The Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health (CRRMH) is a major rural initiative that aims to bring quality education and research programs to all rural areas of NSW through effective partnerships. The Centre aims to improve the mental health of rural and remote communities through academic leadership, collaboration and achievements in research, education, service development and information services.

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Address: Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health c/o Bloomfield Hospital Forest Road Orange NSW 2800

Country: Australia

Email: crrmh@newcastle.edu.au

Call + 61 2 6363 8444

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INARR creates and maintains standards of excellence for recovery housing in Indiana that meet expectations of NARR, and it provides opportunities for peer reviews that regularly document an ongoing commitment to INARR quality standards. INARR focuses on improving Associates’ knowledge of recovery from substance use disorders and establishing practices and environments to benefit both residents and housing operators. It strives to improve the public perception of recovery housing by promoting excellent, well-maintained housing as well as offering outreach and education to Indiana communities. Associates of INARR meet quality standards for recovery housing.

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• Property Management
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INARR is dedicated to ensuring that individuals in recovery can find safe and supportive housing in the State of Indiana. Our alliance provides guidance and a variety of resources to Recovery Residence providers to ensure that residents who live in INARR certified houses have the very best chances of succeeding in their recovery journey. INARR supports Recovery Residence providers in their effort to deliver quality recovery-oriented housing opportunities to persons in recovery who seek to reside in abstinence-based, peer supportive environments. We believe this is best achieved through encouraging and monitoring provider compliance with national standards promulgated for this purpose. We further believe that all people have the right to recover in an atmosphere which meets their special needs as well as their basic needs for safety, dignity and respect.

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Country: United States of America

Email: abates@mhai.net

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The NSW Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network provides health services to those in contact with the NSW criminal justice and forensic mental health systems. Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network provides health care in a complex environment to people in the adult correctional system, to those in courts and police cells, to juvenile detainees and to those within the NSW forensic mental health system and in the community. The Network delivers health care to adults and young people in contact with the forensic mental health and criminal justice systems, across community, inpatient and custodial settings. They form a vital component of the NSW public health system through its support of a highly vulnerable patient population whose health needs are often numerous and more complex than the wider community. They are positioned with a unique opportunity to respond to the health needs of these individuals who commonly have had minimal contact with mainstream health services in the community. The care for over 30,000 patients annually, a health community that is unique in NSW.

Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network is a Statutory Health Corporation established under the Health Services Act (NSW) 1997. They are part of the broader health system reporting to the Minister for Health through the Network Board and the Secretary, NSW Health. The Network is the largest custodial health care provider in Australia and runs NSW's​ high-secure Forensic Hospital. In all contexts, the Network works closely with a variety of other organisations including:

• NSW Ministry of Health
• Corrective Services NSW
• Juvenile Justice
• Local Health Districts
• Community Controlled Aboriginal Health Organisations
• NSW Police Force
• Department of Attorney General & Justice
• Universities
• Community groups
• Advocacy groups

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• 37 Local and Children's Courts: he Network's Court Liaison Service provides mental health services in 22 NSW Local Courts. The service includes comprehensive assessments and where appropriate provide recommendations to the magistrate for diversion to appropriate treatment. The Youth Drug and Alcohol Court is concerned with reducing drug/and or alcohol related criminal activity by children through a combination of judicial and therapeutic interventions that are designed to reduce and manage drug/and or alcohol use.
• Custody: the Network operates health centres in adult correctional centres, youth justice centres and in designated police cells including 42 Correctional Centres, 7 Police Cell Complexes & 6 Juvenile Justice Centres
• The Community Forensic Mental Health Service is comprised of mental health clinicians including psychiatrist, nurses and allied health staff. This service uses the consultation liaison model and works closely with the Adult Ambulatory Correctional Mental Health Service, Court Liaison Service and other Local Health Districts.
• The Connections Project aims to improve continuity of care for adult inmates with histories of problematic drug use who are being released into the community.
• The Adolescent Community and Court Team works with other government agencies and Area Child Adolescent Community Mental Health Services to divert young people from custody.
• The Community Integration Team is a pre and post release program offering continuum of care to recently released adolescents, with an emerging or serious mental illness and or problematic drug and alcohol use or dependence.
• The Adult Drug Court program is a diversion program for drug dependent offenders. The aims, goals and objectives of the Drug Court Program are to reduce a person’s dependency on drugs and hence eliminate their need to commit crime to support the drug dependency. This program works with a broad range of stakeholders both health related and judicial, to support the rehabilitation of the participants of this innovative and highly successful program.
• The Compulsory Drug Treatment program is an innovative abstinence focused program that is court mandated. This residential rehabilitation program within the correctional setting targets male offenders with long term addiction who have committed multiple offences over a long period to support their addiction. The program operates over three stages: Detention; semi- detention and supervision in a community setting.
• Statewide Community and Court Liaison Service assists Magistrates, Solicitors and Police Prosecutors at local courts with diversion of people with mental health problems and disorders by referring clients to appropriate mental health services in the community and to hospital settings.
• The Forensic Hospital: the Forensic Hospital is 135 bed high secure mental health facility for mentally ill patients who have been in contact with the criminal justice system, and high risk civil patients. The hospital is an integral part of the Forensic Mental Health Network. It provides specialist mental health care to adult men and women, and adolescents.  The hospital is located in Malabar, and is operated by Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network on behalf of NSW Health. All clinical services are provided by the Network through a multi-disciplinary team of Medical, Nursing and Allied Health Professionals.
• Long Bay Hospital: is a non-acute 85 bed health care facility located on the Long Bay Correctional Complex in Malabar. It provides mental health, medical, aged and rehabilitative and palliative care to patients in the correctional system. The hospital operates three specialty units
• Long Bay Hospital 40 acute Mental Health bed Unit: Mental health inpatient services to patients requiring involuntary treatment under the Mental Health Act (2007) or the Mental Health (Forensic Provisions) Act 1990.
• Long Bay Hospital 30 bed Medical Sub-acute Unit: Pre and post operative care, haemodialysis, medical observations and convalescence.
• Long Bay Hospital15 bed non-acute Aged Care and Rehabilitation Unit: Care, assessment and rehabilitation for older persons.

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Country: Australia

Postal Address: PO Box 150 Matraville NSW 2036

Call +612 9700 3000

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The NSWPF Mental Health Intervention Team (MHIT) is a policing and mental health initiative in Australia and New Zealand. It aims to meet the complex challenges posed by mental health and suicide prevention issues. It is an ongoing working relationship between the NSW Police Force, NSW Health and other agencies to ensure that no-one falls through the cracks and that mental health service provision is delivered in a safe and timely fashion that acknowledges the dignity of the individuals involved. In 2013, the NSW Police Force responded to 42,800 mental health related incidents across the State. The 4 day MHIT training program has trained over 1450 officers in the MHIT  

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Address: Level 5 Sydney Police Centre 151-241 Goulburn Street, Surry Hills NSW 2010

Call 02 9265 4495

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The Official Visitors Program aims to safeguard standards of treatment and care and the rights and dignity of people being treated under the NSW Mental Health Act 2007 while maintaining an independent community perspective. They are appointed by the NSW Minister for Health to visit people in mental health inpatient facilities in NSW and are available to assist consumers on community treatment orders.Official Visitors are independent from the health system and come from the community from a range of cultural, professional and personal backgrounds. They make regular visits to all inpatient psychiatric facilities across NSW, they talk to patients, inspect records and registers, and report on the standard of facilities and services. They liaise with staff about any issues or concerns and report any problems to the Principal Official Visitor and/or the Minister for Health.

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Postal Address: Official Visitors Program  Locked Bag 5016,  Gladesville NSW 1675

Email: ovp@doh.health.nsw.gov.au

Call 1800 208 218

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The Mental Health Network works collaboratively with clinicians, managers, consumers and carers from community and primary health care setting, hospitals, community managed organisations, key organisations and other related key partners in the development and implementation of evidence-based innovative programs, frameworks and models of care to promote collaboration, innovation and quality improvement through improved consumer engagement and outcomes in health service delivery to promote an integrated health system. The ACI offers the Network support and expertise in service redesign and evaluation, specialist advice on healthcare innovation, initiatives including clinical guidelines and models of care, implementation support, knowledge sharing and continuous capability building.

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Email: craig.martin@health.nsw.gov.au

Call +61 2 9464 4680

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The Health Care Complaints Commission acts to protect public health and safety by dealing with complaints about health service providers in NSW. They receive and assess complaints relating to health service providers in NSW; resolve or assist in the resolution of complaints; investigate serious complaints that raise questions of public health and safety; and prosecute serious complaints.

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• Complaints Process
• Hearings and Decisions
• Online Inquiry

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Address: Level 13, 323 Castlereagh Street (corner of Hay St) SYDNEY NSW 2000

Postal Address: Locked Mail Bag 18 STRAWBERRY HILLS NSW 2012

Email: hccc@hccc.nsw.gov.au

Call 1800 043 159

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The Hearing Voices Network is a movement of voice hearers, professionals and carers that operates hundreds of self-help groups all around the world. They offer information, support and understanding to people who hear voices and those who support them. The aims of the network are to support self-help groups around NSW where  voice hearers can talk freely about their experiences in a safe, non-judgemental environment; to support anyone with these experiences seeking to understand, learn and grow from them in their own way, using the principles developed by voice hearers in the network; to provide training to mental health professionals to help challenge the harmful paradigm of hopelessness that exists within the mental health system; and to encourage hope that recovery and flourishing is possible.They try to achieve our aims through:

• Promoting, developing and supporting self-help groups in New South Wales
• Organising and delivering training sessions for health workers, voice hearers and the general public
• Supporting, promoting and disseminating research into the hearing voices approach
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• Media Articles
• Videos
• Books

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Email: voices.nsw@collectivepurpose.org.au

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The Learn, Engage, Achieve and Future (LEAF) Group aims to support people access community, leisure, social and educational activities. It is an exciting partnership with Mencap Liverpool which aims to help the people we support integrate and engage with their community, through a wide range of meaningful activities. The service supports people with learning disabilities access and participate in engaging activities, encouraging them to enjoy and be part of the community that they live in. Some of the opportunities LEAF can help people access include:

• Social activities – coffee mornings, visits to places of interest
• Activity groups – arts and crafts groups
• Referral to vocational pathways for people who want to explore paid employment
• Personal development courses designed to help people become more confident in their community and develop their independence.
• Educational courses to help people learn new skills or gain a qualification in a subject they are interested in

Activity and resource packs for support staff to carry out in or across services, enabling the people we support to spend time with their friends and make new one’s – for example Come Dine with Us packs, quizzes. These activities will encourage choice, independence and promote social inclusion.

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Address: Alternative Futures Group Lion Court Kings Drive Kings Business Park Prescot Merseyside L34 1BN

Email: hailey.wood@mencapliverpool.org.uk

Call 0151 707 8582

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The Mental Health Sports Network (MHSN) aims to give people with mental illness opportunities to improve both their mental and physical well being through engagement in sporting activities. Partnerships with sporting bodies provide opportunities for training, sporting activities and competitions. People with mental illness have opportunities to improve both their mental and physical well being through engagement in sporting activities. Aims of the MHSN include:

• Increasing participation in sporting activities by people with a mental illness
• Providing the framework for a variety of sporting competitions
• Promoting the value of sport & recreation for people with mental illness
• Improving physical health, wellbeing, and social inclusion of people with a mental illness
• Creating networks of participating organisations
• Creating partnerships with sporting bodies and the wider community
• Helping people with mental illness access sporting activities in the community
• Providing limited financial assistance to individuals & teams for participation in sport

The MHSN Sports Hub includes:

• New Moves – Healthy Lifestyle Program for people with mental illness
• Recreation Sports and Aquatics Club (RSAC)
• NSW Department of Sport and Recreation
• Play by the Rules - Making Sport Inclusive, Safe and Fair

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Email: mhsn@sfnsw.org.au

Call 02 9879 2600

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