The 2014 Act came into effect in July 2014. It introduced new principles to support people experiencing mental illness to make and participate in treatment decision (shared decision making) and to have their views and preferences considered and respected.
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We are in the process of adapting this website to suit the recommended accessibility guidelines in Australia, including an interim option for increased font size and contrast buttons.
When the process is complete we will post details on this page, in the meantime if you experience any issues, please contact us.
We will primarily focus on the following guidelines:
1. W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 (2008)
2. Digital Transformation Agency: Accessibility (2017)
3. Australian Human Rights Commission World Wide Web access: Disability Discrimination Act Advisory Note version 4.1 (2014)
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If you are having thoughts of suicide, or severe self-harm please follow your crisis plan. If you do not have a crisis plan please call your treating clinician, therapist, general practitioner, one of the numbers listed below or go to the Emergency Department of the nearest hospital. In a life-threatening emergency ring 000.
Phone numbers and other supports that can be contacted in a crisis:
Life Line: 13 11 14 | www.lifeline.org.au
Sane Helpline: 1800 187 263 | www.sane.org