Mental Health Rehabilitation Services

Follow the links below to find information on rehabilitation and recovery from mental illness.

Reviewed May 2011

Printer friendly page Printer friendly page

8 Resources Found

Results 1 to 8 displayed.

Title:   Mental illness services - residential care
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   A wide range of comprehensive public mental health services are available for people of all ages. Many of these services are bed-based. Bed-based services offer treatment and support to people who are experiencing a serious mental illness. These services can be offered in hospitals, or other residential care facilities.
Date:   Aug 2011
Title:   Mental health services - case managers
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   A case manager is a mental health professional employed by a community mental health service. Their responsibility is to look after your interests while you are a client of public (government) mental health services. Your case manager will make sure you receive a full assessment and prepare a treatment and service plan with you.
Date:   Aug 2011
Title:   Forensic mental health
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Forensic mental health services provide assessment and treatment of people with a mental disorder and a history of criminal offending, or those who are at risk of offending. 'Forensic' means related to, or associated with, legal processes. People may be referred for assessment by the police, courts, prison or other health or mental health services, and may have a mental illness or mental disorder. Treatment may be provided in the community, in hospital or in prison.
Date:   Jul 2011
Title:   Getting better: recovering from mental illness
Publisher:   SANE Australia
Description:   Feeling better after an episode of mental illness is more likely if you know where to go and what treatment and support you are entitled to. This Factsheet gives a summary of what sort of services are available to help you do this.
Date:   Jan 2010
Title:   Disability, homelessness and social relationships among people living with psychosis in Australia
Publisher:   Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   This bulletin considers the functioning, housing and social relationships of people living with psychosis in Australia.
Date:   Oct 2002
Title:   Employment and psychosis
Publisher:   Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   In a society where emphasis is placed on employment as a means of social inclusion, it is imperative that people with psychiatric disabilities are given an opportunity to participate in the labour market. This report draws on information from the Collaborative Study on Low-Prevalence (Psychotic) Disorders to make 20 recommendations for how access to employment can be improved.
Date:   Oct 2002
Title:   National practice standards for the mental health workforce
Publisher:   Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   This document contains the twelve Practice Standards for those who work in mental health services within the professions of psychiatry, nursing, social work, psychology and occupational therapy.
Date:   Sep 2002
Title:   Vocational rehabilitation for people with severe mental illness
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   A majority of severely mentally ill people would like to work and there are compelling ethical, social and clinical reasons for helping them to achieve this goal. Pre-vocational Training and Supported Employment are two different approaches to helping s...
Date:   Dec 2000

Results 1 to 8 displayed.