Contributors
MindBodyLife facilitates shared learning in the important area of psychosocial intervention. Thank you to the services and individuals who have contributed to developing MindBodyLife. Further contributions are welcome for the future enhancement of this resource. Please register your interest by contacting MindBodyLife.
Organisation: Eli Lilly Australia Pty Ltd
Tel: +61 2 9325 4444
Fax: +61 2 9325 4410
Email: mindbodylife@lilly.com
Eli Lilly and Company is a global research-based pharmaceutical corporation dedicated to creating and delivering innovative health care solutions that enable people to live longer, healthier and more active lives. Lilly concentrates on the interaction between its core strengths and capabilities of information technology; biotechnology; focused research and development; and innovation.
Organisation: Early Psychosis Prevention and Intervention Centre
Further information on the activities of EPPIC and its publications are available from:
EPPIC Statewide Services
Locked Bag 10 Parkville,
Victoria,
3052,
Australia.
The Early Psychosis Prevention and Intervention Centre (EPPIC) is a program of Melbourne Health. The Centre is a specialist service that provides integrated and comprehensive treatment and support targeted to meet the particular needs of young people with emerging psychotic disorders. The service operates within a catchment area of north western and western metropolitan Melbourne, Australia.
Organisation: North Western Adelaide Mental Health Service
Tel: +61 8 8304 2210
Fax: +61 8 8241 0102
Email: maxie.ashton@nwahs.sa.gov.au
The North West Adelaide Mental Health Service is a division of the North West Adelaide Health Service. It provides a high quality, accessible and integrated range of community and hospital services for those with a mental illness. The service also offers education and support for families and other care givers.
Organisation: Peninsula Mental Health Service
Tel: +61 3 9784 7777
Fax: +61 3 9784 7012
Peninsula Health is a major provider of mental health inpatient and community mental health services to Frankston and the surrounding Mornington Peninsula in south-east Victoria. Click here to visit the website.
Organisation: Pioneer Clubhouse
Tel: +61 2 9907 9999
Fax: +61 2 9948 3980
Email: pioneer@ans.com.au
Pioneer Clubhouse is a member run, staff and community supported mental health rehabilitation facility. The Sydney based Pioneer Clubhouse is part of a world wide coalition of clubhouses and the International Centre for Clubhouse Development which aim to give people the opportunity and freedom to fulfil their potential as human beings.
Organisation: SANE Australia
Tel: +61 3 9682 5933
Fax: +61 3 9682 5944
Email: info@sane.org
SANE is one of Australia's leading sources of information for people affected by mental illness, their families, friends and the general community. An independent foundation, SANE also campaigns and advocates for improved services, conducts applied research, and operates the only national 1800 Helpline service offering information and referral for those concerned about mental illness. SANE's multi award winning website is updated daily and provides a range of information about mental illness and related topics, downloadable fact sheets in four languages, a Media Room, Arts Centre, Bookshop and HelplineOnline. Click here to visit the website
Organisation: Schizophrenia Fellowship of NSW inc
Tel: +61 2 9879 2600
Fax: +61 2 9879 2699
People with schizophrenia and their carers came together in 1985 to form the Schizophrenia Fellowship of NSW Inc. The Fellowship works to improve the quality of life of people living with schizophrenia through:
- programs that support consumers, carers and health professionals
- raising community awareness of the implications of schizophrenia to reduce stigma
- lobbying government departments to promote the well being of people living with schizophrenia
- supporting research into schizophrenia.
Click here to visit the website.
Organisation: Southern Region Dual Diagnosis Team
Tel: +61 3 9554 1845
Fax: +61 3 9554 1860
Email: t.rolfe@southernhealth.org.au
The Dual Diagnosis Resource Centre (DPRC) was established in 1999 and brought together three areas: research/evaluation, clinical activity and training /education. The centre provided the foundation for expansion to the Southern Dual Diagnosis team, which is funded by the Victorian State Government, in an initiative aimed at providing secondary consultation and training to both the mental health and drug sectors.
The successful partnership between Westernport Drug and Alcohol Service (WDAS) and the Dual Diagnosis Resource Centre strengthens the foundation of this initiative under the sponsorship of Southern Health. Research activities have expanded through the affiliation with the Dandenong Psychiatry Research Centre (DPRC) and further growth and development is anticipated. Visit the websites for Dandenong Psychiatry Research Centre and Southern Health
Organisation: Substance Use and Mental Illness Treatment Team
Tel: +61 3 8345 6331
Fax: +61 3 8345 6027
Substance Use and Mental Illness Treatment Team (SUMITT) was established in 1998 and is delivered jointly through the North Western Mental Health Program and DAS West Drug and Alcohol Service in Victoria. It is an outreach based program delivering clinical services to clients in north western metropolitan Melbourne, as well as rural areas such as Shepparton, Geelong, Ballarat and Warrnambool. SUMITT provides comprehensive treatment for people suffering a serious mental illness with a co-existing substance use problem through a team of professionals including psychiatric nurses, social workers, psychologists and psychiatrists.
