Anton Isaacs
Biographic Data
| ID | 4001941 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anton Isaacs |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anton |
| FAMILY NAME | Isaacs |
| SIGNATURE | ISAACS A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Monash University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1804-5130 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
An Exploratory Study of Research Needed for the Improvement of Care and Services for Persons with a Lived Experience of Mental Health Challenges
Individuals with a lived experience are increasingly being included in the design of mental health services research. Obtaining perspectives of persons with a lived experience of mental health challenges on research that is important to them is an opportunity to achieve equity in allocating resources so that policy-makers and health research funders are made aware of the issues that matter to people who are affected by research. The purpose of th…
Individual Socioeconomic Measures and Change in HoNOS Scores among Persons Attending Adult Community Mental Health Services
Socioeconomic disadvantage is associated with poor mental health outcomes. However, whether it also influences treatment outcomes is unclear. The objectives of this study were (1) To measure the impact of mental health services on change in Health of the Nation Outcome Scale [HoNOS] scores between service entry and the last available assessment (median follow-up 24 months; IQR 10–49), (2) To examine if minority or indigenous status influenced cha…
Facilitating Personal Recovery in the Community
Individuals with severe mental health challenges [SMHCs] often have unmet needs that are beyond the scope of traditional mental health services. These needs are typically met by community agencies, charities and peer support groups. Happy Chat [HC] is one such peer-support group whose goal is to address social isolation, and loneliness by creating a safe space to facilitate the development of informal friendships among individuals with SMHCs in t…
Shortcomings of services for persons with severe and persistent mental health challenges
Additional research is needed with larger and more diverse samples to further explore these findings
Clinicians’ and Users’ Views and Experiences of a Tele-Mental Health Service Implemented Alongside the Public Mental Health System during the Covid-19 Pandemic
A tele-mental health model called Head to Health was implemented in the state of Victoria, Australia to address the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. It was a free centralized intake service that adopted a targeted approach with several novel elements, such as stepped care and telehealth. This study examines the views and experiences of clinicians and service users of the tele-mental health service in the Gippsland region of Victoria during…
The Community, the Workplace, and Public Health Measures
Increasing evidence of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare workers’ mental health and wellbeing has prompted concerns about the longer-term impacts on healthcare delivery and health workforce sustainability. For rural health services and communities, the pandemic has compounded existing challenges including workforce shortages, potentially leading to further health inequalities. This qualitative interview study aimed to explore fac…
Service Users’ Descriptions of Recovery-Oriented Elements of a Rural Mental Health Service
Recovery-oriented practice is the dominant framework for mental health services in Australia. However, evidence demonstrating recovery processes outside public services is scant. This study explores how key processes from the Connectedness, Hope, Identity, Meaning, and Empowerment (CHIME) personal recovery conceptual framework related to service-user experiences of a rural mental health service during the COVID-19 pandemic. Qualitative telephone …
Coping styles and mental health in response to societal changes during the Covid-19 pandemic
BACKGROUND: Psychosocial responses to infectious disease outbreaks have the potential to inflict acute and longstanding mental health consequences. Early research across the globe has found wide ranging psychological responses to the current COVID-19 pandemic. Understanding how different coping styles can be effective in mitigating mental ill health would enable better tailored psychological support. AIMS: The aim of this study was to gain an und…
Addressing unmet needs for persons with severe mental illness
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 5.120 (2020 JCR, received in June 2021)The IJIC 20th Anniversary Issue was published in 2021
Concepts, Practices and Advantages of Spirituality Among People with a Chronic Mental Illness in Melbourne
Profile of transcultural patients in a regional Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service in Gippsland, Australia
BACKGROUND: Several childhood stressors related to immigration have been documented, and it is important for clinicians to understand and address the various factors that may lead to or act as maintaining factors of mental disorders in children and adolescents. AIMS: To describe the cultural profile of transcultural patients presenting to a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) in regional Victoria and identify the most common disord…
Care Coordination Can Reduce Unmet Needs of Persons With Severe and Persistent Mental Illness
Introduction: Persons with severe and persistent mental illness (SPMI) have multiple and complex needs, many of which are not health related. Mental health services are unable to address these needs without collaboration with other agencies. In the absence of this collaboration, persons with SPMI often fall through the system cracks and are unlikely to experience recovery. Furthermore, previous studies have shown that unmet accommodation needs ar…
Unmet needs of persons with a severe and persistent mental illness and their relationship to unmet accommodation needs
This is a cross-sectional study of unmet needs of persons enrolled in Australia's Partners in Recovery (PIR) initiative. It aimed to explore the unmet needs reported by persons with a severe and persistent mental illness (SPMI) and to examine the associations between unmet accommodation needs and other unmet needs. The study was undertaken in the Gippsland region of Victoria from February to May 2015. Data were collected from the administrative d…
Lower Income Levels in Australia Are Strongly Associated With Elevated Psychological Distress
Background: Australia is a high-income country with increasing income inequality. It is unclear whether Australia's well-developed mental healthcare system is making a difference to population mental health and the Federal Government has targeted outcomes accountability in service funding strategies. In high-income countries, evidence generally suggests that income inequalities increase mental disorders among the poor. This study examined psychol…
Outcomes of a care coordinated service model for persons with severe and persistent mental illness
BACKGROUND: Owing to difficulties faced by individuals with severe and persistent mental illness (SPMI) in accessing multiple services, the Australian Government trialed a care coordinated service model called the Partners in Recovery (PIR) initiative. MATERIAL: A total of 45 stakeholders in Gippsland were asked what difference the initiative had made. DISCUSSION: The PIR initiative benefited not only clients and carers but also service providers…
What You Do is Important But How You Do it is More Important’
Evidence on the methods followed by non‐Indigenous researchers for conducting research that involves Indigenous people in Australia is sparse. This paper describes the methodology and steps followed by a non‐Indigenous researcher for engaging with men from an Aboriginal community in rural Victoria in conducting mental health services research. It describes the process adopted to initiate research and build research capacity within an Indigenous c…
Unmet needs of persons with a severe and persistent mental illness and their relationship to unmet accommodation needs
This is a cross-sectional study of unmet needs of persons enrolled in Australia's Partners in Recovery (PIR) initiative. It aimed to explore the unmet needs reported by persons with a severe and persistent mental illness (SPMI) and to examine the associations between unmet accommodation needs and other unmet needs. The study was undertaken in the Gippsland region of Victoria from February to May 2015. Data were collected from the administrative d…
Service Users’ Descriptions of Recovery-Oriented Elements of a Rural Mental Health Service
Recovery-oriented practice is the dominant framework for mental health services in Australia. However, evidence demonstrating recovery processes outside public services is scant. This study explores how key processes from the Connectedness, Hope, Identity, Meaning, and Empowerment (CHIME) personal recovery conceptual framework related to service-user experiences of a rural mental health service during the COVID-19 pandemic. Qualitative telephone …
What You Do is Important But How You Do it is More Important’
Evidence on the methods followed by non‐Indigenous researchers for conducting research that involves Indigenous people in Australia is sparse. This paper describes the methodology and steps followed by a non‐Indigenous researcher for engaging with men from an Aboriginal community in rural Victoria in conducting mental health services research. It describes the process adopted to initiate research and build research capacity within an Indigenous c…
What You Do is Important But How You Do it is More Important’
Evidence on the methods followed by non‐Indigenous researchers for conducting research that involves Indigenous people in Australia is sparse. This paper describes the methodology and steps followed by a non‐Indigenous researcher for engaging with men from an Aboriginal community in rural Victoria in conducting mental health services research. It describes the process adopted to initiate research and build research capacity within an Indigenous c…
Outcomes of a care coordinated service model for persons with severe and persistent mental illness
BACKGROUND: Owing to difficulties faced by individuals with severe and persistent mental illness (SPMI) in accessing multiple services, the Australian Government trialed a care coordinated service model called the Partners in Recovery (PIR) initiative. MATERIAL: A total of 45 stakeholders in Gippsland were asked what difference the initiative had made. DISCUSSION: The PIR initiative benefited not only clients and carers but also service providers…
Lower Income Levels in Australia Are Strongly Associated With Elevated Psychological Distress
Background: Australia is a high-income country with increasing income inequality. It is unclear whether Australia's well-developed mental healthcare system is making a difference to population mental health and the Federal Government has targeted outcomes accountability in service funding strategies. In high-income countries, evidence generally suggests that income inequalities increase mental disorders among the poor. This study examined psychol…
Concepts, Practices and Advantages of Spirituality Among People with a Chronic Mental Illness in Melbourne
Profile of transcultural patients in a regional Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service in Gippsland, Australia
BACKGROUND: Several childhood stressors related to immigration have been documented, and it is important for clinicians to understand and address the various factors that may lead to or act as maintaining factors of mental disorders in children and adolescents. AIMS: To describe the cultural profile of transcultural patients presenting to a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) in regional Victoria and identify the most common disord…
Care Coordination Can Reduce Unmet Needs of Persons With Severe and Persistent Mental Illness
Introduction: Persons with severe and persistent mental illness (SPMI) have multiple and complex needs, many of which are not health related. Mental health services are unable to address these needs without collaboration with other agencies. In the absence of this collaboration, persons with SPMI often fall through the system cracks and are unlikely to experience recovery. Furthermore, previous studies have shown that unmet accommodation needs ar…
Unmet needs of persons with a severe and persistent mental illness and their relationship to unmet accommodation needs
This is a cross-sectional study of unmet needs of persons enrolled in Australia's Partners in Recovery (PIR) initiative. It aimed to explore the unmet needs reported by persons with a severe and persistent mental illness (SPMI) and to examine the associations between unmet accommodation needs and other unmet needs. The study was undertaken in the Gippsland region of Victoria from February to May 2015. Data were collected from the administrative d…
Coping styles and mental health in response to societal changes during the Covid-19 pandemic
BACKGROUND: Psychosocial responses to infectious disease outbreaks have the potential to inflict acute and longstanding mental health consequences. Early research across the globe has found wide ranging psychological responses to the current COVID-19 pandemic. Understanding how different coping styles can be effective in mitigating mental ill health would enable better tailored psychological support. AIMS: The aim of this study was to gain an und…
Addressing unmet needs for persons with severe mental illness
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 5.120 (2020 JCR, received in June 2021)The IJIC 20th Anniversary Issue was published in 2021
Clinicians’ and Users’ Views and Experiences of a Tele-Mental Health Service Implemented Alongside the Public Mental Health System during the Covid-19 Pandemic
A tele-mental health model called Head to Health was implemented in the state of Victoria, Australia to address the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. It was a free centralized intake service that adopted a targeted approach with several novel elements, such as stepped care and telehealth. This study examines the views and experiences of clinicians and service users of the tele-mental health service in the Gippsland region of Victoria during…
The Community, the Workplace, and Public Health Measures
Increasing evidence of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare workers’ mental health and wellbeing has prompted concerns about the longer-term impacts on healthcare delivery and health workforce sustainability. For rural health services and communities, the pandemic has compounded existing challenges including workforce shortages, potentially leading to further health inequalities. This qualitative interview study aimed to explore fac…
Service Users’ Descriptions of Recovery-Oriented Elements of a Rural Mental Health Service
Recovery-oriented practice is the dominant framework for mental health services in Australia. However, evidence demonstrating recovery processes outside public services is scant. This study explores how key processes from the Connectedness, Hope, Identity, Meaning, and Empowerment (CHIME) personal recovery conceptual framework related to service-user experiences of a rural mental health service during the COVID-19 pandemic. Qualitative telephone …
Shortcomings of services for persons with severe and persistent mental health challenges
Additional research is needed with larger and more diverse samples to further explore these findings
An Exploratory Study of Research Needed for the Improvement of Care and Services for Persons with a Lived Experience of Mental Health Challenges
Individuals with a lived experience are increasingly being included in the design of mental health services research. Obtaining perspectives of persons with a lived experience of mental health challenges on research that is important to them is an opportunity to achieve equity in allocating resources so that policy-makers and health research funders are made aware of the issues that matter to people who are affected by research. The purpose of th…
Individual Socioeconomic Measures and Change in HoNOS Scores among Persons Attending Adult Community Mental Health Services
Socioeconomic disadvantage is associated with poor mental health outcomes. However, whether it also influences treatment outcomes is unclear. The objectives of this study were (1) To measure the impact of mental health services on change in Health of the Nation Outcome Scale [HoNOS] scores between service entry and the last available assessment (median follow-up 24 months; IQR 10–49), (2) To examine if minority or indigenous status influenced cha…
Facilitating Personal Recovery in the Community
Individuals with severe mental health challenges [SMHCs] often have unmet needs that are beyond the scope of traditional mental health services. These needs are typically met by community agencies, charities and peer support groups. Happy Chat [HC] is one such peer-support group whose goal is to address social isolation, and loneliness by creating a safe space to facilitate the development of informal friendships among individuals with SMHCs in t…
Mental health (15 works) · Medicine (13 works) · Psychology (11 works) · Psychiatry (10 works) · Mental Health and Patient Involvement (8 works) · Mental illness (6 works) · Nursing (6 works) · Qualitative research (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Mental Health Treatment and Access (5 works)