Key Documents

For a more comprehensive list of available documents in the areas of mental health promotion, prevention, early intervention and suicide prevention - please refer to the Resources Catalogue.

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Principles and Actions for Services and People Working with Children of Parents with a Mental Illness

Principles and Actions for Services and People Working with Children of Parents with a Mental Illness Download the report here

This key document provides guidance for both organisations and individuals across a wide range of jurisdictions. It is the culmination of an extensive review of the literature and of consultations with parents who have a mental illness, their carers and children, service providers and experts.

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Reporting Suicide and Mental Illness: A Resource for Media Professionals

Reporting Suicide and Mental Illness Produced with assistance from media professionals, media peak bodies, suicide and mental health experts, consumer organisations, and the Commonwealth Government. The resource provides comprehensive information about issues to consider towards accurate and sensitive reporting of mental illness and suicide.

A print copy is available to media professionals ONLY by contacting the Hunter Institute of Mental Health at ph: 02 4924 6727 or email: jaelea.skehan@hnehealth.nsw.gov.au.
PDF copies of the resource can be obtained free from the web site at: www.mindframe-media.info

Also available from the Mindframe site:

Resources for the mental health and suicide prevention sectors;
Resources for stage and screen;
Resources for police; and
Resources for courts

These resources have been produced to assist the relevant sectors to provide accurate and effective information around mental illness and suicide prevention. For details and links to downloadable documents go to the Mindframe website

National Action Plan for Promotion, Prevention & Early Intervention for Mental Health (Action Plan 2000)

Report Cover This document supersedes the Mental Health Promotion and Prevention National Action Plan that was released in 1999. It incorporates feedback from users of that first document, and expands its content to include early intervention. This current document also has a companion document entitled Promotion, Prevention and Early Intervention for Mental Health: A Monograph which sets out the theoretical and conceptual framework and discusses in more detail a number of issues relevant to its implementation.

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Promotion, Prevention and Early Intervention for Mental Health: A Monograph (Monograph 2000)

Report Cover Developed by the National Mental Health Promotion and Prevention Working Party, this document provides the theoretical and conceptual foundation for the National Action Plan for Promotion, Prevention and Early Intervention for Mental Health and discusses in more detail a number of issues relevant to its implementation.
Ongoing feedback on the Action Plan and the Monograph is welcomed from individuals and organisations with an interest in promotion, prevention and early intervention for mental health.

Also available for download is a Slide presentation by Dr Debra Rickwood outlining the key points of the Action Plan and Monograph including background, priorities, evidence base, key strategic sectors, risk and protective factors and progress.

To obtain copies please download the PDF versions of the Action Plan [PDF, ~1842 KB] and the Monograph [PDF, ~1237 KB] or download and fill in the on line order form or call 1800 066 247.

These documents come only as a set.

National Mental Health Plan 2003 - 2008

The National Mental Health Plan 2003-2008 consolidates the achievements of the First and Second Plans, addresses gaps identified in both, and takes the National Mental Health Strategy forward with restated and new directions. It can be viewed as an ongoing agenda for service and community development that sets priorities for 2003-2008. It represents a partnership between the key stakeholders in mental health.

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National Action Plan on Mental Health 2006-2011

This plan from the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) provides a strategic framework that emphasises co-ordination between government, private and non-government providers in order to deliver a more seamless and connected care system.

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Living is For Everyone: A framework for prevention of suicide in Australia

The revised 2008 Living is For Everyone framework provides updated information for mental health professionals and the wider community to enhance the understanding and prevention of suicide and self harm in Australia. It is an updated version of the first LIFE framework and incorporates the latest national and international research into suicide prevention.

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Framework for the Implementation of the National Mental Health Plan 2003-2008 in Multicultural Australia

The Framework complements the National Mental Health Plan by focusing on the specific needs of Australia's multicultural community. It provides strategies for all government and nongovernment organisations, across the health and community sectors, to meet nationally accepted standards of service delivery and workforce practice in the provision of culturally competent and appropriate services.

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Promoting Mental Health: Concepts, emerging evidence, practice

Like health promotion, mental health promotion involves actions that allow people to adopt and maintain healthy lifestyles and create living conditions and environments that support health. This book (from the World Health Organisation, 2004) describes the concepts relating to promotion of mental health, the emerging evidence for effectiveness of interventions and the public health policy and practice implications.

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Prevention of Mental Disorders: Effective interventions and policy options. A summary report

This summary report from the World Health Organisation offers an overview of international evidence-based programs and policies for preventing mental and behavioural disorders. It describes the concepts relating to prevention, the relationship between prevention and mental health promotion, individual, social and environmental determinants of mental disorders and the implications for public health policy and practice.