Safe in Care, Safe at Work Report
The Australian College of Mental Health Nurses developed "Safe in Care, Safe at Work" framework to reduce seclusion and restraint in mental health services. It adapts the Six Core Strategies ...
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ACMHN Toolkit addressing workplace fear and increasing safety for all
The Australian College of Mental Health Nurses launched the "Safe in Care, Safe at Work" toolkit in 2019, funded by the National Mental Health Commission. The toolkit aims to enhance staff safety, ...
National Principles to Support the Goal of Eliminating Mechanical and ...
This document outlines national principles to eliminate mechanical and physical restraints in mental health services. It emphasizes recovery-oriented, trauma-informed care with restraint as last ...
National Principles for Communicating about Restrictive Practices with ...
These Australian national principles guide mental health services in communicating with consumers and carers about restrictive practices. Developed in 2016, they emphasize that restrictive ...
Lived Experience Engagement and Participation - An Environmental Scan
This 2024 environmental scan examines lived experience engagement in public sector policymaking, particularly mental health contexts. It reviews current approaches, frameworks, and mechanisms ...
Australia's National Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Plan
Australia's National Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Plan outlines a $2.3 billion investment across five pillars: prevention/early intervention, suicide prevention, treatment, supporting ...
Uncovering Complexities in Reducing Aggression, Conflict and Restrictive ...
This systematic review analyzed four studies examining nonpharmacological interventions to reduce aggression, conflict, and restrictive practices in acute mental health settings. Combined ...
National Mental Health Workforce Strategy 2022-2032
Australia's National Mental Health Workforce Strategy 2022-2032 addresses critical workforce shortages across mental health professions. With a 32% current shortfall growing to 42% by 2030, the ...
Standing Up Against the Weight of History: The Importance of Lived ...
This chapter examines how Australia's mental health system perpetuates centuries-old "deficit narratives" that stigmatize people with mental illness as incapable and dangerous. The authors argue ...
Alternatives to Coercion Report
This 2018 literature review commissioned by the UN examined 169 studies on alternatives to coercion in mental health settings. It found that efforts to reduce, prevent and end coercive practices ...