{"id":6768,"date":"2022-05-21T15:12:48","date_gmt":"2022-05-21T05:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/?p=6768"},"modified":"2022-07-26T10:15:30","modified_gmt":"2022-07-26T00:15:30","slug":"mhb-nib-0522","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/newsletters\/2022\/05\/mhb-nib-0522","title":{"rendered":"News in brief"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Wellness Room was decorated with some amazing artwork made by consumers in the Neami Art Group.<\/p><\/div>\n

Harmony Week<\/h2>\n

Throughout Harmony Week 2022, our multicultural mental health coordinators and artist in residence facilitated a roving art project, One Billion Stars to End Violence<\/em>, to start conversations and weave together the different aspects of our communities and cultures. Visit the website<\/a> for more information about this project.<\/p>\n

Many of our teams across Metro North held their own Harmony Day morning tea events.<\/p>\n

At MNMH-TPCH, our clinical assistants organised a harmony themed tea party, with a fun quiz for the patients to join in on.<\/p>\n

The Wellness Room was decorated with some amazing artwork made by consumers in the Neami Art Group.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Don\u2019t miss a great opportunity to get additional quit support for consumers. Just complete the Quit Smoking Program \u2013 Community Mental Health referral form to help a consumer who smokes today!<\/p><\/div>\n

Quit support for free \u2013 refer!<\/h2>\n

We know mental health consumers need more support to help quit smoking. Queensland community mental health services have access to a Quitline program that includes four support calls and 12 weeks offree nicotine replacement therapy. We know consumers referred to this program have quit rates much better than going \u2018cold turkey\u2019.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss a great opportunity to get additional quit support for consumers. Just complete the Quit Smoking Program \u2013 Community Mental Health referral form<\/a> to help a consumer who smokes today!<\/p>\n

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Staff compliments<\/h2>\n

The staff are absolutely awesome, friendly, very kind and very generous of their time. Thank you to all the staff that helped me. Thank you again.\u00a0(Caboolture Short Stay Unit)<\/p>\n

The staff all doctors and nurses are the best I have ever seen there was so helpful and respectful. (East Wing TPCH)<\/p>\n

I just rang a 1800 number and within moments I was getting support; no answering machine filtering, no waiting. It was a revelation compared to my usual experience of phone-based services (Adis)<\/p>\n

Very happy with amount of help and advice I received and happy with advice-encouraged to help myself and to ask for any help (Biala Acute Care Service)<\/p>\n

Hospital treated me so well with medication and mental support that I improved there very well\u2026.After hospitalisation and support by lifestyle and I don\u2019t remember the organisation\u2019s name they givens me a big help that I got discharged and cured so well\u2026\u2026Right now I am getting a regular treatment from my psychiatrist and doing well. I am working as a personal care worker in an aged care facility which is very reputable. I am in this profession from last 4 years and doing well because of the inspiration that I got in hospital of caring\u2026.. My life is going very smoothly and happily. That\u2019s all credit goes to the team who\u2019s behind my treatment in RBWH.\u00a0 As long as I live I will always thankful to you (Southern team RBWH)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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