Mental Health Publications
These publications are produced by the Mental Health, Drugs and Regions Division of the Department of
Health. Publications are available in various formats, and are sorted here alphabetically by subject. Some printed publications can be ordered online and certain types of information are ordered into groups - see the Quick Links box to the right.
Aboriginal Health
 Victorian Aboriginal suicide prevention and response action plan
Academic Positions
Policy framework: Clinical academic positions and activity 2004-09 (PDF, 96kb)
Policy framework: Non-clinical academic positions and activity 2004-09 (PDF, 97kb)
Accessing Services
A List of Approved Mental Health Services - Oct 2010 (PDF, 69kb)
Acquired Brain Injury
Acquired brain injury and mental illness: Protocol between mental health and other services - 2004 (PDF, 332kb)
Acquired brain injury and mental illness: Issues paper - 2004 (PDF, 137kb)
Aged Persons Services
Aged Persons Services
- Overview: April 1996 (PDF, 508kb)
Aged persons mental health intensive community
treatment - Program statement - October 2008
Intensive Community Treatment Program: Evaluation report
2009 (PDF, 740kb)
Protocol between Victorian Aged Care Assessment Services (ACAS) and Aged Person’s Mental Health (APMH) (September 2008) (PDF, 117kb)
Ambulance Transport of People with
a Mental Illness - September 2010 (PDF, 878kb)
Authorised psychiatrist, appointment of -
September 2005 (PDF, 41kb) (Chief Psychiatrist's guideline)
Apprehension of Mentally
Ill Persons by a Member of the Police Force under the Mental Health
Act 1986 - amended December 2003 (PDF, 427kb) (March 2004) (Program Management Circular)
Assessment orders and diagnosis,
assessment and treatment orders: About Your Rights - February 2012 (Patient rights information)
English (608kb) September 2009
English - Large print version (601kb) September 2009
The Boston Report - Improving
Mental Health Outcomes in Victoria. The Next Wave of Reform. July 2006 prepared by The Boston Consulting Group (PDF, 760kb)
Building partnerships
between mental health, family violence and sexual assault services - Project
report - July 2006 (PDF, 527kb)
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 (PDF, 469kb) (Program Management Circular)
CAMHS in communities - Working together
to provide mental health care for Victoria’s children and young
people - September 2006 (PDF, 482kb). Hard copies can be ordered
from the online ordering page
CAMHS & Schools Project - A Partnership between the Victorian Mental Health Branch and the Victorian
Student Wellbeing Branch - August 2004 (PDF, 590kb)
Child and Adolescent
Services: Overview - April 1996 (PDF, 244kb)
Prevention and Early Intervention Ministerial
Advisory Sub-committee Report (August 2008) (PDF, 599kb)
Carers
Review of the Mental Health Carer
Support Program and carer support and resource workers (mental health) -
Final report (PDF, 389kb) - March 2008
Caring together: An action plan for
carer involvement in Victorian public mental health services - July
2006 (PDF, 187kb)
Information for families and carers
of People with a Mental Illness - January 2004 (Reprint July 2005) (PDF, 125kb) English version
Arabic Version (PDF, 303kb)
Chinese Version (PDF, 420 kb)
Croatian Version (PDF, 188 kb)
Greek Version (PDF, 238 kb)
Italian Version (PDF, 174 kb)
Macedonian Version (PDF, 198 kb)
Spanish Version (PDF, 177kb)
Somali Version (PDF, 163 kb)
Turkish Version (PDF, 205 kb)
Vietnamese Version (PDF, 217 kb)
Working together with families and carers
- April 2005 (PDF, 57kb) (Chief Psychiatrist's guideline)
Caseload Management
The Victorian Public Mental Health Caseload Management Standard 2011
CAT - Crisis assessment and treatment service
A review of crisis assessment and treatment
(CAT) services and functions - July 2007 (PDF, 522kb)
Clinical Supervision Guidelines - November
2005 (PDF, 56kb) (Program Management Circular)
CMI/ODS Program Management Circulars
Community care (CCU) and secure extended
care (SECU) units - February 2007 (PDF, 86kb) (Program Management Circular)
Community Treatment Orders - November 2005 (PDF, 249kb) (Chief Psychiatrist's guideline)
Community Visitors
Procedure for relationships between Office of the Public Advocate – Community Visitors Program and Department of Human Services Mental Health Branch and Mental Health Services - May 2005 (PDF, 68kb)
Confidentiality under the Mental Health
Act 1986 - November 2008 (PDF, 271kb) (Program Management Circular)
Complaints
Mental Health Complaints Review Project - September 2009 (PDF, , 1.28mb) - A report on the management of complaints processes
within selected mental health services in Victoria
Consumers
Strengthening Consumer Participation in Victoria’s Public Mental Health Services Action Plan (PDF, 4.46mb) - May 2009
Key stakeholder consultation on
recommendations for future Victorian surveys of consumer and carer experience
of public mental health services - September 2005 (PDF, 44kb)
Review of the 2003-04 Victorian
surveys of consumer and carer experience of public mental health services
- August 2005 (PDF, 703kb)
Guidelines for the consumer consultant program
- December 2003 (PDF, 68kb) (Program Management Circular)
Cultural diversity
Cultural diversity plan for Victoria's specialist mental health services 2006-2010 (October 2006) (PDF, 103kb)
Improving
services for people from a non-English speaking background - July 1996
(PDF, 450kb)
Deaths
Reportable Deaths - March 2010 (PDF, 960kb) (Chief Psychiatrist's guideline)
Disharge Planning
Discharge Planning Guidelines
- August 2002 (PDF, 207kb) (Chief Psychiatrist's guideline)
Discharge planning and the development
of protocols between adult area mental health services and general practitioners
- May 2005 (PDF, 70kb) (Program Management Circular)
Discharge planning and the development of protocols between adult area mental health services and general practitioners - May 2005 (PDF, 108kb)(Background paper)
Dual Diagnosis - Key directions and
priorities for service development - May 2007 (PDF, 736kb)
Eating Disorders
Clinical mental health service responses
for people with eating disorders in Victoria - October 2007 (PDF, 72kb)
Eating Disorder
Service Mapping Project - October 2006 (PDF, 295kb)
Early Intervention
Prevention and Early Intervention Ministerial
Advisory Sub-committee Report (August 2008) (PDF, 599kb)
Education and Training Clusters
Evaluation of the Statewide Education and Training Partnership (Cluster) Project - July 2007 (PDF, 808kb)
Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)
Recording Electro-convulsive therapy (ECT) on
the CMI/ODS - September 2008 (PDF, 56kb) (Program Management Circular)
Electroconvulsive therapy: About your rights - February 2012 - see (Patient rights information - multilingual resources)
Electroconvulsive therapy manual: Licensing, legal requirements and clinical guidelines - January 2009 (PDF, 1.69MB)
Emergency departments
Mental health responses in emergency
departments - February 2008 (PDF, 72kb) (Program Management Circular)
Mental health care: Framework for emergency department services - October 2007 (PDF, 141kb)
Mental health presentations
to the emergency department - May 2006 (PDF, 722kb)
Victorian
Emergency Department Mental Health Triage Project 2005-06 Training manual (External site)
Families
Information for families and carers
of People with a Mental Illness - January 2004 (Reprint July 2005) (PDF, 125kb) English version.
| Arabic Version (PDF, 303kb) |
Chinese Version (PDF, 420 kb) |
| Croation Version (PDF, 188 kb) |
Greek Version (PDF, 238 kb) |
| Italian Version (PDF, 174 kb) |
Spanish Version (PDF, 177kb) |
| Macedonian Version (PDF, 198 kb) |
Somali Version (PDF, 163 kb) |
| Turkish Version (PDF, 205 kb) |
Vietnamese Version (PDF, 217 kb) |
Families where a parent has a mental illness
A service development strategy - February 2007.
Families and mental health A parenting resource kit (a folder containing
the items listed below).
- "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)
Working together with families and carers
- April 2005 (PDF, 57kb) (Chief Psychiatrist's guideline)
Family Violence
Identifying and responding
to family violence: a guide for mental health clinicians in Victoria
- June 2005 (PDF, 205kb)
Building partnerships
between mental health, family violence and sexual assault services -
Project report - July 2006 (PDF, 527kb)
Forensic Mental Health
Report of
the Review Panel appointed to consider leave arrangements for patients
at the Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health - May 2001 (PDF, 236kb) (the "Vincent Report")
Report
of the Review Panel appointed to consider the operation of the Disability
Services Statewide Forensic Service - September 2001 (PDF, 253kb)
Forensic Leave Panel Annual Reports
Forensic (Remand and interim
disposition order) patients - About Your Rights - February 2012 (Information on Patients Rights - downloads)
Forensic patients - About Your Rights - February 2012 (Information on Patients Rights - downloads)
Framework for Service Delivery, April 1996
Aged Persons Services
- April 1996 (PDF, 508kb) (Archived)
Better
Outcomes Through Area Mental Health Services: April 1996 (PDF, 143kb)(Archived)
Appendix 1(PDF, 102kb)
Appendix 2 (PDF, 381kb) (Archived)
Appendix 3 (PDF, 674kb) (Archived)
Appendix 4 (PDF, 581kb) (Archived)
Child and Adolescent
Services: April 1996 (PDF, 244kb) (Archived)
Gambling (See Problem Gambling)
Gender Sensitivity
Gender sensitivity and safety
in adult acute mental health inpatient units - Final Report May 2008 (PDF, 1.88MB)
Tailoring Services to Meet the Needs of Women - May 1997 (PDF, 249kb)
Service Guideline for Gender Sensitivity and Safety Hard copies can be ordered from the on-line ordering page
Service Guideline on Gender Sensitivity and Safety - literature review (PDF, 570kb)
General Adult Community Mental Health Services: Guidelines for Service
provision - July 1996 (Hard copy only
available - order here)
High Dependency Unit Guidelines -
August 2002 (PDF file199kb) (Chief Psychiatrist's guideline)
Homelessness
Mental Health Homelessness
Program - Intensive Home Based Outreach Psychiatric Disability Rehabilitation
& Support Guidelines - October 2003 (PDF, 96kb)
Illicit Substance Use in Acute
Inpatient Mental Health Services - November 2001 (PDF, 68kb) (Chief
Psychiatrist's guideline)
Improving
Mental Health Outcomes in Victoria. The next Wave of Reform. July 2006 "The Boston Report" (PDF, 760kb)
Integrated Rehabilitation and Recovery Care Program Evaluation Report - May 2010 (PDF, 935kb)
Involuntary patients
Involuntary patients: About Your Rights - February 2012 (Information on Patients Rights - downloads)
Koori Mental Health Issues
Report on the Evaluation of the Purro Birik
Social and Emotional Wellbeing Strategy 1999 - 2002 (September 2003) (PDF, 3MB)
Legislation
Sentencing and Mental Health Acts (Amendment)
Act 2005 Summary of key amendments - October 2005 (PDF, 109kb) (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, 153kb)
Major non-psychiatric treatment: About Your Rights - February 2012 (Information on Patients Rights - downloads)
Mechanical restraint - October 2006 (PDF, 63kb) (Chief
Psychiatrist's guideline)
Memorandum of understanding between
the Chief Psychiatrist and the Public Advocate Responsibilities and roles
when working with people with mental illness - September 2006 (PDF, 145kb) (Chief Psychiatrist Website)
Memorandum of understanding between the Victorian Department of Health, Mental Health, Drugs and Regions Division and the Victorian Department of Human Services, Children, Youth and Families Division in relation to Collaborative Service Delivery. August 2010 (PDF, 1.39MB)
Mental Health Act Review
Review of the Mental Health Act 1986 Community consultation report - July 2009 (PDF, 1.62MB)
Review of the Mental Health Act 1986: Consultation Paper - December 2008 (PDF, 1.25MB)
Review of the Mental Health Act 1986 Government response to Community consultation report - July 2009 (PDF, 1.34MB)
Exposure Draft Mental Health Bill 2010 for public comment (PDF, 1.80MB)
Explanatory guide to the: Exposure Draft Mental Health Bill 2010 (PDF, 356kb)
Mental Health Carer Support Program June 2003 (Program Management Circular)
Mental health presentations
to the emergency department - May 2006 (PDF, 793kb)
Mental Health Reform Strategy 2009-2019
Because Mental Health Matters - Victorian Mental Health Reform Strategy 2009 - 2019
Victorian Mental Health Reform Council 2009 – 2012 Workplan (pdf, 76kb)
Flagship Projects
Development and implementation of a mental health promoting schools and early childhood settings framework (PDF, , 74kb)
Redesigning specialist child and youth mental health services 0-25 years (PDF, , 95kb)
Development of a plan to guide the provision of high quality psychosocial rehabilitation and recovery services for people with severe mental illness and psychiatric disability (PDF, , 75kb)
Improving the coordination of care for clients with severe mental illness and multiple needs (PDF, , 79kb)
Mental health research and evaluation
framework - August 2005 (PDF, 129kb)
Mental Health and Drugs Fellowship
Grants 2009-10
Guidelines for MHD Research Fellowship Grants (PDF, 54kb)
Application Form for Mental Health and Drugs Fellowship Grants 2009 - 10 (MS Word, 63KB
Mental health services
Mobile Support and Treatment Services Guidelines for Service Provision 95/0003*
* Out of print. To request an electronic copy of this Report, please send an email to: mhpublicationsrequests@health.vic.gov.au
An Introduction to Victoria's
public clinical mental health services - January 2006 (PDF, 524kb)
New Directions For Victoria's
Mental Health Services. The Next Five Years - September 2002 (PDF, 272kb)
New Directions For Victoria's
Mental Health Services. The Next Five Years. The Plain English Version
- September 2002 (PDF, 35kb)
Non-custodial supervision orders
Program Management Circular - Protocol between Forensicare and area mental health services for people subject to non-custodial supervision orders
Non-custodial supervision orders: About Your Rights - February 2012 (Information on Patients Rights - downloadable resources)
Non-custodial supervision orders - Policy and procedure manual (June 2011)
Non-psychiatric treatment
General medical health
needs, annual examination, non-psychiatric treatment, special procedures
and medical research procedures - January 2008 (PDF, 186kb) (Chief Psychiatrist's guideline)
Nursing
Specialist mental health gradaute nurse
program - October 2006 (PDF, 70kb) (Program Management Circular)
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 (PDF, 301kb)
Outcome Measurement
Outcome Measurement in clinical
mental health services - July 2007 (PDF, 288kb) (Program Management Circular)
Documents associated with the program listed below:
Victorian Mental Health
Outcomes Measurement Strategy- Consumer Perspectives on Future Directions
for Outcome Self-Assessment - Report of the Consumer Consultation Project
- March 2001 (PDF, 1.3MB)
Tender Specifications -
Consumer Self-Rating Outcome Measures for Mental Health Services - Comparative
Analysis of Tools (PDF, 469kb)
Overview of Suites and Data
Collection Occasions table shows which measures are being introduced
into clinical practice in Victoria. (PDF, 205kb)
Outline of the Train a Trainer
Program (PDF, 85kb)
OM information brochures for Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Services Hard copies can be ordered from the online 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 online
ordering page
Information brochure for carers - May 2004
OM information brochures for Aged Persons Mental Health Services Hard copies can be ordered from the online ordering page
Information brochure for consumers - May 2004
Information brochure for carers - May 2004
PACER
Police, Ambulance and Clinical Early Response (PACER) Evaluation Report
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, 219kb)
Patient Access to Files for
Mental Health Review Board Hearings - 2004 (PDF, 26.8kb) (External link to The Mental Health Review Board)
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 (PDF, 46kb) (Program Management Circular)
Police
Apprehension of Mentally
Ill Persons by a Member of the Police Force under the Mental Health
Act 1986 - Amended December 2003 (PDF, 427kb) (March 2004) (Program Management Circular)
Department of Health and Victoria Police
Protocol for Mental Health - September 2010 (PDF, 553kb)
Subpoenas for documents, search warrants,
or other requests by police for information - August 2004 (PDF, 51kb) (Chief
Psychiatrist's guideline)
Managing persons required to attend police
interview or court - January 2005 (PDF, 57kb) (Chief Psychiatrist's guideline)
Prevention and Early Intervention Ministerial
Advisory Sub-committee Report (August 2008) (PDF, 599kb)
Primary Care Partnerships Service Coordination
Strategy: Guidelines for Area Mental Health Services Mental Health Branch
- March 2005 (PDF, 322kb)
Problem gambling: Memorandum of Understanding between the Office of Gaming and Racing (DOJ) and the Mental Health, Drugs & Regions Division (PDF, 169kb)
Protocol between Mental Health and Community Correctional Services
Protocol Between Mental Health Drug and Regions and Community Correctional Services - November 2012
Protocol Between Mental Health Drug and Regions and Community Correctional Services - November 2012 - Booklet
Psychiatric Assessment and Planning
Psychiatric Assessment and Planning Unit (PAPU) guidelines
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, 1.12MB)
Standards for psychiatric disability
rehabilitation and support services - June 2004 (PDF, 938kb)
Psychiatric Disability Rehabilitation
and Support Services (PDRSS) - Guidelines for Service Delivery - Feb.
2003 (PDF, 116kb)
Aged Persons Psychosocial Rehabilitation
in Mental Health - February 2005 (PDF, 76kb)
New PDRSS pricing
model - Implementation guidelines for agencies - October 2008 (PDF, 75kb)
The PDRSS Young Persons Residential
Rehabilitation Program - Revised Guidelines and Information - February
2005(PDF, 76kb)
Mental Health Homelessness
Program - Intensive Home Based Outreach Psychiatric Disability Rehabilitation
& Support Guidelines - October 2003(PDF, 96kb)
Psychiatrists
Authorised psychiatrist - appointment of -
September 2005 (PDF, 41kb)(Chief Psychiatrist's guideline)
Psychosurgery: About Your Rights - February 2012 (Information on Patients Rights - downloads)
Quality
Victorian strategy for safety and quality
in public mental health services 2004-2008 (PDF, 420kb).
Review of the 2003-04 Victorian surveys
of consumer and carer experience of public mental health services -
August 2005 (PDF, 703kb)
Mental Health Complaints Review Project September 2009 (PDF, , 1.28mb)
Recovery-orientated Practice
Framework for Recovery-oriented Practice
Recovery-oriented practice - literature review
Rehabilitation
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, 1.12MB)
Integrated Rehabilitation and Recovery Care Program Evaluation Report (pdf, 935kb)
Restricted involuntary treatment orders
and restricted community treatment orders - Oct 2008 (PDF, 223kb) (Chief Psychiatrist's Guideline)
Restraint & Seclusion
Restraint - mechanical (October 2006)
(PDF, 63kb) (Chief Psychiatrist's guideline)
Creating Safety -Addressing restraint and seclusion practices project report - December 2009 (PDF, 2.11mb)
Seclusion Practice – a literature review - February 2007 (PDF, 405kb)
Research
Mental Health and Drugs Fellowship
Grants 2008-09
Guidelines for MHD Research Fellowship Grants (PDF, 54kb)
Application Form for Mental Health and Drugs Fellowship Grants 2009 - 10 (MS Word, 63kb)
Mental health research and evaluation
framework (August 2005) (PDF, 129kb)
Mental Health Research and Evaluation Expert Committee - Priority Research Areas - September 2006 (PDF, 35kb)
Review of the Mental Health Act 1986
Rural mental health services
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, 4.7MB)
Section 97 of the Mental Health Act 1986
- Reimbursement of claims for Super top-up and Salary Maintenance
(July 2005) (PDF, 55kb) (Program Management Circular)
Seclusion
Seclusion (October 2006) (PDF, 74kb) (Chief Psychiatrist's
guideline)
Security patients: About Your Rights - February 2012 (Information on Patients Rights - downloads)
Services
An Introduction to Victoria's
public clinical mental health services - January 2006 (PDF, 524kb)
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, 2.17MB)
Services - Access
Standards for psychiatric disability
rehabilitation and support services - June 2004 (PDF, 938kb)
Smoking
Smoking Reduction and Cessation for People with Schizophrenia
- Guidelines for General Practitioners - 2001 (PDF, 102kb)
- Management Guide for General Practitioners - 2001 (PDF, 94kb)
Substance Use
Illicit Substance Use in Acute
Inpatient Mental Health Services - November 2001 (PDF, 68kb) (Chief Psychiatrist's guideline)
Subpoenas for documents, search warrants,
or other requests by police for information - August 2004 (PDF, 51kb) (Chief
Psychiatrist's guideline)
Suicide
Victorian Aboriginal Suicide Prevention and Response Action Plan 2010-2015 (Oct 2010) (PDF, 483kb)
Working with the suicidal person - clinical practice guidelines for emergency departments and mental health services 2010 (PDF, 660kb)
Working with the suicidal person - a summary guide for emergency departments and mental health services 2010 (PDF, 378kb)
Suicide risk assessment
and management
- literature review 2010 (PDF, 1.3MB)
Working with
the suicidal person: Rapid suicide-risk assessment
at mental health service triage - Quick reference guide 2010 (PDF, 144kb)
Working with
the suicidal person: Comprehensive suicide-risk assessment
in the emergency department - Quick reference guide 2010 (PDF, 146kb)
Working with
the suicidal person: Immediate management of suicide risk
in the emergency department - Quick reference guide 2010 (PDF, 142kb)
Working with
the suicidal person: Rapid suicide-risk assessment
at emergency department triage - Quick reference guide 2010 (PDF, 147kb)
Working with
the suicidal person: Suicide risk in the elderly - Quick reference guide 2010 (PDF, 144kb)
Working with
the suicidal person: Assessing suicide risk in intoxicated persons - Quick reference guide 2010 (PDF, 140kb)
Working with
the suicidal person: Assessment and management of suicide risk in people who repeatedly self-harm - Quick reference guide 2010 (PDF, 146kb)
Next
steps: Victoria's suicide prevention forward action plan - A public statement
- July 2006 (PDF, 210kb).
Suicide
Prevention Task Force Report (July 1997)
- Executive Summary (PDF, 220k)
- Letter to the Premier from Mr Peter Kirby, Chair, Suicide Prevention Task Force (PDF, 60k)
- 1. Introduction and Conceptual Overview (PDF, 126k)
- 2. Dimensions of the Problem (PDF, 252k)
- 3. Major Risk Factors Contributing to Suicide (PDF, 189k)
- 4. Current Services and Projects: A Context (PDF, 189k)
- 5. Primary Prevention (PDF, 284k)
- 6. Early Intervention (PDF, 221k)
- 7. Intervention Services (PDF, 221k)
- 8. Postvention (PDF, 158k)
- 9. Implementing Victoria's Suicide Prevention Strategy (PDF, 158k)
- Recommendations (PDF, 126k)
- Appendices (PDF, 286k)
Evaluation of the
Victorian Suicide Prevention Response - Summary Report - March 2003
(PDF, 192 kb)
Victorian Government
Response to the Evaluation - April 2003 (PDF, 95 kb)
Supported Residential Services (October 2003)
Transport
Ambulance Transport of People
with a Mental Illness - February 2002 (PDF, 555kb)
Non-emergency patient transport
of people with mental illness - October 2006 (PDF, 98kb) (Program Management Circular) (Currently under review - 8/12/2010)
Training (Courses, Library Services etc)
Evaluation of the Statewide Education and Training Partnership (Cluster) Project - July 2007 (PDF, 808kb)
Treatment plans
Treatment Plans under the Mental Health Act 1986 - Department of Health, August 2009 (222kb, pdf) (Chief Psychiatrist's Guideline)
Triage
Mental health triage scale (pdf, 74kb) - May 2010
Statewide mental health triage scale - Guidelines (pdf, 298kb) - May 2010
Victorian Public Mental Health Caseload Management Standard
The Victorian Public Mental Health Caseload Management Standard 2011
Violence - Family
Identifying and responding
to family violence: a guide for mental health clinicians in Victoria
- June 2005 (PDF, 205kb)
Building partnerships
between mental health, family violence and sexual assault services -
Project report - July 2006 (PDF, 527kb)
Women
Gender sensitivity and safety
in adult acute mental health inpatient units - Final Report May 2008 (PDF, 1.88MB)
Tailoring Services to Meet the Needs of Women - May 1997 (PDF, 249kb)
Workforce Planning
Better
Skills, Best Care - Workforce design strategy - Psychiatric Service
Officers (PSO) Pilot - September 2005 (PDF, 47kb) (External
site)
Victoria's
direct care mental health workers: The public mental health workforce
study 2003-04 to 2011-12 - May 2005 (PDF, 709kb) (External site)
Shaping the future: The Victorian
mental health workforce strategy
Final report September 2009 (PDF, 326kb)
Young People
Youth Early Psychosis Status Report - March 2007 (PDF, 402kb)
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