Mental Health Service Cultures and Reform Aspirations: What is Required for Change?

This research explored how mental health service cultures mediate Australian reform aspirations and activities. A qualitative research design was employed to explore the perspectives and experiences of mental health service users, families and practitioners. The research identified barriers to cultu...

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Main Author: Ridley, Sophie Christina
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2022
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/89832
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description This research explored how mental health service cultures mediate Australian reform aspirations and activities. A qualitative research design was employed to explore the perspectives and experiences of mental health service users, families and practitioners. The research identified barriers to cultural change and the ways in which service cultures counteract, undermine and respond to reform and service improvement attempts. Key enablers and mechanism of cultural change are proposed based on the research findings.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-898322022-12-16T05:27:32Z Mental Health Service Cultures and Reform Aspirations: What is Required for Change? Ridley, Sophie Christina This research explored how mental health service cultures mediate Australian reform aspirations and activities. A qualitative research design was employed to explore the perspectives and experiences of mental health service users, families and practitioners. The research identified barriers to cultural change and the ways in which service cultures counteract, undermine and respond to reform and service improvement attempts. Key enablers and mechanism of cultural change are proposed based on the research findings. 2022 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/89832 Curtin University fulltext
spellingShingle Ridley, Sophie Christina
Mental Health Service Cultures and Reform Aspirations: What is Required for Change?
title Mental Health Service Cultures and Reform Aspirations: What is Required for Change?
title_full Mental Health Service Cultures and Reform Aspirations: What is Required for Change?
title_fullStr Mental Health Service Cultures and Reform Aspirations: What is Required for Change?
title_full_unstemmed Mental Health Service Cultures and Reform Aspirations: What is Required for Change?
title_short Mental Health Service Cultures and Reform Aspirations: What is Required for Change?
title_sort mental health service cultures and reform aspirations: what is required for change?
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/89832