Lisa Spong1, Rachel Gwyther1 1DHHS, Melbourne, Australia Commencing in October 2016 the Victorian Safewards Project Team have been offering support and training to the Mental Health Services across the State. Along this journey we have learnt about the challenges and...
- July 25, 2018
Mrs Hannah Harbinson1 1WAAMH, Perth, Australia Introduction: Currently, Advance Health Care Directives (AHCD) in psychiatric settings are an underutilised practice in Australia (excluding those states who engage Advance Statements), and this presentation aims to introduce it as an emerging practice...
- July 25, 2018
Ms Maxine Griffiths Am1 1Mental Health Carers Tas, Newtown, Australia Restrictive practices have a damaging impact on families, friends and carers of people living with mental illness. Not only do families need to make sense of their responses to the...
- July 25, 2018
Ms Michelle Nicholson1,2,3, Ms Becky Hollis1,2 1Tasmanian Health Services , Launceston, Australia, 2Northern Sexual Assault Services North , Launceston, Australia, 3Blue Knot Foundation, Milsons Point, Australia The Safe in Our Care project is a Tasmanian initiative that aims to ensure...
- July 25, 2018
Ms Kate Thwaites1, Ms Julie Anderson1, Ms Frances Sanders1 1Office Of The Chief Mental Health Nurse, Melbourne, Australia The framework intends to distinguish Mental Health Intensive Care as a specialist care type that can be delivered across settings . When...
- July 25, 2018
Ms Kate Thwaites1, Ms Reanna Clark1 1Office Of The Chief Mental Health Nurse, Melbourne, Australia The Victorian Government is committed to reducing – and where possible eliminating – the use of restrictive practices. . The Chief Psychiatrist has a statutory...
- July 25, 2018
Dr Lynne Coulson Barr, Victoria’s Mental Health Complaints Commissioner, will discuss the way in which her office assesses issues raised in complaints through the ‘lens’ of the rights and requirements set out in Victoria’s Mental Health Act 2014 and the...
- July 18, 2018
Dr Lynne Coulson Barr is Victoria’s first Mental Health Complaints Commissioner. Dr Coulson Barr has extensive experience in mental health, disability and dispute resolution, with specialist expertise in improving access and participation in independent complaint and review processes. Before her...
- July 18, 2018
Seclusion and restraint continue to be used across psychiatric inpatient and emergency settings, despite calls for elimination and demonstrated efficacy of reduction initiatives. Research into restrictive practices is at an all-time high but reducing and eliminating these practices remains a...
- July 18, 2018
Professor Eimear Muir-Cochrane is Chair of Nursing (Mental Health) at Flinders University and President of the Australian College of Mental Health Nurses and has been involved in mental health research and education for over thirty years. Eimear is committed to...
- July 18, 2018
