Policies and guidelines

Documents

• A clinician’s compendium of assessment tools 2004 (PDF 394KB)
  For assessing mental health clients from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds.
• A recovery vision for rehabilitation: psychiatric rehabilitation policy and strategic framework 2004 (PDF 480KB)
  Highlights contemporary rehabilitation philosophies, discussion on services and supports and rehabilitation issues for specific populations.
• A transculturally orientated mental health service for Western Australia 2001 (PDF 960KB)
  Aims to ensure that mental health services will meet the needs of people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds.
• Attentional problems in children 2002 (PDF 271KB)
  Outlines key strategies to improve outcomes for WA children diagnosed with ADHD and associated disorders.
• Clinical risk assessment and management (CRAM) policy and standards 2008 (PDF 346KB)
  Aims to increase the safety of consumers, their families, carers and staff within the Western Australian mental health services.
• Healthy babies for mothers with serious mental illness – framework for mental health clinicians (PDF 1.03MB)
  Assists mental health clinicians to manage the reproductive and pregnancy needs of mothers with serious mental illness and to ensure good neurodevelopment in the child. More information about this project (external link).
• Infancy to young adulthood mental health policy 2003 (PDF 323KB)
  Outlines directions for specialist mental health services for children, young people and their families. Also provides a framework for service delivery and evaluation.
• Management of disturbed / violent behaviour in inpatient psychiatric settings 2006 (PDF 233KB)
  Describes areas of best practice when managing potentially violent behaviour.
• Mental health promotion and illness prevention policy 2002 (PDF 300KB)
  Aim to improve a sense of wellbeing and well targeted programs that promote resilience to positively influence lives.
• Service standards for non-government providers of community mental health services 2004 (PDF 365KB)
  Assist non-government service providers to assess their performance and to deliver quality services to their consumers.
• Supported community living for people with psychiatric disability 2003 (PDF 223KB)
  Aims to improve and support the quality of life for people with psychiatric disability.
• Transport risk assessment process (opens in new window)
  This is important for formalising and increasing the involvement of health in the transport of patients between hospitals.

External links

• Children of parents with a mental illness (COPMI)
  Various resources such as fact sheets, newsletters, DVDs etc for teachers, young people, children, parents, social workers.
• Smokefree
  Contains resources relevant to the WA Health Smokefree policy.
• WA Mental Health Act 1996
  This Act is to provide for the care, treatment, and protection of persons who have mental illness, and for related purposes.