A to Z Index of Mental Health Information
ACAS - Protocol between Victorian aged care assessment
services (ACAS) and aged persons mental health (APMH)
Academic - Clinical & Non–clinical
academic positions and activity policy framework
Access to Beds - April 1997 (Chief Psychiatrist's
guideline)
Accessing Services across Regions
& Areas - December 1999 (Program management circular)
Accessing Services
Looking for services by Mental Health
service area
Looking for services near your Suburb/Town
Descriptions of services
Access to Forensic services
Access to statewide & specialist
services
Acquired Brain Injury
Aged Persons Services
- Overview: April 1996 (PDF file 508KB)
Aged persons mental health intensive community
treatment - Program statement - October 2008
Ambulance Transport of People with
a Mental Illness - February 2002 (PDF file 555KB)
An analysis of the Victorian rehabilitation
and recovery care service system for people with a severe mental illness
and associated disability - Project report - August 2007 (PDF file 1.12MB)
Anxiety Disorders
Annual Reports - Office of the
Chief Psychiatrist
Authorised psychiatrist - appointment of -
September 2005 (Chief Psychiatrist's guideline)
Apprehension of mentally ill persons by a member
of the police force under the Mental Health Act 1986 - December 2003
(Program Management Circular)
Art - The Cunningham Dax Collection
Assessment of Intoxicated Persons - December
1999 (Chief Psychiatrist's guideline)
Assessment orders and diagnosis,
assessment and treatment orders: About your rights - September
2008 (Patient rights information)
Because mental health matters
- Victorian mental Health Reform Strategy 2009-2019 - February 2009 -
Summary (The paper can be ordered from the
on-line ordering page)
Because mental health matters
- Victorian mental Health Reform Strategy 2009-2019 - February 2009 (The
paper can be ordered from the on-line
ordering page)
Because mental health matters
- A new focus for mental health and wellbeing in Victoria - Cosultation
paper, May 2008 (The paper can be ordered from the
on-line ordering page)
Beds - Access to Beds - April 1997 (Chief
Psychiatrist's guideline)
Bipolar Mood Disorder
The Boston Report (see Improving
Mental Health Outcomes in Victoria. The next Wave of Reform. July 2006
prepared by The Boston Consulting Group) (External site)
Building partnerships
between mental health, family violence and sexual assault services - Project
report - July 2006 (PDF file 527KB)
Bushfires
Renew: a psychosocial response
to bushfires - March 2009 (PDF File 123kb)
CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services)
CAMHS and schools - Early action program -
Early intervention service for young children with challenging behaviours
and emerging conduct disorder - Program description - December 2006
(Program management circular)
CAMHS in communities - Working together
to provide mental health care for Victoria’s children and young
people - September 2006 (PDF File 482KB). Hard copies can be ordered
from the on-line ordering page
CAMHS & Schools Project.
A Partnership between the Victorian Mental Health Branch and the Victorian
Student Wellbeing Branch - August 2004 (PDF file 590KB)
Child and Adolescent
Services: Overview - April 1996 (PDF file 244KB)
Rural - Metropolitan CAMHS: Inpatient Arrangements
- July 2003 ( Program management circular)
Prevention and Early Intervention Ministerial
Advisory Sub-committee Report (August 2008) (PDF file 599KB)
Child and Youth Mental Health
Service Redesign Demonstration Projects
Case Management
How Case Management Can Help You - June
1995 - Consumer information guide
Resources for Case Managers:
- Individual Service
Planning - July 1998
- Meeting Consumer
Needs for Housing and Accommodation, A Guide for Case Managers - July
1996
- Needs for Service Assessment
and Review: A Collaborative Approach - July 1996
Carers
Review of the Mental Health Carer
Support Program and carer support and resource workers (mental health)-
Final report (PDF File 389KB) - March 2008
Mental Health Carer Support Program - June
2003 (Program management circular)
Caring together: An action plan for
carer involvement in Victorian public mental health services - July
2006 (PDF file 187KB) Hard copies can be ordered from the
on-line ordering page
Carers Information
Mental Health - Information for Families and Carers
Information for families and carers
of People with a Mental Illness - January 2004 (Reprint July 2005) (PDF
file 125KB) English version
Arabic Version (PDF file 303KB)
Chinese Version (PDF file 420 KB)
Croatian Version (PDF file 188 KB)
Greek Version (PDF file 238 KB)
Italian Version (PDF file 174 KB)
Macedonian Version (PDF file 198 KB)
Spanish Version (PDF file 177KB)
Somali Version (PDF file 163 KB)
Turkish Version (PDF file 205 KB)
Vietnamese Version (PDF file 217 KB)
This booklet provides information about:
- supports, services and information available for family and friends
of people with a serious mental illness
- the public mental health service system
- what you should expect when assisting a relative or friend to use
a mental health service
- useful contact details for further information
Working together with families and carers
- April 2005 (Chief Psychiatrist's guideline)
CAT - Crisis and assessment service
A review of crisis assessment and treatment
(CAT) services and functions - July 2007 (PDF file 522KB)
Chief Psychiatrist
Creating Safety: Addressing Seclusion
and Restraint Practices - February 2007
Chief Psychiatrist's
Forum - Treatment Plans: Can we do better? - 19 July 2006
Chief Psychiatrist's Guidelines
Clinical Practice guidelines now known as Chief
Psychiatrist's guidelines
Annual Reports
Clinical Review
The protocol for
clinical review of area mental health services 1997-2003 - March 2004
(PDF file 197KB)
Clinical Supervision Guidelines - November
2005 (Program management circular)
CLIPP (Consultation and Liaison in Primary
Care Psychiatry) Manual
COAG National Action Plan on Mental
Health – Progress Report 2006-07 (External site)
Collaboration between Public
and Private Sector Psychiatry (PDF file 483KB)
The relationship between public mental health services and the private
mental health sector is a key strategic alliance. About two thirds of
psychiatrists have their main job in the private sector, and for the
benefit of consumers, it is important that we foster closer collaboration
between public mental health services and private psychiatrists. The
benefits can include improved access to services for consumers, improved
care for rural Victorians, and the opportunity for psychiatrists in
both sectors to expand their areas of practice.
Collaborative
Service Arrangements: Private Psychiatrists and Public Mental Health Services
- June 1996 (PDF file 26KB)
This booklet aims to develop collaborative service arrangements between
private psychiatrists and public mental health services. These arrangements
facilitate joint service provision to meet the treatment and support
needs of an individual with a mental illness.
CMI/ODS Program management circulars
Community care (CCU) and secure extended
care (SECU) units - February 2007 (Program management circular)
Community Correctional Services - Protocol between
Mental Health Branch and Community Correctional Services - January 2008
Community Treatment Order
Community treatment orders - November 2005 -
(PDF file 485KB) (Chief Psychiatrist's guideline)
Community Treatment Orders (CTOs) are available under the Mental
Health Act 1986. This document is intended to provide information
and guidelines to assist in the proper understanding and administration
of such orders.
Community Visitors - Procedure for
relationships between Office of Public Advocate-Community Visitors Program
and Department of Human Services Mental Health Branch and Mental Health
Services
Confidentiality under the Mental Health
Act 1986 - November 2008 (Program management circular)
Consumers
Strengthening consumer participation
in Victoria’s public mental health services - Action Plan - 18
May 2009
Key stakeholder consultation on
recommendations for future Victorian surveys of consumer and carer experience
of public mental health services - September 2005 (PDF File 44KB)
Review of the 2003-04 Victorian
surveys of consumer and carer experience of public mental health services
- August 2005 (PDF file 703KB)
Guidelines for the consumer consultant program
- December 2003 (Program management circular)
Measuring Consumer Health Outcomes in
Public Mental Health Services in Victoria
Consumer participation
Continuing treatment (section
12A-12D) involuntary patient: About your rights - September 2008
(Patient rights information)
Co-ordinated Client Care
Improved Access
Through Coordinated Client Care - September 1994 (PDF file 162KB)
This document sets in place a common approach to service delivery
which establishes the ground rules for how clients move through public
mental health services. The document clarifies the different stages
and functions of service delivery and the key role of case management
in coordinating services for individual clients and providing continuity
of care.
Creating Safety: Addressing Seclusion
Practices - February 2007
Cross-Border Mental Health Arrangements
- April 2009
Cultural diversity
Cultural diversity plan for Victoria's specialist
mental health services 2006-2010 - October 2006 Hard copies can
be ordered from the on-line ordering
page
Improving
services for people from a non-English speaking background - July 1996
(PDF file 450KB)
The purpose of this document is to identify service components which
must be changed to improve service outcomes for people from non-English
speaking background. The standards set out in this document will be
incorporated by the Mental Health Branch into its funding and service
agreements with providers of public mental health services.
(The) Cunningham Dax Collection
Deafness
Guidelines for Mental Health Services - Working
with People who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing (2000)
Deaths
Reportable deaths - May 2004 (Chief Psychiatrist's
guideline)
Depression
Disharge Planning
Discharge Planning Guidelines
- August 2002 (PDF file 207KB) (Chief Psychiatrist's guideline)
Discharge planning and the development
of protocols between adult area mental health services and general practitioners
- May 2005 (Program management circular)
Discharge planning and the development
of protocols between adult area mental health services and general practitioners
- May 2005 (Background paper)
Drugs
- resources and publications
Dual Diagnosis - Key directions and
priorities for service development - May 2007.
Eating disorders
Clinical mental health service responses
for people with eating disorders in Victoria - October 2007.
(Program management circular) Hard copies can be ordered from the
on-line ordering page
Eating Disorder
Service Mapping Project - October 2006 (PDF File 295KB)
Illness - What is an eating disorder?
Early Intervention
Prevention and Early Intervention Ministerial
Advisory Sub-committee Report (August 2008) (PDF file 599KB)
Education and Training Clusters
Evaluation of mental health education
and training (clusters) partnerships - July 2007
Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)
Recording Electro-convulsive therapy (ECT) on
the CMI/ODS - September 2008 (Program management circular)
Electroconvulsive therapy:
About your rights - September 2008 (Patient rights information)
Hard copies can be ordered from the
on-line ordering page
Electroconvulsive therapy manual: Licensing,
legal requirements and clinical guidelines - January 2009
Emergency departments
Mental health responses in emergency
departments - February 2008 (Program management circular)
Mental health care Framwork for emergency
department services - August 2007
Mental health presentations
to the emergency department - May 2006 (PDF file 793KB)
Victorian
Emergency Department Mental Health Triage Project 2005-06 Training manual
(External site)
Enterprise Bargaining - Mental Health
Evaluation of mental health education and
training (clusters) partnerships -July 2007
Families
Information for families and carers
of People with a Mental Illness - January 2004 (Reprint July 2005) (PDF
file 125KB) English version.
See also Information for Families and Carers
Families where a parent has a mental illness
A service development strategy - February 2007. Hard copies can
be ordered from the on-line ordering
page
Families and mental health A parenting resource kit (a folder containing
the items listed below) is also available from the on-line
ordering page
- "Families and mental health - A parenting resource kit"
(booklet)
- "Families and mental health - List of contact numbers"
(magnet on back)
- Family crisis plan (A4 sheet)
- "Family talk - Tips and information for families where a parent
has a mental health problem or disorder" (booklet)
- "The best for me and my baby - Managing mental health during
pregnancy and early parenthood - Health professionals and parents
working together" (booklet)
- Maternal and child health line - 13 22 29 - a 24-hour
telephone service (magnet on back)
- Kids talk - 75 ways to encourage children (poster)
Family Violence
Identifying and responding
to family violence: a guide for mental health clinicians in Victoria
- June 2005 (PDF file 205KB)
Building partnerships
between mental health, family violence and sexual assault services -
Project report - July 2006 (PDF file 527KB)
Fellowships
Mental Health and Drugs Fellowship Grants
2008-09
Firearms
Ministerial Exemption Relating to the Release
of Information: Persons Unfit to Possess, Carry or Use a Firearm - June
2000 (Program management circular)
Forensic Mental Health
Forensic Mental Health Services
Forensicare:
Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health (External site)
Report of
the Review Panel appointed to consider leave arrangements for patients
at the Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health - May 2001 (PDF
file 236KB)
Report
of the Review Panel appointed to consider the operation of the Disability
Services Statewide Forensic Service - September 2001 (External site)
Forensic Leave Panel
Forensic Leave Panel Annual Report
2004
Forensic Leave Panel Annual Report 2005
Forensic Leave Panel Annual Report 2006
Forensic Leave Panel Annual Report 2007
Forensic (remand and interim
disposition order) patients - About your rights - September 2008
(Patient rights information)
Forensic patients - About
your rights - September 2008 (Patient rights information)
Framework for Service Delivery April 1996
Aged Persons Services
- April 1996 (PDF file 508KB)
Better
Outcomes Through Area Mental Health Services: April 1996 (PDF file 143KB)
Appendix 1(PDF file 102KB)
Appendix 2 (PDF file 381KB)
Appendix 3 (PDF file 674KB)
Appendix 4 (PDF file 581KB)
Child and Adolescent
Services: April 1996 (PDF file 244KB)
Funding
Mental Health Policy and Funding Guidelines
Public
Hospitals and Mental Health Services Policy and Funding Guidelines
(External site)
Gender sensitivity and safety
in adult acute mental health inpatient units
General Adult Community Mental Health Services: Guidelines for Service
provision - July 1996 (Hard copy only
available - order here)
These guidelines were designed to assist community mental health
staff, managers and others involved in service development. They focus
on a continuing care consultancy component and non-residential rehabilitation
service component of the adult mental health service system. They address
issues of staffing, case management, integrated service delivery, consumer
participation and complaints, working with families and carers, collaborative
practices and medico-legal issues. The guidelines are intended to complement
those developed for CAT and MST services and aim to establish a consistent
approach to community mental health service delivery in Victoria. This
document is not currently available online but can be ordered.
High Dependency Unit Guidelines -
August 2002 (PDF file199KB)(Chief Psychiatrist's guideline)
Homelessness
Mental Health Homelessness Program
- July 2002 (PDF file 78KB)
Mental Health Homelessness
Program - Intensive Home Based Outreach Psychiatric Disability Rehabilitation
& Support Guidelines - October 2003 (PDF file 96KB)
Identifying and responding
to family violence: a guide for mental health clinicians in Victoria -
June 2005 (PDF file 205KB)
Illicit Substance Use in Acute
Inpatient Mental Health Services - November 2001 (PDF file 68KB) (Chief
Psychiatrist's guideline)
Improving
Mental Health Outcomes in Victoria. The next Wave of Reform. July 2006
"The Boston Report" (External site)
Improving
services for people from a non-English speaking background - July 1996
(PDF file 450KB)
Information for families and carers
of people with a mental illness - Jan 2004 (PDF file 125KB)
Information on Mental Illness
Intoxicated Persons - Assessment of - December
1999 (Chief Psychiatrist's guideline)
Inpatient Arrangements
Rural - Metropolitan
CAMHS: Inpatient Arrangements - July 2003 ( Program management circular)
An Introduction to Victoria's
public clinical mental health services - January 2006 (PDF file 524KB).
Involuntary patients
Involuntary patients: About
your rights - September 2008 (Patient rights information) Hard
copies can be ordered from the on-line
ordering page
Koori Mental Health Issues
Report on the Evaluation of the Purro Birik
Social and Emotional Wellbeing Strategy 1999 - 2002 (September 2003)
Language
Use of Language Services in area mental
health services - October 2006 (Program management circular)
Use of Language Services in Psychiatric
Disability Rehabilitation and Support Services - October 2006 (Program
management circular)
Legislation
Crimes
(Mental Impairment and Unfitness to be Tried) Act 1997 (External
site)
Mental
Health Act 1986 (External site)
Amendments to the Mental Health
Act 1986 - Revised October 2005 (Program management circular)
Mental Health Regulations (External site)
Mental
Health (Patient's Rights) Regulations 2006 - Commenced 19th December
2006 (External site)
Psychologists
Registration Act 2000 (External site)
Psychologists
Registration Regulation 2001 (External site)
Sentencing
and Mental Health Acts (Amendment) Act 2005 - Commenced 1st
October 2006 (External site)
Sentencing and Mental Health Acts (Amendment)
Act 2005 Summary of key amendments - October 2005 (Chief Psychiatrist's
guideline)
Discussion Paper - Treatment and care
of mentally ill offenders pursuant to Part 5 of the Sentencing Act 1991
and Parts 3 - 4 of the Mental Health Act 1986 - Dec 2003 (PDF file 153KB)
Copies of legislation are available from Information
Victoria (External site)
Library Services
Royal
Melbourne Hospital Health Sciences Library incorporating the Victorian
Mental Health Library (External site)
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