Suicide is a significant public health issue in Australia, posing a considerable burden of disease and mortality. The Chief Psychiatrist recommends this report produced by the Black Dog Institute as essential reading…
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Recognising and Responding to Deterioration
The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (the Commission), in collaboration with key stakeholders, has developed the National Consensus Statement: Essential elements for recognising and responding to deterioration in a person’s mental…
Transforming Psychological Trauma- the Scottish experience.
Transforming Psychological Trauma- the Scottish experience. The NHS in Scotland have released their framework for knowledge and skills in managing trauma across the workforce. 70% of patients coming into mental…
INFORM Newsletter Winter 2017
INFORM Winter 2017 – Newsletter – Chief Psychiatrist of WA
Aboriginal People in Western Australian Mental Hospitals, 1903–1966
A recent publication by Dr Philippa Martyr and Deputy Chief Psychiatrist, Dr Sophie Davison examines the history of Aboriginal Australians and their involvement with inpatient mental health services within Western…
Important notice for psychiatrists and mental health services
Please see link below for information regarding which Psychiatrists can administer the Mental Health Act 2014 (MHA 2014) as psychiatrists https://www.chiefpsychiatrist.wa.gov.au/which-psychiatrists-can-administer-the-mental-health-act-2014-mha-2014-as-psychiatrists/
7th National Borderline Personality Disorder Conference: ‘From stigma, to strength’
Upcoming Conference: 7th National Borderline Personality Disorder Conference, ‘From stigma, to strength’ Date: 18 October 2017 Where: Bendat Community Centre, Wembley, Western Australia The 2017 conference is being organised in partnership…
Reporting Seclusion and Restraint to the Chief Psychiatrist
The Office of the Chief Psychiatrist has developed flowcharts to assist clinicians in the process of reporting seclusion and restraint to the Chief Psychiatrist. Flowchart – Reporting Seclusion to the…
Reporting Notifiable Incidents for Private Psychiatric Hostels
The policy for reporting notifiable incidents to the Chief Psychiatrist for Private Psychiatric Hostels has been updated, with new reporting procedures. Services have been notified of these changes in writing.…
Chief Psychiatrist’s Annual Report 2015-2016
The Chief Psychiatrist’s inaugural Annual Report was tabled in Parliament on Tuesday 8th November 2016. The report can be found on our Publications page.