The Health and Disability Services Complaints Office (HaDSCO) has now finalised and released the Guidelines for handling complaints about mental health services for service providers to use as a reference…
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MH-Smile: Better Mental Health through Screening and Monitoring physical health, brief Intervention and health Literacy Education
MH-SMILE is a 12 month program to improve physical health outcomes in people with a mental health concern/illness, living in the Cockburn region of Western Australia (WA). The program sims…
Invitation to Presentation by Dr Mathew Coleman, Consultant Psychiatrist: Findings- Specialist Smoking Cessation Clinic
Australians with mental illness have higher smoking rates than the general population and they are more likely to die as a consequence of smoking than from their psychiatric condition. Smoking…
Towards Eliminating Restrictive Practices (TERP) Forum: 2018 Keynote Speaker Session Videos
The 12th National Towards Eliminating Restrictive Practices (TERP) Forum was held at the Hotel Grand Chancellor in Hobart, 7 – 8 November 2018. All plenary sessions at the 2018 TERP Forum were filmed…
The Third Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation 2018
The Third Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation will be officially launched today by the Minister for Health, the Hon. Greg Hunt. Exploring variation in care is one way of identifying…
Policy for Mandatory Reporting of Notifiable Incidents to the Chief Psychiatrist 2018
The Mental Health Act (MHA) 2014 section 526 requires mental health services to report notifiable incidents to the Chief Psychiatrist when they occur in respect to a person under MHA…
Chief Psychiatrist’s Annual Report 2017-2018
The annual report of the Chief Psychiatrist for Western Australia is now available on our website (see Publications page). The report highlights the activities of the Office of the Chief…
COMMUNIQUÉ: Recommendations from the National Roundtable on the Mental Health of People with Intellectual Disability 2018 – just released
Individuals with intellectual disability and neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism, and their families, report significant barriers to mental health care in Western Australia. Recent evidence from NSW identifies that individuals…
Practical Guide for Working with Carers of People with a Mental Illness
The 2.4 million people who care for those with a mental illness, and those who work with these carers, have been, to a large extent, the unsung heroes in mental…
Western Australia Branch Symposium 2018 Mental Health Nursing
Joining the Dots. Integration through Collaboration and Coproduction. When: Friday 27 July 2018 Where: Bentley Technology Park, Bentley WA Registrations are Open The Western Australia Branch of the Australian College…