As part of our brief to provide advice and inspiration on how to transform Australia’s mental health service systems, TAMHSS members have produced a range of proposals and conference presentations and submissions to government inquiries.
The Essential Components of Care – An Australian National Framework for the Transformation & Ongoing Development of Mental Health Service Systems
By TAMHSS Committee December 2020
Leader: Alan Rosen, AO. Project Team: Roger Gurr, Paul O’Halloran, Richard
Buss, Vivienne Miller, Paul Fanning Augmented Project Team: Leanne Craze,
Douglas Holmes, Hamish Hill
This framework sets out the major components of a comprehensive, accessible and effective mental health service; it proposes a co-operative, integrated approach between all providers involved in the provision of mental health care; it outlines principles for mental health service delivery, and proposes a continuum (ie integration) across the public, private, NGO and primary health care sectors, and promotes “bottom-up” locality based service planning. It is the culmination of work started in 2015, when TAMHSS in conjunction with the Australian National Mental Health Commission prepared an Implementation Guide and a checklist of recommendations for practical actions regarding the essential components of care across state, regional and local levels.
The Australian National Workforce Institute of Mental Health [ANWIMH] to provide essential evidence-based national workforce capacity building in mental health.
By Professor Maree Teesson, AC, & Professor Alan Rosen, AO August 2020
Proposal to establish a highly regarded evidence-based National Institute to
provide: professional training and education, expert leadership, ongoing
supervision and pastoral support for the workforce for mental health and often co-
occurring Alcohol & Other Drug [AOD] disorders, including all service-user and
family peer workers, managers and clinicians from all disciplines.
Developmental Trauma Service for 12-25 year olds – Proposal
By Prof Roger Gurr August 2018
Proposal for a specific Developmental Trauma service for young people aged 12-25. This is
the period of maximum emergence of mental health disorders, as the brain prunes
connections for efficiency, but exposes functional problems when the most demanding
developmental changes are faced, from sexual maturity, peer social competition and the
emergence of an independent self. Many studies consistently show childhood
developmental trauma creates high vulnerability and adverse outcomes in this age group.
