The 2018 National Report shows progress and outcomes of key national reforms in mental health, including reporting on the Primary Health Networks, the National Disability Insurance Scheme, Suicide Prevention initiatives and the Fifth National Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Plan.
Victorian Carer Strategy 2018 - 22
Resource | 2018
The Victorian carer strategy 2018-22 is the first whole of government strategy that recognises and supports the important role of Victorian carers.
Chief Psychiatrist's guideline and practice resource: family violence
Resource | 2018
The guideline outlines expectations of mental health services managers and clinicians regarding their roles in responding to family violence.
Chief Psychiatrist's Guideline: Working together with families and carers
Resource | 2018
This guideline provides specialist advice about involving family and carers in the treatment and care of individual consumers. Individual consumers include children and young people, adults and ageing consumers.
Aust Standards of Care & Treatment Guidelines: For trans and gender diverse children and adolescents
Resource | 2018
The Australian Standards of Care and Treatment Guidelines (ASOCTG) aim to maximise quality care provision to trans and gender diverse children and adolescents across Australia, whilst recognising the unique circumstances of providing such care to this population.
Reasons For Use Package
Resource | 2018
A resource that facilitates therapeutic conversations with consumers to explore issues relating to the interaction between their mental health and alcohol and/or other drug use.
Map of the NSQHS Standards second edition with the National Standards for Mental Health Services
Resource | 2018
This document maps the second edition of the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards with the National Standards for Mental Health Services (NSMHS). The purpose of the document is to demonstrate to mental health stakeholders the extent of alignment between the two sets of standa
Methamphetamine Treatment Guidelines
Resource | 2018
The Methamphetamine Treatment Guidelines, 2nd edition, have been developed by Turning Point to assist Victorian health professionals in the clinical management of methamphetamine use disorder and related presentations.
Power Threat Meaning Framework
Resource | 2018
Produced by the British Psychological Society’s Division of Clinical Psychology, this Framework is an over-arching structure for identifying patterns in emotional distress, unusual experiences and troubling behaviour, as an alternative to psychiatric diagnosis and classification.
NEXUS Resources
Resource | 2018
NEXUS have developed a number of dual diagnosis resources such as the Straight Up documentaries exploring lived experience, Consumers Can Ask and Carers Can Ask booklets and the Reasons for Use Package. All can be found via this page.