Honorary Professor Robert Bland

Bland, Robert, Renouf, Noel and Tullgren , Ann (2009). Social work practice in mental health : an introduction. Crows Nest, N.S.W.: Allen & Unwin.

McDermott, Fiona, Huppert, David, Blashki, Grant, Stone, Louise, Epstein, Merinda, Olsen, Anne, Elsom, Stephen, Meadows, Graham, Rosen, Alan, Singh, Bruce, Ash, David, Turnbull, Carol, Bland, Robert, Fossey, Ellie, Farhall, John, Tsismetsi, Anthea, Nagel, Tricia, Minas, Harry, Clarke, Michael C., Leggatt, Margaret and Cavill, Marina (2012). The active participants in mental health services. Mental health in Australia: collaborative community practice. (pp. 267-318) edited by Graham Meadows, John Farhall, Ellie Fossey, Margaret Grigg, Fiona McDermott and Bruce Singh. South Melbourne, Vic., Australia: Oxford University Press.

Ash, David, Bland, Robert, Brown, Peggy, Oakley Browne, Mark, Burvill, Peter, Davies, John, Grigg, Margaret, Gurr, Roger, Hughson, Bernard, Meadows, Graham, Nagel, Tricia, Rosen, Alan, Scott, James, Singh, Bruce, Smith, Geoffrey, Weir, Wendy and Emmerson, Brett (2012). Mental health services in the Australian states and territories. Mental health in Australia: collaborative community practice. (pp. 118-154) South Melboure, Vic., Australia: Oxford University Press.

Bland, Robert, Farhall, John, Fernbacher, Sabin, Fossey, Ellie, Hapell, Brenda, Kazantzis, Nikolaos, King, Robert, Meadows, Graham, Minas, Harry, Petrik, Alexandra M. and Willshire, David (2012). Assessment: specialised assessment skills. Mental health in Australia: collaborative community practice. (pp. 394-427) edited by Meadows, Graham, Farhall, John, Fossey, Ellie, Grigg, Margaret, McDermott, Fiona and Singh, Bruce. South Melbourne, Vic., Australia: Oxford University Press.

Bland, Robert and Tullgren, Ann (2011). Mental illness, social work and social justice. Eco-social justice: Issues, challenges and ways forward: Voices from De Novo'11. (pp. 25-44) edited by Peter Jones, Debra Miles, Abraham Francis and Rajeev SP. Karnataka, India: Books for Change.

Bland, Robert, Renouf, Noel and Tullgren, Ann (2009). Case management and Community Mental Health. Case management for community practice. (pp. 323-345) edited by Elizabeth Moore. South Melbourne, Australia: Oxford University Press Australia & New Zealand.

Bland, Robert and Epstein, Miranda (2008). Encouraging principles of consumer participation and partnership: The way forward in mental health practice in Australia. Health care practice in Australia: Policy, context and innovations. (pp. 239-254) edited by Sandra Taylor, Michele Foster and Jennifer Fleming. South Melbourne, Vic., Australia: Oxford University Press.

Bland, Robert (2007). The active participants in mental health services. Mental health in Australia : Collaborative community practice. (pp. 190-226) edited by Graham Meadows, Bruce Singh and Margaret Grigg. Melbourne, Australia: Oxford University Press.

Bland, Robert (2007). Specialised assessment skills. Mental health in Australia : collaborative community practice. (pp. 319-338) edited by Graham Meadows, Bruce Singh and Margaret Grigg. Melbourne, Vic., Australia: Oxford University Press.

Bland, R. (2007). Mental Health Services in Tasmania. Mental Health in Australia Collaborative Community Practice. (pp. not found-not found) edited by Graham Meadows, Bruce Singh and Margaret Grigg. New York, USA: Oxford University Press.

Bland, Robert and Renouf, Noel (2006). Mental health. Social work and human services best practice. (pp. 83-103) Annandale, N.S.W.: Federation Press.

Bland, Robert (2006). Poverty and mental health. Thinking about Poverty. (pp. 131-141) edited by Klaus Serr. Annandale, N.S.W.: Federation Press.

Bland, Robert (2005). Social work practice in mental health. Social work: fields of practice. (pp. 119-130) edited by Margaret Alston and Jennifer McKinnon. South Melbourne, Australia: Oxford University Press.

Bland, Robert (2001). Social work practice in mental health. Social work: fields of practice. (pp. 109-121) edited by Margaret Alston and Jennifer McKinnon. South Melbourne, Australia: Oxford University Press.

Bland, Robert and Wyder, Marianne (2024). Families and recovery: beyond clinical and social inclusion perspectives. Social Work and Social Sciences Review, 25 (1), 137-146. doi: 10.1921/swssr.v25i1.2303

Denton, Michelle, Foster, Michele and Bland, Robert (2015). How the prison-to-community transition risk environment influences the experiences of men with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorder. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 50 (1), 39-55. doi: 10.1177/0004865815620703

Wyder, Marianne, Bland, Robert, Blythe, Andrew, Matarasso, Beth and Crompton, David (2015). Therapeutic relationships and involuntary treatment orders: service users' interactions with health-care professionals on the ward. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 24 (2), 181-189. doi: 10.1111/inm.12121

Wyder, Marianne, Bland, Robert, Herriot, Ann and Crompton, David (2015). The experiences of the legal processes of involuntary treatment orders: tension between the legal and medical frameworks. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 38, 44-50. doi: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2015.01.006

Bland, Robert (2014). What's special about social work practice in mental health?. Australian Social Work, 67 (2), 159-161. doi: 10.1080/0312407X.2014.907519

Wyder, Marianne and Bland, Robert (2014). The recovery framework as a way of understanding families' responses to mental illness: balancing different needs and recovery journeys. Australian Social Work, 67 (2), 179-196. doi: 10.1080/0312407X.2013.875580

Laragy, Carmel, Bland, Robert, Giles, Roslyn and Scott, Virginia (2013). Australian Practice Standards nine years on: are they useful?. International Social Work, 56 (5), 644-658. doi: 10.1177/0020872812436623

Wyder, Marianne, Bland, Robert and Crompton, David (2013). Personal recovery and involuntary mental health admissions: the importance of control, relationships and hope. Health, 5 (3A), 574-581. doi: 10.4236/health.2013.53A076

Willis, Paul, Bland, Robert, Manka, Louise and Craft, Cec (2012). The ABC of peer mentoring – what secondary students have to say about cross-age peer mentoring in a regional Australian school. Educational Research and Evaluation, 18 (2), 173-185. doi: 10.1080/13803611.2011.650920

Bland, Robert and Foster, Michele (2012). Families and Mental Illness: Contested Perspectives and Implications for Practice and Policy. Australian Social Work, 65 (4), 517-534. doi: 10.1080/0312407X.2011.646281

Blashki, G, Joubert, L, Bland, R, Moulding, R and Gunn, J (2010). An evaluation of the effect of an educational intervention for Australian social workers on competence in delivering brief cognitive behavioural strategies: A randomised controlled trial. BMC Health Services Research, 10 (1) 304, 304-1-304-9. doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-304

Bland, R. (2010). A Multidisicplinary Handbook of Child and Adolescent Mental Health for Frontline Professionals. Australian Social Work, 63 (3), 363-364. doi: 10.1080/0312407X.2010.500652

Bland, Robert, Laragy, Carmel, Giles, Ros and Scott, Virginia (2006). Asking the customer: Exploring consumers’ views in the generation of social work practice standards. Australian Social Work, 59 (1), 35-46. doi: 10.1080/03124070500449762

Renouf, Noel and Bland, Robert (2005). Navigating stormy waters: Challenges and opportunities for social work in mental health. Australian social work, 58 (4), 419-430.

Bland, Robert (2005). Review of: Children of parents with mental illness 2: personal and clinical perspectives By Vicki Cowling. Australian Social Work, 58 (1), 219-220.

Scott, Virginia, Laragy, Carmel, Giles, Roslyn and Bland, Robert (2004). Practice standards in Australia: implications for social work education. Social Work Education, 23 (5), 613-624. doi: 10.1080/0261547042000252325

Bland, Robert and Darlington, Yvonne (2002). The nature and sources of hope: Perspectives of family caregivers of people with serious mental illness. Perspectives In Psychiatric Care, 38 (2), 61-68. doi: 10.1111/j.1744-6163.2002.tb00658.x

Bland, Robert and Harrison, Christine (2000). Developing and Evaluating a Psychoeducation Program for Caregivers of Bipolar Affective Disorder Patients: Report of a Pilot Project. Research on Social Work Practice, 10 (2), 209-228. doi: 10.1177/104973150001000204

Darlington, Yvonne and Bland, Robert (1999). Strategies for encouraging and maintaining hope among people living with serious mental illness. Australian Social Work, 52 (3), 17-23. doi: 10.1080/03124079908414131

Bland, Robert (2005). Beyond skills and knowledge: Towards a more human understanding of helping. 14th annual TheMHS Conference : 5th AICAFMHA Conference, Gold Coast, Qld, Australia, 1-3 September, 2004. Balmain, N.S.W.: Mental Health Services Conference of Australia and New Zealand.

Walsh, Deborah and Bland, Robert (2012). A review of the Warwick and& District Disability Needs Analysis (Moffatt & Rouse 2011). St Lucia QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.

Bland, Robert (1987). Families caring for a schizophrenic family member at home. PhD Thesis, School of Social Work and Applied Human Sciences, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/283816

Bland, Robert (1978). A programme for teaching interviewing skills in social work. Master's Thesis, School of Social Work and Applied Human Sciences, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/216120

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