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In addition to its ongoing policy role the Mental Health Branch of DHS from time to time issues program management circulars to articulate or clarify Departmental policy on key aspects of service provision and to inform mental health practitioners and services about operational issues in relation to the Mental Health Act .

Keyword	Title	Number
CAMHS	Rural - Metropolitan Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS): Inpatient Arrangements - July 2003	PMC03071
CAMHS and schools - Early action program	CAMHS and schools - Early action program - Early intervention service for young children with challenging behaviours and emerging conduct disorder - Program description - December 2006	PMC080304
Catchment Areas	Guidelines on Catchment Areas in Relation to the Implementation of the Primary Mental Health and Early Intervention Initiative - August 2002	PMC02081
Carer Support Program	Mental Health Carer Support Program - June 2003	PMC03061
Clinical Supervision	Clinical Supervision Guidelines - November 2005	PMC05111
CMI/ODS	Deceased clients legal status and case closure in CMI/ODS - October 2006	PMC06103
	Registration of mental health clients in CMI/ODS - October 2006	PMC06105
	Recording admission detail in CMI/ODS - October 2006	PMC06106
	Recording case in CMI/ODS - March 2008	PMC080301
	Recording contacts in CMI/ODS - October 2006	PMC06107
	Recording diagnoses in CMI/ODS - October 2006	PMC06108
	Mental health service contacts Data definitions - Appendix to Recording contacts in CMI/ODS - June 2008	PMC06107
	Subcentre maintenance in CMI/ODS - March 2008	PMC080302
	Subcentre maintenace Data definitions - March 2008	PMC080303
Community care (CCU) and secure extended care (SECU) units	Community care (CCU) and secure extended care (SECU) units - February 2007	PMC07021
Consumer Consultant	Guidelines for the Consumer Consultant Program - December 2003	PMC03121
Cross Border	Cross-border Mental Health Services: Victoria and NSW - February 2003	PMC03021
Discharge planning	Discharge planning and the development of protocols between adult Area Mental Health Services and general practitioners - May 2005	PMC05051
Eating Disorders	Clinical mental health service responses for people with eating disorders in Victoria - October 2007	PMC071001
Emergency Departments	Mental health responses in emergency departments - February 2008	PMC080201
Firearms	Ministerial Exemption Relating to the Release of Information: Persons Unfit to Possess, Carry or Use a Firearm - June 2000	PMC00061
Language Services	Use of Language Services in Area Mental Health Services - October 2006	PMC06101
Language Services - PDRSS	Use of Language Services in Psychiatric Disability Rehabilitation and Support Services - October 2006	PMC06102
Mental Health Act 1986	Amendments to the Mental Health Act 1986 - October 2005	PMC05101
NCSOs - 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	PMC07031
Non-emergency patient transport	Non-emergency patient transport of people with mental illness - October 2006	PMC06104
Nursing - specialist mental health graduate nurse progam	Specialist mental health gradaute nurse program - October 2006	PMC06103
Out of Area Patients	Out of Area Patients - January 2000	PMC00011
Outcome Measurement	Outcome Measurement in clinical mental health services - July 2007	PMC07071
PIIDD Trust Fund	Psychiatric Illness and Intellectual Disabilities Donations Trust Fund -Guidelines - Mental Health - July 2003	PMC03071
Police	Apprehension of Mentally Ill Persons by a Member of the Police Force under the Mental Health Act 1986 - Amended December 2003	PMC03121
Services	Accessing Services Across Regions and Areas - December 1999	PMC99123
Super top-up and Salary Maintenance	Section 97 of the Mental Health Act of 1986 - Reimbursement of claims for Super top-up and Salary Maintenance - July 2005	PMC05071
Supported Residential Services	Referral Practices to Supported Residential Services - October 2003	PMC03101
Triage	Mental Health Triage - January 2005	PMC05011

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