A to Z Index of Mental Health Information
Major non-psychiatric treatment:
About your rights - September 2008 (Patient rights information)
Hard copies can be ordered from the
on-line ordering page
Managing persons required to attend police interview
or court - January 2005 (Chief Psychiatrist's guideline)
Making the Message Matter - November 1998
- Assistance for consumer, carer & organisational speakers to both
expand their audiences & refine their presentational skills.
Measuring Consumer Health Outcomes in Public
Mental Health Services in Victoria
Mechanical restraint - October 2006 (Chief
Psychiatrist's guideline)
Medicare Benefits Schedule
Mental Health Forum on the new mental
health items added to the Medicare Benefits Schedule. 31st January2007
On the 31st January 2007, the MHB convened a forum at the Darebin Arts
and Entertainment Centre on the new mental health items added to the
Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS). A priority of the forum was on identifying
how the MBS changes can benefit consumers, and the changes required
at both individual and system-wide levels to make best use of the new
items.
Medication - Psychotropic
Memorandum of understanding between
the Chief Psychiatrist and the Public Advocate Responsibilities and roles
when working with people with mental illness - September 2006
Mental Health Act
Mental Health Act - Changes to the Mental
Health Act 1986 - August 2005
Amendments to the Mental Health
Act 1986 - Revised October 2005 (Program management circular)
Mental Health Carer Support Program
The Mental Health Carer Support Program includes a range of services
designed to support carers in their caring relationship.
Mental health presentations
to the emergency department - May 2006 (PDF file 793KB)
Mental health research and evaluation
framework - August 2005 (PDF file 129KB)
Mental Health and Drugs Fellowship
Grants 2008-09
Mental Health Review Board
Patient Access to Files for
Mental Health Review Board Hearings - November 2001 (PDF file 60KB)
(Chief Psychiatrist's guideline)
Mental health services
Accessing services
An Introduction to Victoria's
public clinical mental health services - January 2006 (PDF file 524KB)
Mental Health Services:
New Directions For Victoria's Mental Health Services. The Next Five
Years - September 2002 (PDF file 268KB)
Mental Health Week
Mental Illness - Information on
Mental Illness: The Facts
National Mental Health Standards
Victoria's Implementation
of the National Standards for Mental Health Services - Progress report
- September 2005 (PDF File 480KB)
National
Mental Health Strategy Documents (from the Commonwealth Government
Mental Health Site)
National
Mental Health Report 2005. The National Mental Health Report 2005
is the ninth report in a series that has monitored the progress in mental
health reform under the National Mental Health Strategy from 1993 to
2003 (External site)
National
Mental Health Strategy: Responding to the Mental Health Needs of Young
People in Australia - February 2004 This paper and others can be
viewed and downloaded from the Commonwealth Mental Health and Wellbeing
Website, Publications
and Resources area. (External site)
New Directions For Victoria's
Mental Health Services. The Next Five Years - September 2002 (PDF file
272KB) Hard copies can be ordered from the
on-line ordering page
New Directions For Victoria's
Mental Health Services. The Next Five Years. The Plain English Version
- September 2002 (PDF file 35KB)
Non-custodial supervision orders
Protocol for the supervision and treatment of
people subject to non-custodial supervision orders between Forensicare
and area mental health services - March 2007 (Program mangement
circular)
Non-custodial supervision orders:
About your rights - September 2008(Patient rights information)
Hard copies can be ordered from the
on-line ordering page
Non-custodial supervision orders. Policy
and procedures manual - July 2009 (PDF file 816KB) Hard copies can
be ordered from the on-line ordering
page
Non-emergency patient transport
of people with mental illness - October 2006 (Program management circular)
Non-psychiatric treatment
General medical health needs, annual examination,
non-psychiatric treatment, special procedures and medical research procedures
- January 2008 (Chief Psychiatrist's guideline)
Nursing
Specialist mental health gradaute nurse
program - October 2006 (Program management circular)
Nursing in Victoria
(web site)
Nurses Board of Victoria
(External site)
"Nursing Today" - a poster is also available and can be ordered
from the on-line ordering page
Occupational Health and Safety Standards
Industry occupational health and safety
interim standards for preventing and managing occupational violence and
aggression in Victoria's mental health services 2004 - September 2004
Office of the Chief Psychiatrist
- see Chief Psychiatrist
Out of Area Patients - January 2000 (Program
management circular)
Outcome Measurement
Outcome Measurement in clinical
mental health services - July 2007 (Program management circular)
Measuring Consumer Health Outcomes in
Public Mental Health Services in Victoria (Australia)
Documents associated with the program listed below:
Victorian Mental Health
Ootcomes Measurement Strategy- Consumer Perspectives on Future Directions
for Outcome Self-Assessment - Report of the Consumer Consultation Project
- March 2001 (PDF file 1.3MB)
Tender Specifications -
Consumer Self-Rating Outcome Measures for Mental Health Services - Comparative
Analysis of Tools (PDF file 469KB)
Overview of Suites and Data
Collection Occasions table shows which measures are being introduced
into clinical practice in Victoria. (PDF file 205KB)
Outline of the Train a Trainer
Program (PDF file 85KB)
OM information brochures for Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Services Hard copies can be ordered from the
on-line ordering page
Information brochure for adolescents - May 2004
Information brochure for parents/guardians or caregivers - May 2004
Information brochure for teachers - May 2004
OM information brochures for Adult Mental Health Services Hard
copies can be ordered from the on-line
ordering page
Information brochure for carers - May 2004
OM information brochures for Aged Persons Mental Health Services
Hard copies can be ordered from the
on-line ordering page
Information brochure for consumers - May 2004
Information brochure for carers - May 2004
PARC (Prevention and recovery care services)
Expanding support and treatment
options within mental health services. Prevention and recovery care services
- service guidelines. A pilot project - June 2005 (PDF file 219KB)
Patient Access to Files for
Mental Health Review Board Hearings - November 2001 (PDF file 60KB) (Chief
Psychiatrist's guideline)
Patient Rights
Information on Patients Rights
PIIDDTF (Psychiatric Illness and Intellectual Disabilities Donations
Trust Fund)
Psychiatric Illness and Intellectual Disabilities
Donations Trust Fund - Guidelines - Mental Health - July 2009 (Program
management circular)
Planning
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 - Consultation
paper, May 2008 (The paper can be ordered from the
on-line ordering page)
New Directions For Victoria's
Mental Health Services. The Next Five Years - September 2002 (PDF file
268KB)
New Directions For Victoria's
Mental Health Services. The Next Five Years. The Plain English Version
- September 2002 (PDF file 35KB)
Planning framework for public
rural mental health services. A framework to guide the enhancement of
public rural mental health services over the next five years - October
2006 (PDF file 2.17MB)
Police
Apprehension of mentally ill persons by a
member of the police force under the Mental Health Act 1986 - December
2003 (Program management circular)
Protocol between Victorian Police and the
Department of Human Services Mental Health Branch - July 2004
Subpoenas for documents, search warrants,
or other requests by police for information - August 2004 (Chief
Psychiatrist's guideline)
Managing persons required to attend police
interview or court - January 2005 (Chief Psychiatrist's guideline)
Prevention and Early Intervention Ministerial
Advisory Sub-committee Report (August 2008) (PDF file 599KB)
Primary Care Partnerships Service Coordination
Strategy: Guidelines for Area Mental Health Services Mental Health Branch
- March 2005 (PDF file 322KB)
Primary mental health and early intervention
initiative (PMHEII)
Program Management Circulars
The protocol for clinical
review of area mental health services 1997-2003 - March 2004 (PDF file
197KB)
Psychiatric Disability Rehabilitation and Support
Services (PDRSS)
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)
Standards for psychiatric disability
rehabilitation and support services - June 2004 (PDF file 938KB)
Psychiatric Disability Rehabilitation
and Support Services (PDRSS) - Guidelines for Service Delivery - Feb.
2003 (PDF file 116KB)
PDSS Quarterly
Data Collection (External site)
Psychiatric Disability
Support Services Minimum Data Set Analysis 1998-2001(PDF file 171 KB)
This publication includes the Psychiatric Disability Suport
Services minimum data set analysis 1998-2000. Also included is Supplementary
data for July - December 2001.
Aged Persons Psychosocial Rehabilitation
in Mental Health - February 2005 (PDF file 76KB)
New PDRSS pricing
model - Implementation guidelines for agencies - October 2008 (PDF file
75KB)
The PDRSS Young Persons Residential
Rehabilitation Program - Revised Guidelines and Information - February
2005(PDF file 76KB)
Mental Health Homelessness
Program - Intensive Home Based Outreach Psychiatric Disability Rehabilitation
& Support Guidelines - October 2003(PDF file 96KB)
Use of Language Services in Psychiatric
Disability Rehabilitation and Support Services - October 2006 (Program
management circular)
Psychiatrists
Psychiatrist - Authorised - appointment of
- September 2005 (Chief Psychiatrist's guideline)
Psychosurgery: About your
rights - September 2008 (Patient rights information)
Psychotropic Medication - Information for
Patients
Public Hospitals and Mental
Health Services Policy and Funding Guidelines
Quality
Quality Assurance Committee
Service Quality - Web site established
May 2004. Covers quality and safety issues, consumer and carer surveys,
service and practice standards and quality improvement initiatives.
Victorian strategy for safety and quality
in public mental health services 2004-2008 (PDF file 420KB).
Review of the 2003-04 Victorian surveys
of consumer and carer experience of public mental health services -
August 2005 (PDF file 703KB)
Renew: a psychosocial response
to bushfires - March 2009 (PDF File 123kb)
Restricted involuntary treatment
orders: About your rights - September 2008 (Patient rights
information) Hard copies can be ordered from the
on-line ordering page
Restricted involuntary treatment orders and
restricted community treatment orders - October 2008 (Chief Psychiatrist's
guideline)
Restraint
Restraint - mechanical (October 2006)
(Chief Psychiatrist's guideline)
Creating Safety: Addressing Seclusion
and Restraint Practices - February 2007
Research
Mental Health and Drugs Fellowship
Grants 2008-09
Mental health research and evaluation
framework (August 2005) (PDF file 129KB)
Research and evaluation site
Rural - Metropolitan CAMHS:
Inpatient Arrangements (July 2003) ( Program management circular)
Rural
Planning framework for public
rural mental health services. A framework to guide the enhancement of
public rural mental health services over the next five years - July
2007 (PDF file 4.7MB)
Salary Maintenance and Super top-up
Section 97 of the Mental Health Act of 1986
- Reimbursement of claims for Super top-up and Salary Maintenance
(July 2005) (Program management circular)
Schizophrenia
What is Schizophrenia?
Smoking Reduction and Cessation for People
with Schizophrenia - Guidelines for General Practitioners
Management Guide for GPs
Seclusion
Seclusion (October 2006) ( Chief Psychiatrist's
guideline)
Creating Safety: Addressing Seclusion
and Restraint Practices - February 2007
Security patients: About your
rights - September 2008 (Patient rights information) Hard copies
can be ordered from the on-line ordering
page
Services
An Introduction to Victoria's
public clinical mental health services - January 2006 (PDF file 524KB).
Hard copies can be ordered from
the on-line ordering page
Services - Access
Accessing Services across Regions
& Areas - December 1999 (Program management circular)
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
Service Delivery - The Framework for Service Delivery
Aged Persons Services
- April 1996 (PDF file 508KB)
Better
Outcomes Through Area Mental Health Services: April 1996 | The main
document (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)
Standards for psychiatric disability
rehabilitation and support services - June 2004 (PDF file 938KB)
Smoking
Smoking Reduction and Cessation for People
with Schizophrenia - Guidelines for General Practitioners
Management Guide for GPs
Substance Use
Illicit Substance Use in Acute
Inpatient Mental Health Services - November 2001(PDF file 68KB)
(Chief Psychiatrist's guideline)
Subpoenas for documents, search warrants,
or other requests by police for information - August 2004 (Chief
Psychiatrist's guideline)
Suicide
Next
steps. Victoria's suicide prevention forward action plan. A public statement
- July 2006 (PDF file 210KB).
Suicide
Prevention Task Force Report (July 1997)
Evaluation of the
Victorian Suicide Prevention Response - Summary Report - March 2003
(PDF file 192 KB)
Victorian Government
Response to the Evaluation - April 2003(PDF file 95 KB)
Supported Residential Services (October 2003)
Transport
Ambulance Transport of People
with a Mental Illness - February 2002 (PDF file 555KB)
Non-emergency patient transport
of people with mental illness - October 2006 (Program management
circular)
Training (Courses, Library Services etc)
Evaluation of mental health education
and training (clusters) partnerships - July 2007
Treatment plans
Chief Psychiatrist's
Forum - Treatment Plans: Can we do better? - 19 July 2006
Triage
Statewide Mental Health Triage Scale Project
- January 2008
Mental health triage - January 2005 (Program
management circular)
Evaluation of the Southern
Health Psychiatric Triage Service - Final Report - January 2008 (PDF
file 1.46MB)
Victorian
Emergency Department Mental Health Triage Project 2005-06 Training manual
(External site)
Violence - Family
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)
Women
Gender sensitivity and safety
in adult acute mental health inpatient units
Tailoring
Services to Meet the Needs of Women - May 1997 (PDF file 257KB)
This document explores the issues impacting on women using
public mental health services and promotes ideas, strategies and examples
of good practice that may assist in improving service response. In particular,
the document highlights the importance of raising the awareness of all
staff and pursuing training and service development opportunities to
ensure that the service system as a whole provides better services to
women.
Workforce Planning
Better
Skills, Best Care - Workforce design strategy - Psychiatric Service
Officers (PSO) Pilot - September 2005 (PDF file 47KB) (External
site)
Victoria's
direct care mental health workers: The public mental health workforce
study 2003-04 to 2011-12 - May 2005 (PDF file 709KB) (External site)
Working together with families and carers
- April 2005 (PDF file 54KB) (Chief Psychiatrist's guideline)
Young People
Youth Early Psychosis
Staus Report - March 2007
National
Mental Health Strategy: Responding to the Mental Health Needs of Young
People in Australia - February 2004 (External site)
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