Carer Information
- Carers Matter - Getting help for your loved one
What can I do if I am concerned someone may have a mental illness?
It is important to encourage the person to seek help. Talking with someone about the situation is also important for you.Your General ...
- Carers Matter - Recovery
For a long time it was thought that people diagnosed with a mental illness never recovered that they would need to be cared for and would never live a meaningful life. However there has emerged a much more positive outlook for many people. ...
- Carers Matter - You're not alone
Supporting someone with a mental illness can be a challenging experience that pushes you along unexpected and unknown paths. Trying to make sense of your feelings, the illness, and the whole situation brings many questions with sometimes even ...
- Carers Matter : Getting involved - Dealing with the system
This fact sheet explores some concerns commonly raised by carers of a person with a mental illness when they are dealing with Mental Health service providers and professionals.
- Classified patient information orders and forensic patient information orders
Chapter 7A of the Mental Health Act 2000 establishes processes relating to:
Classified patient information orders (CPIO) and
Forensic patient information orders (FPIO).
These provisions aim to ensure ...
- Classified patients
The Mental Health Act 2000 (the Act) enables a person's admission to an authorised mental health service from court or custody as a classified patient.
- Involuntary assessment
The Mental Health Act 2000 (the Act) sets out processes for a person to be assessed and authorises the person's detention for assessment. Treatment for mental illness cannot be given unless an involuntary treatment order is made.
- Involuntary treatment
The Mental Health Act 2000 (the Act) makes provision for a person to be treated without consent under an involuntary treatment order. The involuntary treatment order must be preceded by involuntary assessment. Information about involuntary ...
- Mental Health Act 2000 - Patient rights
The Mental Health Act 2000 (the Act) contains provisions for patient rights by:
providing safeguards for the use of involuntary provisions
involving patients in decisions affecting them
ensuring ...
- Mental Health Act 2000: Purpose, principles and definitions
Chapter 1 of the Mental Health Act 2000 (the Act) sets out the Act's purpose and the principles that guide its application. It also defines key terms used in the Act, including 'mental illness'.
- Mental Health Review Tribunal
The Mental Health Review Tribunal (the Tribunal) provides an important safeguard in protecting the rights of involuntary patients under the Mental Health Act 2000 (the Act). Chapter 12 of the Act establishes the Tribunal, provides for its ...
- Provisions assisting victims of crime
The Mental Health Act 2000 (the Act) contains provisions for assisting victims of offences by people who have a mental illness. It also contains provisions which aim to ensure the safety of victims and the community.
- The Mental Health Act 2000 - Forensic provisions
The Mental Health Act 2000 (the Act) provides processes to ensure matters of criminal responsibility and fitness for trial are examined when an involuntary patient is charged with an offence. The Act also provides processes for decisions to be ...
Last updated: 22 May, 2012
Last reviewed: 22 May, 2012
