July 2012
Eastern Health Mental Health
Executive Clinical Director Associate Professor Paul Katz, Dr Kenneth S.
Thompson, Professor Mike Slade, Eastern Health Acute Adult Mental Health
Clinical Director Jose Segal and Maroondah Hospital Inpatient Psychiatry Unit
Acting Nurse Unit Manager Deborah Siddall.
International experts address forum
Professor of Health Services at
the Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College, London, Mike Slade and Chief
Medical Officer for Recovery Innovations in the United States Kenneth S.
Thompson shared their ideas about recovery-based care with Eastern Health staff
and colleagues from across the mental health sector.
Held in Ringwood, the forum
included presentations from Eastern Health’s PARC (prevention and recovery
care) service, Austin Health’s consumer group Super Hornets and Alfred Health.
Professor Slade and Dr Thompson visited Eastern Health’s inpatient facilities at Maroondah Hospital as well as the PARC service at Ringwood.
