Suicide

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 chapter discusses suicide and suicidal thoughts. This chapter discusses methods of prevention, aims to assist caring helpers to recognise situations in which suicide is more likely to occur and to provide practical advice on how to try to prevent it.
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Type:                         eChapter
Book Title:	Counselling and Interviewing
Chapter:	11
This education is:	eligible for CPD

Television Risks, Cyberspace Mischief and Addictions - Part 1 Myspace / Youtube/ Facebook - creating false stories and persona and the ability to send humiliating messages / video clips annonymously.
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CPD Listening Time:	46 Mins
Conference:	Teenage Boys and Risky Behaviours
Date Recorded:	August 23rd, 2008
Location:	Victoria, Australia

This session will discuss the characteristics of an effective volunteer program.
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CPD Listening Time:	48 Mins
Conference:	Volunteers - Set Up Volunteers Program
Date Recorded:	04 Feb 2010
Location:	Victoria, Australia

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

In this session Hugh talks about the importance of showing support to the older person experiencing depression.
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CPD Listening Time:	23 Mins
Conference:	Depression and the Elderly
Date Recorded:	23 Mar 2010
Location:	Melbourne, Australia

A look at three shades of hostility, encountered in the health care environment. How to deal with aggression and hostility when it occurs.
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CPD Listening Time:	49 Mins
Conference:	General Aged Care
Date Recorded:	9 Feb 2010
Location:	Victoria, Australia

This presentation will explore the differences between adolescent behaviours in boys which can be categorised as conduct disorders and those which are diagnosable psychiatric / mental disorders.
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CPD Listening Time:	53 Mins
Conference:	Teenage Boys & Risky Behaviours
Date Recorded:	23 Aug 2008
Location:	Victoria, Australia

his session discusses recent research into the pathophysiological changes in the brain of people diagnosed with mental illness. After giving a broad overview of depressive illness, Bruce outlines the main groups of anti-depressant medications used in th
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CPD Listening Time:	39 Mins
Conference:	Understanding Mental Illness
Date Recorded:	12 Feb 2010
Location:	Brisbane, Australia

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

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 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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Type:                         eChapter
Book Title:	Psychosocial Care of Cancer Patients
Chapter:	7
This education is:	eligible for CPD

Teenage Boys and Risk Reflections of a teenage boy, on the positive and negative aspects of some risky behaviours of adolescence.
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CPD Listening Time:	20 Mins
Conference:	Teenage Boys and Risky Behaviours
Date Recorded:	23rd of August, 2008
Location:	Victoria, Australia

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

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

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

Speaker: John Schwartz Senior Lecturer, Department of Media and Communication at Swinburne University where his teaching commitments include 'Popular Culture'. Over the years, John has been interviewed on radio of TV about various aspects of pop culture.
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CPD Listening Time:	45 Mins
Conference:	Teenage Boys and Risky Behaviours
Date Recorded:	23rd August, 2011
Location:	Victoria, Australia

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

An overview of the impact of substance abuse including the common drugs used. It includes an exploration of the physical impact of these drugs along with the social implications of drug abuse.
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CPD Listening Time:	34 Mins
Conference:	Understanding Mental Illness
Date Recorded:	13 Feb 2010
Location:	Brisbane, Australia

In this session Hugh clarifies the causes of endogenous and reactive depression. Hugh identifies the main risk factors contributing to these mental illnesses.
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CPD Listening Time:	32 Mins
Conference:	Depression and the Elderly
Date Recorded:	23 Mar 2010
Location:	Melbourne, Australia