Effective, evidence-based psychosocial interventions suitable for early intervention in the NDIS: promoting psychosocial functioning and recovery (2016)

This report brings together evidence about early interventions that can significantly help people with a psychosocial disability (mental health concerns) participate socially and economically. Its findings are a resource for people in this situation, their families and carers and for National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) staff involved in local area coordination and the provision of support serviceThis literature review suggests that the NDIA should examine the areas of Family Psychoeducation and Support, Social Skills, Illness Self-Management, Peer Support and consumer networks as potentially valuable and effective early interventions. It also recommends that support plans should facilitate access to Supported Employment and Education services, Cognitive Remediation, Outreach Treatment and Support Services, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for psychosis, Supported Housing and physical health management programs.

Co-producing the journey to recovery: The Mind Recovery College (2016)

The Mind Recovery College™ provides an alternative approach to mental health service delivery based on a co-production and education-based approach. Mind commissioned the Centre for Mental Health at the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne to conduct a process and preliminary outcomes evaluation. The evaluation was co-designed with Recovery College students and staff. This paper documents the progress that the Mind Recovery College™ has made in meeting its objectives and also introduces some preliminary findings from the evaluation about the student and staff experience of the College.

Are we recovery oriented? An Australian encounter of learning from people with lived experiences (2012)

A chapter from a book that describes the experience of community researchers as participants in the evaluation of the innovative model of service delivery Adult Mental Health Initiatives. This book bridges a major gap in knowledge by considering, through a range of reflexive chapters from different disciplinary backgrounds, both theoretical and practical issues relating to community research methodologies.

Community treatment orders in the context of recovery (2011)

A presentation on a research project about community treatment orders. Community treatment orders enable an authorised psychiatrist to provide compulsory treatment to a person experiencing mental illness.

The project found that within Mind, relatively small numbers of people on CTOs were identified. There may be a need to improve access to community based mental health support services for people on CTOs– or improve the recording of this information. There is also need for improving awareness around the implications of being on a CTO among community mental health support services.