Dr Murray Wright. Chief Psychiatrist, NSW Ministry of Health Graduated from the University of Sydney Medical Faculty, completed his post graduate training in Psychiatry in South Eastern Sydney, and has worked in a range of metropolitan, rural and regional centres,...

In late 2016, a family member met with the Chief Executive Officer of the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network regarding the care provided for her husband, who had been admitted to the Oakden Older Persons’ Mental Health Service for management...

  Duncan McKellar is a psychiatrist of older age. He was a member of the Oakden Review panel with the South Australian Chief Psychiatrist in 2017 and was subsequently appointed to the role of Head of Unit for the Older...

What really goes on behind the closed doors of an inpatient unit? Usually, we are incredibly grateful that the person we love is safe and can begin or continue their journey to recovery. We ‘Carers’ – aka people who are...

  Jan began advocating for people experiencing mental health problems, as well as their families and other natural supports, when her son James developed schizophrenia in his late teens. Based on her own experiences and those of many others since...

Mr Anna Love1 1Victorian Department Of Health And Human Services, Melbourne, Australia The Victorian Office of the Chief Psychiatrist plays a vital role in reducing restrictive interventions within Victorian mental health services.  A report commissioned in 2018 highlighted the Victoria’s...

Prof Brian Mckenna1 1Auckalnd University Of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand There are marked variations in the use of restrictive practices across jurisdictions. In some countries, certain practices are not used at all, while specific practices are more pronounced in some...

Mr Russell James3 1Tasmanian Health Service, Hobart, Australia, 2University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia, 3RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia The use of restrictive practices within the mental health setting continues to attract significant attention, in particular to lived experience of service users...

Mr Randolfo Obregon1, Ms Phillipa Thomas2 1Victorian Department Of Health And Human Services, Melbourne, Australia, 2Alfred Psychiatry, Melbourne, Australia The use of restrictive interventions as a risk and consequence management strategy in mental health inpatient units is often driven by...

Ms Kate Thwaites1 1Office Of The Chief Mental Health Nurse, Melbourne, Australia Reflecting and developing our professional roles -looking after consumers, carers and our workforce – we needed a strategy to nurture the nursing workforce. In Victoria we developed a...