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ENDING SECLUSION & RESTRAINT

WEBThe leadership of people who have lived experience working to end the use of seclusion and restraint in breach of consumers’ human rights in Victoria’s public mental health

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URL: https://www.vmiac.org.au/research-intro/ending-seclusion-restraint/

The Royal Commission into Victoria's Mental Health System

WEBThe Royal Commission recommends that the Victorian Government establishes Victoria’s first residential mental health service designed and delivered by people with lived …

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LIVED EXPERIENCE RESEARCH TOOLKIT

WEBVMIAC embraces, enables, empowers, & emboldens the lived experience community The Lived Experience-led Research Toolkit is a collection of resources for researchers doing …

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History of Consumer lived experience work in Victoria

WEBPeople with a consumer lived experience were first employed in Victorian Mental Health services in 1996. Four roles were created at Royal Melbourne Hospital following the …

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Best sites for mental health consumers and survivors.

WEBThese include: West Australia: COMHWA (Consumers of Mental Health WA) New South Wales: Being. Tasmania: Flourish Tasmania. South Australia: LELAN. Australian Capital …

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Human Rights and The Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022 …

WEBThe Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022 commenced on 1 September 2023 to replace the previous Mental Health Act 2014. The Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022 is the …

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Mary O’Hagan as the Victorian Government’s first Executive

WEB11 November 2021 News. VMIAC is excited to hear of the appointment of Mary O'Hagan as the Victorian Government first Executive Director of Lived Experience. Mary O'Hagan …

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Supporting people with mental health needs to access the …

WEBYour role medical and allied health professionals Health professionals can support their patients to apply for the NDIS by providing evidence of disability and functional impairment.

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Towards Elimination: the 6 Core Strategies for reducing

WEBThe Office of the Chief Psychiatrist and the Office of the Chief Mental Health Nurse, in partnership with Te Pou and the Health Quality & Safety Commission New Zealand, are …

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VMIAC NDIS Advocacy and support

WEBCONTACT US NDIS Appeals & Review Service. Opening Hours: 9AM – 4.30PM, Monday – Friday Phone: (03) 9380 3900 Email: [email protected] Mail:PO Box 59, …

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VMIAC Telephone info & advocacy service

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Mental health and wellbeing access policy and triage …

WEBThe Department of Health will develop and promote an access policy for Local Mental Health and Wellbeing Services (LMHWS) and Area Mental Health and Wellbeing …

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Police apprehension as a response to mental distress

WEB3.1. Participants were exposed to material vulnerability As a result of being apprehended by police and involuntary detained in hospital without access to their

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HOW TO TREAT PREMENSTRUAL DYSPHORIC DISORDER …

WEBIntroduction. Up to 80% of all women of reproductive age experience some physical, emotional or cognitive change associated with their menstrual cycle.1 Commonly …

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FINAL Position Statement on Adherence to Mental Health …

WEBVMIAC Policy Position Paper #7: Adherence to Mental Health Laws 13% of people who appear before the Tribunal having legal representation.13 This is in spite of the fact that …

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Final Position Statement on Sexual Safety in Psychiatric IPUs

WEBThe Issue. Alarming rates of sexual violence in inpatient units – mental health inpatient units have alarmingly high rates of sexual violence as compared with other health …

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Policy Position Paper #5 Sexual Safety in Psychiatric Inpatient Units

WEBWe have written our Policy Position Paper on Sexual Safety in Psychiatric Inpatient Units, with the purpose to ensure the sexual safety of all people on acute mental health …

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