A patient presenting with behaviour that puts them at risk or potentially puts others at risk poses particular challenges for all practitioners - diagnosis may be unknown or provisional at best, and behaviour may range from mild to threatening and assault.

Rural and remote patients, their carers and health professionals face added challenges of isolation, a lack of skilled mental health professionals and the prospect of transfer away from personal support networks to access relevant care.

This program focuses on Australian youth, the onset of disorders such as bipolar disease and schizophrenia, the incidence of substance misuse as a co-morbidity factor, and appropriate management strategies for rural and remote patients, carers and health professionals involved in the management of a mental health emergency.

Produced by the Rural Health Education Foundation
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