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View article: ‘Equal footing, equal voice’: Recognition of self and other in Shared Reading for people with lived experience of mental distress
‘Equal footing, equal voice’: Recognition of self and other in Shared Reading for people with lived experience of mental distress Open
Over the last two decades evidence has been mounting for the effectiveness of arts interventions as public health measures. With mental health services under-resourced and overwhelmed by need, support is growing for a diversity of non-clin…
View article: Restricting community treatment orders to people with non-affective psychosis is needed to reduce use and improve subsequent outcomes: Queensland-wide cohort study
Restricting community treatment orders to people with non-affective psychosis is needed to reduce use and improve subsequent outcomes: Queensland-wide cohort study Open
Background The use of community treatment orders (CTOs) has increased in many jurisdictions despite very limited evidence for their efficacy. In this context, it is important to investigate any differences in outcome by subgroup. Aims To i…
View article: The usefulness of healthcare resources for people with mental and physical health concerns: a systematic review using co-design principles
The usefulness of healthcare resources for people with mental and physical health concerns: a systematic review using co-design principles Open
People living with both mental and physical health concerns are less likely to have their health needs met than people living with just one of these. This systematic review – designed with people living with both mental and physical health…
View article: Variations between, and within, jurisdictions in the use of community treatment orders and other compulsory community treatment: study of 402 060 people across four Australian states
Variations between, and within, jurisdictions in the use of community treatment orders and other compulsory community treatment: study of 402 060 people across four Australian states Open
Background The use of compulsory community treatment (CCT) in Australia is some of the highest worldwide despite limited evidence of effectiveness. Even within Australia, use varies widely across jurisdictions despite general similarities …
View article: Understanding Lived Experience Organizations: A Systematic Scoping Review of Organizational Elements and Characteristics
Understanding Lived Experience Organizations: A Systematic Scoping Review of Organizational Elements and Characteristics Open
Organizational disagreements relate to managing future LEO growth and advancing the lived experience workforce while preserving LEOs' unique characteristics that make them valued mental health services. Further research should examine comm…
View article: Latest findings highlight the continuing uncertainty over the utility of compulsory psychiatric treatment in the community
Latest findings highlight the continuing uncertainty over the utility of compulsory psychiatric treatment in the community Open
Community treatment orders (CTOs) have been introduced in many jurisdictions with evidence of increasing use over time as well as a disproportionate use in marginalised populations. Rates of CTOs also vary widely, both internationally and …
View article: “I have to fight for them to investigate things”: a qualitative exploration of physical and mental healthcare for women diagnosed with mental illness
“I have to fight for them to investigate things”: a qualitative exploration of physical and mental healthcare for women diagnosed with mental illness Open
Introduction Women play a significant role in the management of their own healthcare and that of others, however women diagnosed with mental illness and physical health concerns experience significant health inequalities as compared to peo…
View article: Evaluation of the Independent Mental Health Advocacy Service (IMHA)
Evaluation of the Independent Mental Health Advocacy Service (IMHA) Open
IMHA has proven to be very successful in a challenging context. After three years in operation, it has become an established part of the broader mental health service system. Consumers highly valued IMHA because it maintained their rights …
View article: Preliminary Findings Report - Advance Statements Under the Mental Health Act 2014
Preliminary Findings Report - Advance Statements Under the Mental Health Act 2014 Open
In 2017 the MHLC partnered with RMIT University to explore consumer’s experience of using Advance Statements. They found that people completed their Advance Statements for two main reasons; to authorise future treatment or to limit the pow…
View article: Review of the Independent Mental Health Advocacy Service (IMHA) - Midterm Report
Review of the Independent Mental Health Advocacy Service (IMHA) - Midterm Report Open
About the evaluation Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA) is a non-legal representational mental health advocacy service run by Victoria Legal Aid (VLA) and funded by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). IMHA operates a…
View article: Submission to the Joint Standing Committee Inquiry into Transitional Arrangements for the National Disability Insurance Scheme
Submission to the Joint Standing Committee Inquiry into Transitional Arrangements for the National Disability Insurance Scheme Open
The Refugee Council of Australia (RCOA) is the national umbrella body for refugees, people seeking asylum and the organisations and individuals who work with them, representing over 190 organisations and 1,000 individual members. RCOA prom…
View article: Preventing gender-based violence in mental health inpatient units
Preventing gender-based violence in mental health inpatient units Open
This report outlines the findings of the Preventing genderbased violence in mental health inpatient units project. The project aimed to investigate and document experiences of gender-based violence occurring in adult mental health inpatien…
View article: Trauma-informed Lawyering A State of the Knowledge Review
Trauma-informed Lawyering A State of the Knowledge Review Open
Trauma-informed lawyering is an emerging practice in which legal services and practitioners recognise and respond to the impact of trauma on individuals who come into contact with the legal system. Trauma can be defined as an event or seri…
View article: The case for implementing legal clinical supervision within legal practice, and recommendations for best practice
The case for implementing legal clinical supervision within legal practice, and recommendations for best practice Open
While the concept of clinical supervision is well-developed within clinical legal education, its application within broader legal practice is less explored. This paper aims to contribute to this emerging conversation by providing recommend…
View article: Independent non-legal advocacy in the child protection context: A descriptive review of the literature
Independent non-legal advocacy in the child protection context: A descriptive review of the literature Open
The topic of independent non-legal advocacy in child protection settings is an important, under-researched topic. The increasing number of positive outcomes noted in small scale program evaluations suggests the role of independent non-lega…
View article: Practice, governance, and culture characteristics of lived experience organisations, and evidence of efficacy: A scoping review protocol
Practice, governance, and culture characteristics of lived experience organisations, and evidence of efficacy: A scoping review protocol Open
Background Mental health policy and service design is increasingly recognizing the importance of the lived experience voice and its inclusion in all aspects of work. Effective inclusion requires a deeper understanding of how best to suppor…
View article: Advocacy as a Human Rights Enabler for Parents in the Child Protection System
Advocacy as a Human Rights Enabler for Parents in the Child Protection System Open
Parents and guardians in child protection systems are in unequal power relationships with child protection practitioners. This relationship is experienced as exclusionary or even oppressive by many parents and guardians. For families and c…
View article: A critical review of research into mental health consumers' perspectives on their physical health: Is there an absence of consumers in the design, conduct, analysis and reporting of this research?
A critical review of research into mental health consumers' perspectives on their physical health: Is there an absence of consumers in the design, conduct, analysis and reporting of this research? Open
We conducted a critical review, using systematic methods, of the literature examining mental health consumer perspectives on their physical and mental health in academic research published between 2005 and 2021. This review examined the in…
View article: Does New Mental Health Legislation in Victoria, Australia, Advance Human Rights?
Does New Mental Health Legislation in Victoria, Australia, Advance Human Rights? Open
In introducing the Mental Health and Wellbeing Bill of 2022 into Parliament in Victoria, Australia, the state government claimed that the new legislation “delivers on the vision for rights-based mental health and wellbeing laws.” This pape…
View article: Mad hats. A reflection on mad leadership
Mad hats. A reflection on mad leadership Open
This paper considers the problem of how Mad leaders might be authentic without resorting to discriminatory identity policing. The paper briefly charts the contemporary role of consumer/survivor/ex-patient/mad activism in mental health refo…
View article: Victoria, Australia, is getting a new Mental Health and Wellbeing Bill
Victoria, Australia, is getting a new Mental Health and Wellbeing Bill Open
View article: The Urgent Need to Review the use of CTOs and Compliance with the UNCRPD Across Australian Jurisdictions
The Urgent Need to Review the use of CTOs and Compliance with the UNCRPD Across Australian Jurisdictions Open
In every Australian jurisdiction, legislation permits mental health service providers and/or mental health tribunals to force people with mental illness to engage in treatment, under Community Treatment Orders (CTOs). Despite considerable …
View article: A model for mental health advance directives in the new Victorian <i>Mental Health and Wellbeing Act</i>
A model for mental health advance directives in the new Victorian <i>Mental Health and Wellbeing Act</i> Open
Under the Victorian 2014 Mental Health Act (MHA14), Victorians have a right to advance statements. While there have been initiatives to support uptake, under 3% of consumers have done so. In March 2021, the Royal Commission into Victoria's…
View article: Evaluation of Integrated Chronic Care Pilot Midterm Report
Evaluation of Integrated Chronic Care Pilot Midterm Report Open
This report presents the findings from the midterm evaluation of the Integrated Chronic Care (ICC) Service, conducted by RMIT University’s Social and Global Studies Centre (SGSC). ICC is funded by North Western Melbourne Primary Health Net…
View article: Non-legal advocacy in child protection – a summary of the literature
Non-legal advocacy in child protection – a summary of the literature Open
This paper summarises the literature relating to non-legal advocacy for parents in the child protection context.
View article: Defensive rhetoric in psychiatry: an obstacle to health and human rights
Defensive rhetoric in psychiatry: an obstacle to health and human rights Open
View article: The changing face of disability and refugee services and policy in Australia: Implications for social work
The changing face of disability and refugee services and policy in Australia: Implications for social work Open
People in Australia living with disabilities who are also from refugee backgrounds, or who are seeking asylum, face enormous challenges. In addition to the traumatic histories they bring with them, the shifting political and policy landsca…
View article: Tensions in the work of mental health tribunals
Tensions in the work of mental health tribunals Open
Mental health tribunals are tasked with finding a balance in tensions which exist in many areas of law: between the rights of the individual and what is deemed to be in their best interests; between due process and expediency; and between …
View article: A conceptual framework for taking subversive social work into the classroom
A conceptual framework for taking subversive social work into the classroom Open
Social work educators commonly describe aspects of subversive social work, or intentionally small-scale practice behaviours of caring resistance which fall outside the professional, procedural, or even legal boundaries of their roles. In c…
View article: Mental health law and its implications for social work practice
Mental health law and its implications for social work practice Open