Mental Health Information Archive

The material below has been archived and no longer reflects current policy. Some links may not work. The documents may be of historical interest.

Aged Persons Services - Overview: April 1996 (PDF file 508KB) (Archived December 2011)

Area Mental Health Services

The protocol for review of area mental health services 1997 - 2003 (PDF file 197KB) (Archived October 2004)

Assault

Responding to Allegations of Assault - June 1995 (Program Management Circular) (Archived 22 August 2005)

CAMHS Forum 14 September 2005 "Partnerships to Better Outcomes" (Archived May 2006)

Carers Information

Caring together:An action plan for carer involvement in Victorian public mental health services - July 2005 (PDF file 224KB) (Archived August 2006)

Information for families and carers of People with a Mental Illness - July 2002 (PDF file 217 KB) (Archived 7 April 2004)

Submission Brief: Child and Youth Mental Health Service Redesign Demonstration Projects (2008) (Archived 7 Dec 2010)

Case Management

How Case Management Can Help You - June 1995 updated 2001 - Consumer information guide (Archived 1 Dec 2010)

Resources for Case Managers: (Archived 1 Dec 2010)
- 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

Child and Youth Mental Health Service Redesign Demonstration Projects - 2008 (Archived 7 Dec 2010)

Client Records

Holding Client Records: Department of Human Services Policy for Psychiatric Disability Support Services - December 1999 (Program Management Circular) (Archived 22 August 2005)

CLIPP (Consultation and Liaison in Primary Care Psychiatry) Manual (Archived 28 Oct 2010)

Collaboration between Public and Private Sector Psychiatry - 2000 (PDF file 483KB) (Archived 28 Oct 2010)

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) (Archived 28 Oct 2010)

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.

Consumer participation

Evaluation of Consumer Participation in Victoria's Public Mental Health Services (1999) Final Report Archived 17 December 2007)
Attachments to the Final Report (PDF file 253KB) (Archived 17 December 2007)

Community Treatment Orders

Community Treatment Orders Discussion Paper - February 2003 (PDF file 167 KB) (Archived 24 July 2005)

Community Treatment Orders Guidelines - November 2001 (PDF file 308KB) (Archived 30 November 2005)

Co-ordinated Client Care

Improved Access Through Coordinated Client Care - September 1994 (PDF file 162KB) (Archived 28 Oct 2010)

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.

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Deafness

Guidelines for Mental Health Services - Working with People who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing (2000) (PDF file 208KB) (Archived 1 Dec 2010)

Disability Support

Standards for Psychiatric Disability Support Services - November 2000 (Archived 16 June 2004)

Reportable Deaths (December 1999 - Revised 2004) (Archived 26 October 2010)

Electroconvulsive therapy - About your rights - December 2004 (PDF file 74KB) (Patient Rights) (Archived May 2007)

Enterprise Bargaining - Mental Health (Archived 8 Dec 2010)

Families

In Partnership: Families, Other Carers and Public Mental Health Services - October 1996 (PDF file 41KB) (Archived 23 November 2004)

Forensic patients - About your rights - December 2004 (PDF file 81KB) (Patient Rights) (Archived June 2007)

Forensic patients (remand and interim disposition order) patients: About your rights April 2007 (Large print version) (Patient Rights) (Archived October 2008)

Framework for Service Delivery April 1996

Funding Mental Health 2003/04 (Archived July 2004)

Mental Health Annual Outlook 2003/04 - June 2003 (Archived July 2004)

Mental Health Three Year Outlook 2003/04 to 2006/07- June 2003 (Archived July 2004)

Mental Health Modelled Budgets 2003/04 - June 2003 (Archived July 2004)

Mental Health Activities and Performance Measures June - 2003 (Archived July 2004)

Conditions of Funding - Mental Health Services June - 2003 (Archived July 2004)

Funding Mental Health 2004/05 (Archived July 2005)

Mental Health Annual Outlook 2004/05 - July 2004 (Archived July 2005)

Mental Health Modelled Budgets 2004/05 - July 2004 (Excel file 700KB)(Archived July 2005)

Mental Health Performance Measures

1. Relationship between performance measures and agency 2004 - July 2004 (Word file 97KB)(Archived July 2005)
2. New mental health performance indicators 2004 - July 2004 (Word file 45KB) (Archived July 2005)

Conditions of Funding - Mental Health Services - July 2004 (Word file 64KB) (Archived July 2005)

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General Practitioners

Sharing the Care: General Practitioners and Public Mental Health Services - June 1996: Overview (PDF file 33KB) (Archived January 14 2008)

Health Status and Outcomes in Victoria’s Mental Health Services (Department of Human Services, 1999) (Archived July 2004)

Mental Health Homelessness Program - Mental Health Branch – July 2002 (PDF file 78KB)(Archived Dec 22 2010)

Hospital orders: About your rights

Hospital order patient - About your rights - December 2004 (PDF file 81KB) (Patient Rights) (Archived May 2007)
Hospital order patient - About your rights - July 2008 (PDF file 110KB) (Archived September 2008)
Hospital order patient - About your rights - April 2007- Large print version (PDF file 123KB) (Archived September 2008)
Changes to hospital orders under the Sentencing Act 1991 - October 2006 (PDF file 90KB) (Archived September 2008)

In Partnership: Families, Other Carers and Public Mental Health Services - October 1996 (PDF file 41KB) (Archived 23 November 2004)

Involuntary Patients

Amendment to the Mental Health Act Regarding Involuntary Patients - December 1999 (Program Management Circular) (Archived 22 August 2005)

Involuntary patients: About your rights - May 2006 (Patient Rights) (Archived February 2008)

Involuntary patients: About your rights - May 2006 (Large print version) (Patient Rights) (Archived October 2008)

Continuing treatment (section 12A-12D) involuntary patients: About your rights - March 2007 (Large print version) (Patient Rights) (Archived October 2008)

Language

Provision of Language Services - April 1996 (Program Management Circular) (Archived September 2006)

Legal Issues

Review of the Health Services (Conciliation and Review) Act 1987 Discussion Paper - September 2000 (Archived September 2004)

The Health Services (Conciliation and Review) Act 1987 (the Act) established the Office of the Health Services Commissioner. In September 2000 the Department of Human Services released a discussion paper on the review of this Act and invited public comment on the issues raised in the paper. These amendments have been made by the Health Services (Conciliation and Review) (Amendment) Act 2001, which was proclaimed on Tuesday 19 March 2002. The Amendments of the Act became operational from Monday 25 March 2002.

Proposed amendments to the Mental Health Act 1986 - June 2005 (Program Management Circular) (Archived 8 August 2005)

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Making the Message Matter (November 1998) (Archived Oct 2010)

Major non-psychiatric treatment - About your rights May - 2006 (PDF file 66KB) (Patient Rights) (Archived May 2007)

Major non-psychiatric treatment - About your rights - December 2004 (PDF file 66KB)(Patient Rights) (Archived May 2007)

Major Non-Psychiatric Treatment and Major Medical Procedure - July 2000 (Patient Rights) (Archived 3 January 2003)

Mental Health Update Newsletters Dec 1999 to March 2002 (Archived July 2004)

Mental Health Act

Amendments to the Mental Health Act 1986: Information for Emergency Departments - November 2004 (PDF file 31KB) (Archived 8 August 2005)

Proposed amendments to the Mental Health Act 1986 - June 2005 (Program Management Circular) (Archived 8 August 2005)

Admendments to the Mental Health Act 1986 - August 2005 (Program Management Circular )(Archived 7 November 2005)

Training Resource Material (Archived 5 September 2005)

Non-custodial supervision orders: About your rights - June 2007 (Large print version) (Patient Rights) (Archived October 2008)

Non-Psychiatric Treatment/Medical Procedure - January 2000 (Program Management Circular) (Archived 12 December 2002)

Orientation

Welcome to Mental Health - Your guide to Victoria's specialist clinical services - January 2005 (PDF file 1.950KB) (Archived October 2006)

Outcome Measuremment

Improving Services through Consumer Population Outcome Measurement in PDRSS (PDF file 219KB) (Archived 14 December 2004)

Psychiatric Disability Rehabilitation and Support Services Measuring Consumer Outcomes: Guidelines for PDRSS (PDF file 107KB) (Archived 14 December 2004)

Readme: PDRSS Outcome Measurement Tool (PDF file 33KB) (Archived 14 December 2004)

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Partnerships to Better Outcomes: 14 September 2005 (Archived 14 September 2006)

On Wednesday 14 September 2005 over 200 people representing more than 70 organisations, carers and consumers attended the Mental Health Branch Forum, "Partnerships to Better Outcomes, Supporting the mental health of children and young people" held at Darebin Arts & Entertainment Centre. Representatives from Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), their invited service partners and other stakeholders including consumer and carer participants were present)

Patient access to files for Mental Health Review Board hearings - March 2007 (Archived 16 November 2010)

Patients Without Leave

Apprehension of Patients Without Leave - April 1997 (Archived 8 August 2005)

PDSS

Standards for Psychiatric Disability Support Services - November 2000 (Archived 16 June 2004)

Psychiatric Disability Support Services Minimum Data Set Analysis 1998-2001 (PDF file 171 KB) (Archived 22 December 2010)

PDRSS

Police

Protocol between Victoria Police and the Department of Human Services Mental Health Branch July 2004 (Archived 11 November 2010)

Primary Mental Health and Early Intervention Initiative

Primary Mental Health and Early Intervention Initiative (PMHEI) - Base Line Report - 2004 (PDF file 493KB) (Archived 1 Dec 2010)

Primary Mental Health and Early Intervention Initiative (PMHEI) - Volume II - Follow up of Case Studies and Interviews with all Area Mental Health Service Managers - July 2005 (PDF file 304KB) (Archived 1 Dec 2010)

Private sector psychiatry - Collaboration between Public and Private Sector Psychiatry

Collaboration between Public and Private Sector Psychiatry (PDF file 483KB) (Archived January 14 2008)

Collaborative Service Arrangements: Private Psychiatrists and Public Mental Health Services - June 1996 (PDF file 26KB) (Archived January 14 2008)

Psychosurgery - About your rights - December 2004 (Patient Rights) (Archived March 2007)

Psychosurgery - About your rights - April 2007 (Large print version) (Patient Rights) (Archived October 2008)

Quality

The Mental Health Quality Incentive Strategy 1999/2000 (Archived September 2004)

Consumer and Carer Surveys

1999/2000: (Archived 12 September 2005)
Consumer and Carer Satisfaction Survey – Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services: Summary Report 1999/2000 (PDF file 830KB) (Archived 12 September 2005)
Consumer and Carer Satisfaction Survey – Adult Mental Health Services: Summary Report 1999/2000 (PDF file 817KB) (Archived 12 September 2005)
Consumer and Carer Satisfaction Survey – Aged Persons Mental Health Services: Summary Report 1999/2000 (PDF file 805KB) (Archived 12 September 2005)

Restricted involuntary treatment orders and restricted community treatment orders - October 2006 (PDF file 211KB) (Chief Pyschiatrist's Guidelines) (Archived 24 October 2008)

Restricted involuntary treatment orders: About your rights - March 2007 (Large print version) (Patient Rights) (Archived October 2008)

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Security patient - About your rights - December 2004 (PDF file 80KB) (Patient Rights) (Archived May 2007)

Security patient - About your rights - March 2007 (Large print version) (Patient Rights) (Archived October 2008)

Service Delivery - The Framework for Service Delivery

The Framework for Service Delivery - April 1994 (PDF file 169KB) (Archived July 2004)
This Framework was released in April 1994 and set the blueprint for the redevelopment of mental health services across the State of Victoria

Services - New Directions for Victoria's Mental Health Service: The Next Five Years (PDF file 272kb) (Archived September 2010)

Standards for Psychiatric Disability Support Services - November 2000 (Archived 16 June 2004)

Statewide, Specialist and Acute Adult Inpatient Mental Health Services Review Call for Submissions - December 2000 (Archived 27 December 2000)

Suicide Prevention

Youth Suicide Prevention Kit - August 1996 (PDF file 76KB) (Archived November 2003)

Telepsychiatry

Victorian Telepsychiatry Program (Archived 14 March 2007)

Evaluation of the Victorian Telepsychiatry Program - Executive Summary (October 1998) (Archived 14 March 2007)

Telepsychiatry A Seminar for Mental Health Staff 8 December 2000 Department of Rural Health, University of Melbourne Shepparton (Archived 14 March 2007)

Transport

Authority to Transport Without a Recommendation - June 1996 (Program Management Circular) (Archived 22 August 2005)

Undergraduate Nursing Education in Victoria - Psychiatric Knowledge, Attitudes and Skill Requirements for Beginning Level Division 1 Nurses - July 1998 (PDF file 247KB) (Archived February 2007) - describes core educational requirements for graduating nurses to undertake first level practice in the field of psychiatry in six areas of knowledge. In each of these areas the basic skill requirements in terms of knowledge, attitudes, and behavioural skills or outcomes are outlined.

Welcome to Mental Health - Your guide to Victoria's specialist clinical services - January 2005 (PDF file 1.950KB) (Archived October 2006)

The Working Together Strategy - A Quality Improvement Initiative - February 1999 (PDF file 91KB) (Archived 17 December 2007)

Youth Suicide Prevention Kit - August 1996 (PDF file 76KB) (Archived November 2003)

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