Building partnerships between mental health, family violence and sexual assault services Project report

The Building Partnerships Between Mental Health Services, Family Violence and Sexual Assault Services project (the ‘Partnerships Project’) was established to improve outcomes for women with a mental illness who have experienced sexual assault and/or family violence.

Specifically, the Partnerships Project aimed to:

• facilitate improved relationships and service collaboration between family violence, sexual
  assault and specialist mental health services
• improve service access and referral pathways between family violence, sexual assault and
  specialist mental health services
• improve service delivery outcomes for female consumers of mental health services.

Download: Building partnerships between mental health, family violence and sexual assault services Project report - July 2006 (PDF file 527KB)

See also:

Identifying and responding to family violence: a guide for mental health clinicians in Victoria - December 2007 (PDF file 208KB)