Mental Health Policies and Research

Follow the links below to find mental health research, policy documents and reports, and information strategies, or go directly to the following websites:

Updated August 2008

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Title:   Women's health policy and program development in Australia: Student Factsheet
Publisher:   Women's Health Queensland Wide Inc
Description:   Outlines the development of the National Women's Health Policy, National Women's Health Program and the Queensland Women's Health Policy.
Date:   Oct 2007
Title:   Interagency Action Plan for Better Mental Health: Second Yearly Progress Report
Publisher:   NSW Department of Health
Description:   The Interagency Action Plan for Better Mental Health was developed to ensure that government agencies work more effectively together and with the community to improve care for people with mental illness. The following report provides an overview of whole-of-government achievements against the commitments in the plan after the second year of implementation.
Date:   Apr 2008
Title:   Evaluation of the Emotional and Social Well Being (Mental Health) Action Plan
Publisher:   Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care
Description:   An evaluation of the action plan is presented. This action plan is the first national initiative to recognise and address the emotional and social well being of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Date:   May 2001
Title:   National Mental Health Strategy
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The National Mental Health Strategy is a commitment by the Commonwealth and state and territory governments to improve the lives of people with a mental illness.
Date:   Apr 2008
Title:   Ways forward: National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health policy
Publisher:   Commonwealth Department of Human Services and Health
Description:   This document provides an overview of the mental health needs and problems of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and outlines "Ways Forward" to improve their mental health and wellbeing.
Date:   Feb 1995
Title:   Consultation paper on the National Mental Health Plan 2003-2008
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   This paper was developed to promote discussion and debate about the directions which should be pursued in mental health reform in Australia over the years 2003-2008.
Date:   Mar 2003
Title:   National safety priorities in mental health: a national plan for reducing harm
Publisher:   Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   This plan provides national direction in identifying, avoiding and reducing harm across all environments in which care of people with mental health disorders is provided.
Date:   Oct 2005
Title:   National Comorbidity Initiative
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Initiative aims to improve service co-ordination and treatment outcomes for people with coexisting mental health and substance use disorders and focuses on the following priority areas.
Date:   Dec 2007
Title:   Mental health
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Information on initiatives to build the capacity of the mental health care system to ensure that Australians with mental illness, and their families and carers, have access to quality health and support services to meet their needs.
Date:   May 2008
Title:   Measuring consumer outcomes in mental health: Field testing of selected measures of consumer outcome in mental health
Publisher:   Commonwealth Department of Health and Family Services
Description:   This project addresses two key objectives of the first National Mental Health Strategy relating to outcomes assessment - to undertake regular reviews of outcomes of mental health services, and to encourage the development of national outcome standards for mental health services.
Date:   Oct 1997
Title:   Media release. World Mental Health Day
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   On 10 October, World Mental Health Day, the Australian Government announced several important steps to improve mental health services.
Date:   Oct 2008
Title:   Mental Health of Australians
Publisher:   HealthInsite Topic Page
Description:   Links to information, including statistics and research, on the mental health of specific groups within the Australian community.
Date:   Jul 2006
Title:   A population health model for the provision of mental health care
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care
Description:   This paper proposes a population model for mental health to address the high prevalence of mental disorders in the community and the growing burden of disease. The paper is intended to assist discussion about elements of service models in mental health and the integration of these in a population health approach.
Date:   Jan 2000
Title:   Mental illness - family and friends
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Don't ignore warning signs of mental illness in a family member or friend. The sooner someone receives treatment, the better the outcome is likely to be. There is a lot you can do to help a person affected by mental illness.
Date:   Nov 2008
Title:   Compulsory community and involuntary outpatient treatment for people with severe mental disorders
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   We examined the effectiveness of compulsory community treatment for people with severe mental illness through a systematic review of all relevant randomised controlled clinical trials. Only two relevant trials were found and these provided little eviden...
Date:   May 2005
Title:   Responding to the mental health needs of young people in Australia: discussion paper, principles and strategies
Publisher:   Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   This paper identifies the important mental health needs of young people aged 16-25 years and barriers to that age group accessing mental health services.
Date:   Feb 2004
Title:   National Mental Health Plan: April 1992
Publisher:   Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Plan aims for a national approach to mental health policy and service delivery, strengthened reform of mental health services and a mechanism to address agreed priority issues. It is to be read in conjunction with the National Mental Health Policy 1992.
Date:   Apr 1992
Title:   Evaluation of the Second National Mental Health Plan
Publisher:   Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   This evaluation report considers whether Australia has continued to make progress in implementing the objectives of the National Mental Health Strategy and the three additional priority themes identified in the Second National Mental Health Plan.
Date:   Mar 2003
Title:   Improving mental health literacy: A review of the literature
Publisher:   Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   This literature review evaluates and interprets current research relating to improving mental health literacy, in order to identify the most effective communication strategies and tools to improve mental health literacy among target audiences in the Australian population.
Date:   Jun 2002
Title:   Towards national benchmarks for Australian mental health services
Publisher:   Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   This report is the result of research undertaken in 1999 to assist with the identification of mental health data items and data sets to determine useful performance indicators and benchmarks for mental health services.
Date:   Jan 2003
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