Practice guide Sep 2007
"Feeling heavy"
This paper is about vicarious trauma, a normal response to repeated exposure and empathetic engagement with traumatic material
Practice guide Sep 2007
This paper is about vicarious trauma, a normal response to repeated exposure and empathetic engagement with traumatic material
Webinar Feb 2015
This webinar described ways to foster systemic change in practice to improve outcomes for families where a parent has a mental illness.
Research report Jan 1987
AIFS response to the government's discussion paper 'Child support: a discussion paper on child maintenance'.
Family Matters article Apr 1992
This article discusses the impact of recent social change on men, and questions the continued existence of the supposedly 'invisible father'.
Media release Aug 2015
One in four Australian partnered mothers and fathers believe that the male breadwinner model is better for the family, according to new research published today by the Australian Institute of Family Studies.
Research report Jun 2005
This report presents a snapshot of contemporary attitudes to child support in Australia
Family Matters article Apr 1994
This article is the third of three articles which examine family violence and abuse, an issue identified as a priority issue by the National Council for the International Year of the Family.
Practice guide Feb 2014
Paper aims to provide an overview of complex trauma as a concept for classifying a varying range of symptomatology.
Webinar Sep 2015
This webinar described the effects of gambling in Indigenous communities, and discussed a health promotion framework to inform policy and practice.
Family Matters article Mar 1999
This article considers the central role played by carers in maintaining people at home, and questions the somewhat taken-for-granted relationship between the availability of informal care and admission to residential care.