Clinical Resources

Office of the Chief Psychiatrist Resources

• Clinician’s Practice Guide to the Mental Health Act 2014, a legislative guide designed for clinicians seeking to understand the Mental Health Act 2014.
• Information for Referring Practitioners, a guide to the referral process under the Mental Health Act 2014
• Flowchart for Referring Practitioners, a companion piece to the Information for Referring Practitioners
• Processes and Instruments of Delegation
  • Change in Supervising Psychiatrist for a Community Treatment Order
  • Approval for emergency electroconvulsive therapy
  • Approval for Inpatient Treatment Order in General Hospital
• Options for people on Community Treatment Orders (CTOs) who are in breach and/or need inpatient treatment
• Guidance for SAC1 Mental Health Clinical Incident Investigations
• Restrictive Practices Factsheet

External resources

• Mental Health Policy Framework (WA Health)
• Mental health patient transport (WA Health)
• Mental Health Act 2014 Online Learning, including the Clinician’s eLearning Package (CeLP) and the Referring Practitioner’s eLearning Package (ReLP)
• Further Opinions under the Mental Health Act 2014 (WA Health)
• My Medicine and Me Questionnaire – M3Q (UWA)

Resource hubs

• The Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) maintains a clinical guidelines and publications library, including reports, policy submissions and clinical guidelines relating to the practice of psychiatry in Australia and New Zealand
• The Mental Health Commission (WA) maintains a collection of health promotion resources as well as a separate collection of reports, policy documents and strategy publications
• The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, a federal oversight body, maintains a resource library of publications across all areas of healthcare
• The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, a federal body monitoring Australia’s health system, publishes data and statistics across all areas of healthcare