adolescent boys tend to take excessive risks when they are actively involved in the persuasive party culture.
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CPD Listening Time:	26 Mins
Conference:	Teenagers and Risky Behaviours
Date Recorded:	23rd of August, 2008
Location:	Victoria, Australia

This chapter aims to highlight why sexuality and body image need to be considered in the palliative care context and outlines strategies to assist nurses to discuss and respond to sexuality issues that can arise in the palliative-care setting...
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Type:                         eChapter
Book Title:	Palliative Care Nursing
Chapter:	17
This education is:	eligible for CPD

This comprehensive graphic indicates four major lobes (Frontal lobe, Parietal lobe, Temporal lobe & Occipital lobe) in the brain. It then outlines the bodily functions that are controlled by that lobe.
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This chapter discusses the choices and issues and implications surrounding male sterilisation in the form of vasectomy...
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Type:                         eChapter
Book Title:	Promoting Men’s Health
Chapter:	13
This education is:	eligible for CPD

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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'One way in which we all manage anxiety is by using defense mechanisms...' This fact sheet outlines a number of defense mechanisms
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This fact sheet outlines a number of characteristics or behaviours, which may indicate that a patient or client has a mental illness.
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This session will discuss how to organise a new volunteer program.
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CPD Listening Time:	27 Mins
Conference:	Volunteers - Set Up Volunteers Program
Date Recorded:	04 Feb 2010
Location:	Victoria, Australia

Because the prevailing social context sets the scene for lifestyle patterns, an examination of the changing social context of the Northern Territory provides crucial indicators for the social living and health issues confronting male Territorians...
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Type:                         eChapter
Book Title:	Promoting Men’s Health
Chapter:	3
This education is:	eligible for CPD

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

In this lecture psychiatric nursing assessment as a dynamic interpersonal process is discussed.
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CPD Listening Time:	12 Mins
Conference:	Personality Disorders in the workplace
Date Recorded:	15-16 Jul 2010
Location:	Melbourne VIC Australia

This session will discuss national standards for recruitment and management of volunteers.
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CPD Listening Time:	74 Mins
Conference:	Volunteers - Set Up Volunteers Program
Date Recorded:	05 Feb 2010
Location:	Victoria, Australia

Prelims: Foreword, Contents and Introduction
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Type:                         eChapter
Book Title:	Promoting Men’s Health
Chapter:	0
This education is:	eligible for CPD

This chapter examines the various ways health professionals can work with patients and families as they face the challenges of the end of life and ultimately death...
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Book Title:	Psychosocial Care of Cancer Patients
Chapter:	11
This education is:	eligible for CPD

Overview of a comprehensive Volunteer Orientation Program that will effectively meet the needs of new volunteers within a health care network.
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CPD Listening Time:	21'15
Conference:	Volunteers - Set Up Volunteers Program
Date Recorded:	05 Feb 2010
Location:	Victoria, Australia

Tips for staying engaged and making progress, e.g. not avoiding having that therapeutic chat.
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CPD Listening Time:	11 Mins
Conference:	Alcohol and Drugs
Date Recorded:	11 Feb 2010
Location:	Victoria, Australia