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Section 1: The experience of mental illness in a rural environment

(1.1) Section 1: The experience of mental illness in a rural environment

(1.2) Case scenario 1: audio

(1.3) Case scenario 1: audio

(1.4) Case scenario 2: audio

(1.5) Case scenario 2: audio

(1.6) Anonymity and confidentiality

(1.7) Anonymity and confidentiality

(1.8) Anonymity and confidentiality

(1.9) Stigma

(1.10) Stigma

(1.11) Rural stoicism

(1.12) Rural stoicism

(1.13) Rural stoicism

(1.14) Illness behaviours and expectations

(1.15) Illness behaviours and expectations

(1.16) Help-seeking

(1.17) Satisfaction

(1.18) Fatalism

(1.19) Case scenarios revisited

(1.20) Case scenario 1

(1.21) Case scenario 1

(1.22) Case scenario 2

(1.23) Case scenario 2

(1.24) Section 1: Recap

(1.25) Section 1: Summary

 

Section 2: Providing health services in rural areas

(2.1) Section 2: Providing health services in rural areas

(2.2) Problems at a system vs a personal level

(2.3) Transport

(2.4) Transport

(2.5) Cost

(2.6) Cost

(2.7) Staff recruitment and retention

(2.8) Staff recruitment and retention

(2.9) Training and maintenance of skills

(2.10) Mental health legislation

(2.11) Emergency detentions

(2.12) Delays transferring the patient to hospital

(2.13) Provision of a place of safety

(2.14) Boundary issues

(2.15) Professional and personal isolation

(2.16) Family

(2.17) Choice

(2.18) Extended professional roles

(2.19) Local vs centralised services

(2.20) Argument for local services

(2.21) Argument for centralised services

(2.22) Section 2: Recap

(2.23) Section 2: Summary

 

Section 3: Improving rural mental health services

(3.1) Section 3: Improving rural mental health services

(3.2) Improvement programmes in other countries

(3.3) Improving mental health services: reflection

(3.4) Improving mental health services

(3.5) Providing local services

(3.6) Providing local services

(3.7) Telemedicine

(3.8) Telemedicine in psychiatry

(3.9) Pros and cons of telemedicine

(3.10) Recruitment and retention

(3.11) Improving services at a system level

(3.12) Improving services at a personal level

(3.13) Improving services at a personal level

(3.14) Improving services at a personal level

(3.15) Improving services at a personal level

(3.16) Improving services at a personal level

(3.17) Benefits of working in rural mental health

(3.18) Section 3: Recap

(3.19) Section 3: Summary

 

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