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@Barbara50008 @MHR50008 I've also found aqua therapy useful for calming distressed consumers.

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@MHR50008 @Shannon50008 Realised that on day 1 the diagnosis was impacting on my ability to interact fully with the consumers.

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@MHR50008 I'm loving all the consumer interaction we get in mental health. It's awesome to be able to just sit down and have a proper chat.

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@MHR50008 Where I am physical restraints are never used - seen as inhumane by staff. Seclusion room only used once in the last few years.

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@MHR50008 That you are doing a MSE in your head every time you are having an interaction with a consumer.

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@MHR50008 How important it is to be upfront about suicidal intentions. Don't avoid discussion. Ask if they have thought how they will do it

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@MHR50008 @Shannon50008 Yesterday I stopped focussing on the diagnosis and focussed instead on the person. Better consumer interactons.

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@maria_50008 @MHR50008 Really? I had an awesome chat to a heap of consumers yesterday about relationships, US politics and the GST.

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@MHR50008 I'm hoping to be at the tutorial

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@Flavia50008 @MHR50008 I actually found it confronting to hear about how the mental health system has let her down over the years.

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@brie50008 @MHR50008 Yes. What I've enjoyed about this subject has been the constant challenges to our ideas & beliefs about mental health.

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@lucy50008 @MHR50008 Yes definitely. I feel like the subject is already breaking down barriers I subconsciously had.

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@MHR50008 Previously I looked intently out window when I encountered mental illness on PT, but I just found myself doing the MSE in my head.

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@Bec50008 @MHR50008 Good article - I wonder about the statement at the end that it's possible to eliminate the use of physical restraint???

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@Viet50008 @MHR50008 What struck me was that suicide satisfied a craving for control over his life and provided him with a sense of freedom.

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@Sherome50008 @MHR50008 Yes agree. But I wonder how history will treat us? Some of our current practices may also result in "how could they"

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@Justine50008 @MHR50008 @Hazen50008 There is some great stuff out there on how to communicate with and influence different MyersBriggs types

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@Jodi_50008 @Viet50008 @MHR50008 An old boss gave me a fridge magnet that said "the only normal people are the ones you don't know well!"

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@mhr50008 I’ve had staff complete the MBTI as part of a training session on communication. Helps people realise that everyone isn’t the same

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@mhr50008 As suggested by the lecture resources, Myers-Briggs and other personality analysis is used a lot in the corporate world.