Conference Proceedings 2012

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Conference Proceedings 2012

ISBN: 978-1-922232-00-7 

Conference Proceedings

ISBN: 978-1-922232-00-7 Publisher Details Publisher Name: Australian and New Zealand Mental Health Association Contact Name: Sarah Jones Address Line : PO Box 29 City: Nerang State: QLD Postcode: 4211 Telephone: +61 7 5502 2068 Fax: +61 7 5273298 Email: [email protected]

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Green, E

Comprehending ‘Place’ in the Experience of Gay Men Living in Rural Communities

Hawkins, R, Little, F. & Olds, K

The Supervision Training Project

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Menon, A. and Avery, A

Occupational/Work Mental Health and Safety Research in Mining

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Osborne, S

MindMatters ‘Anangu Way’: A Community led approach to Mental Health and Wellbeing

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Redding, C & Porter, J

Over Mountains or Hills? Lessons Learned from a Training and Development Journey in Mental Health Education

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Rossouw, P

Childhood Trauma and Neural Development. Indicators for Interventions with Special Reference to Rural and Remote Environments

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Stuhlmiller, C & Tolchard, B

Background for the Development of the New England 4G Framework of Guided Self-Health for People in Rural Areas with Physical and Psychological Conditions

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Taylor, M

Complementary Medicine for Anxiety and Depression

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ABSTRACT This paper contextualises the theme of this conference, Putting People First, by proffering the view that if we are to better attend to the mental health needs of rural and remote populations, then we must pay heed to and understand their diversity. I would suggest that rural communities contain as eclectic a mix of individuals as any urban communities. And this includes gay people. But not all gay men flee the bush and I would submit that it was their affinity with and sense of belonging to place that made staying bush possible. Place was the key to why they stayed and did not leave. This paper considers place and space from the perspective of rural gay men. This conceptualization of place and space has been all but unexplored in Australia. The men in the study from which this paper is taken were aware of their lack of place in the community and instead developed an empathy with the physical place. For them, the bush was the centre of their life despite it being generally regarded as peripheral and marginal to gay life and queer identity. Their place and the space they created for themselves in the bush was where these men’s experience of life occurred and was, therefore, the site that gave worth and emotional significance to their lives. In knowing the bush as they did, these men were able to use the physical characteristics of place and space to complement and enhance their own lives. It follows that it is mainly through place that their life has meaning and meaning gave them quality of life and enhanced mental health. It is through an understanding of the lived experience of these gay men that we can better come to both an assessment of and provision for their mental health needs. Keywordsrural, place, gay  Introduction (GZDUG5HOSKGHVFULEHVµSODFH¶DVWKH³IXVLRQVRIKXPDQDQGQDWXUDORUGHU´DQGKHJRHVRQ WRVD\WKDWSODFHV³DUHWKHVLJQLILFDQWFHQWUHVRIRXULPPHGLDWHH[SHULHQFHVRIWKHZRUOG´  )RU5HOSKRQHFRXOGH[SHULHQFHSODFHLQGHJUHHVRILQWHQVLW\WKHPRVWLQWLPDWHH[SHULHQFHRI SODFHEHLQJRQHWKDWKHWHUPHG³H[LVWHQWLDOLQVLGHGQHVV´,IDSHUVRQIHHOVµLQVLGH¶DSODFHKH KDV DFFRUGLQJ WR 5HOSK D IHHOLQJ RI DWWDFKPHQW DQG EHORQJLQJ WR LW  (GZDUG &DVH\ HVVHQWLDOLVHVWKLVE\VLPSO\VD\LQJ³WKHUHLVQREHLQJH[FHSWLQSODFH´   1

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