Handbook of Rural, Remote, and very Remote Mental Health

Professor Timothy (Tim) Carey is a scientistpractitioner who is a researcher, teacher, trainer, and clinician. He is currently the director of the Institute of Global Health Equity Research and the Andrew Weiss Chair of Research in Global Health at the University of Global Health Equity in Rwanda. Tim has worked as a clinical psychologist in rural and underserved communities in both Scotland and remote Australia. He has been elected for two terms as a director on the board of the Australian Psychological Society (APS) and has also served two terms as the vice president of the APS. As a director of the APS, he chaired the Regional, Rural and Remote Advisory Group as well as the Division of Psychological Research Education and Training and was also a member of the Indigenous Psychologists Advisory Group. He has a Ph.D. in clinical psychology, an M.Sc. in statistics (with distinction in the dissertation), and a postgraduate certificate in biostatistics as well as tertiary qualifications in teaching (preschool and special education) and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Prior to his current role, his most recent academic appointments have been professor and director of Flinders University’s Centre for Remote Health and professor of clinical psychology in health equity at Charles Darwin University in Alice Springs, Australia. Tim has served on national grant funding bodies as well as university Human Research Ethics Committees and teaches research methods at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He has also secured research income as a chief investigator on competitively funded research projects. For Tim, it is a scientific attitude rather than the scientific method that is paramount. A central focus of Tim’s work is the importance of control to health and well-being and xiii recognition of internal conflict as an a-diagnostic explanation of psychological distress. He is also very interested in different cultural explanations of psychological distress and the importance of control cross-culturally. He has pioneered clinical innovations such as patientled appointment scheduling and patient-perspective care. He has developed an efficient and effective cognitive therapy called the Method of Levels (www. methodoflevels.com.au) as well as a smartphone app called MindSurf. While working in the National Health Service in Scotland, Tim led a program of practicebased research that resulted in a reduction in the waiting time to access psychological services from 15 months to less than 2 weeks using the patient-led model of appointment scheduling he had developed. He is a Fulbright scholar who has over 150 publications including books, book chapters, and peer-reviewed publications. Tim also has a blog on Psychology Today called In Control, which has had over 1,000,000 views. He is currently working on a book explaining the application of a theory of control to understanding health inequity. He lives in Kigali (the capitalof Rwanda) with his family and feels both humbled and privileged to have the opportunity to live and work in such an extraordinary country and to be able to contribute to efforts to eradicate global health inequities.Professor Judith Gullifer is the Director of Education in the School of Psychological Science at Monash University. She held the inaugural position of Associate Dean (Partners and Quality) at Charles Sturt University and was also the foundation Associate Dean (Academic) in the Faculty of Business, Justice and Behavioural Sciences at Charles Sturt University. Judith has spent over a decade dedicated to education and research in the higher education sector. She has been active in the teaching and supervision of undergraduate and postgraduate students. Judith has been the recipient of the Charles Sturt University Vice Chancellors Award in Teaching Excellence and the Australian Psychological xiv About the Editors Society’s Early Career Teaching Award. Judith completed her Ph.D. investigating students’ perceptions of plagiarism at Charles Sturt University and has maintained that commitment as the current Co-Chair of the Asia Pacific Forum on Educational Integrity (APFEI). Judith is a registered psychologist with a background in professional counselling in rural and remote Australia. She manages a small virtual, parttime practice, mentoring and coaching senior leaders. She has held various positions with the Australian Psychological Society, having been appointed to the Board of Directors in 2016 for her expertise in working in regional, rural, and remote Australia. She was a founding member of the Rural, Regional and Remote Advisory Group to the National Board of Directors and the convener of the Australian Psychological Society Rural and Remote Interest Group. In January 2017, Judith became the Executive Manager and Head of the Australian Psychological Society’s Training Institute where she oversaw the professional education andtraining of psychologists and other cognate professions.

• Section One – The Context of Rural and Remote Mental Health.- 1. Rural and Remote Mental Health.- 2. The Social Determinants and Rural and Remote Mental Health.- 3. The Importance of Culture to Rural and Remote Mental Health.- 4. Indigenous Mental Health in Remote Communities.- 5. Mental Health Research and Evaluation in Rural and Remote Settings.- 6. Ethical and Professional Considerations.- Section Two – Professional Practice in Rural and Remote Mental Health.- 7. Primary Care in Rural and Remote Contexts.- 8. The Visiting Workforce.- 9. Telemental Health in Rural and Remote Contexts.- 10.   Working Transdiagnostically from a Patient-Led Perspective.- 11. Multidisciplinary Teams in Rural and Remote Mental Health.- Section Three – The Role of Different Professions in Rural and Remote Mental Health Practice.- 12. Psychiatry.- 13. Mental Health Nursing.- 14. Psychology.- 15. Social Work.- 16.   Occupational Therapists.- 17. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Professionals.- 18. Self-Care for Mental Health Professionals in Rural and Remote Contexts.- Section Four – Important Areas of Practice in Rural and Remote Mental Health.- 19. uicide and Self-Harm.- 20. Alcohol and Other Drugs.- 21. The Safe Use of Pharmacotherapy.- 22. Working in Schools.- 23. Social and Emotional Wellbeing.- 24. Working with Families.- 25. Supporting communities (rural financial counsellors, community groups,  etc).- 26. The Future of Rural and Remote Mental Health.