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Stress Management
Learn More: Stress ManagementWhat is Stress? Stress is the body’s response to demands or threats. For example, when under threat, your adrenal glands make the fight or flight hormones to assist you to get you out a threatening situation. In addition to helping you to get out of a threatening situation, a certain amount of stress in our…
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Depression
Learn More: DepressionEveryone has had experiences of being sad sometimes in life. These are common feelings that are part of life. However, not everyone who is sad can be diagnosed with depression and need to receive counselling. Depression is a serious mental illness. People with depression feel the sad and gloomy feeling much more intensely and for…
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10 Tips for Preparing for Your First Psychiatry Appointment
Learn More: 10 Tips for Preparing for Your First Psychiatry AppointmentFor many people, the decision to make their first psychiatry appointment can be quite overwhelming and emotional. Such feelings can be amplified if you have also experienced social isolation. These feeling are quite normal. To assist with managing these feeling and having a productive consult with your psychiatrist, the following tips to prepare and know…
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Description of Telehealth and its Benefits
Learn More: Description of Telehealth and its BenefitsOur Brisbane-based psychiatrists and psychologists have been providing consults through telehealth to regional areas for over 6 years. Below, we have provided a brief overview, describing the use of telehealth in psychiatry and psychology, key requirements and benefits of utilising telehealth. Telehealth Description Requirements of Organising Successful Telehealth Sessions Benefits of Telehealth If you have any further…
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Telehealth: Effective Means to Obtain Psych Services
Learn More: Telehealth: Effective Means to Obtain Psych ServicesTelehealth Telehealth is the use of video conferencing through internet-based technologies such as Skype, to provide access to health care services for patients, who primarily reside in remote areas. For these residents, Medicare, provides rebates for a wide range of health care services, including psychology and psychiatry. You can expect the equivalent standard of care…
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Psychiatrist or Psychologist: Which One?
Learn More: Psychiatrist or Psychologist: Which One?We often receive phone calls from patients who are not sure whether their referral is for seeing a psychologist or psychiatrist. Another question that we often hear is that “what is the difference between the two? Whether you see a psychologist, psychiatrist OR both, it is a conversation you need to have with your GP.…
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Background of Takes Care Specialist Centre
Learn More: Background of Takes Care Specialist CentreTakes Care Specialist Centre was formed in 2011 by Ms Katayoon Haghseresht and Dr Fouad Haghseresht to provide psychological services to Queenslanders. At the time of the inception of Takes Care Specialist Centre, Ms Katayoon was an experienced psychologist, with over 12 years of working for various government and non-government sectors. Complementary to herclinical skills,…
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Psychosocial Disability and NDIS
Learn More: Psychosocial Disability and NDISMental Health Illness Mental health illness refers to a group of disorders that affects how person feels, thinks and behaves, in the same way as gastrointestinal disorders refers to a group of illnesses that affect the digestive system of human body. A mental health condition may be short term or lifelong and has a range…
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Guide to NDIS Services
Learn More: Guide to NDIS ServicesNational Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is a new way to provide individualized support for Australians; aged 0-65 years old, with permanent and significant disability. NDIS takes the approach of providing the reasonable and necessary financial support based on individual needs and goals, so that eligible individuals can enjoy fulfilling lives by pursing their goals in…