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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Nga Tran, Pharmacist In-Charge, St. Vincent’s Mental Health. Honorary Fellow, Department of Psychiatry University of Melbourne
Address: 46 Nicholson Street
Fitzroy VIC 3065
Phone: +61 3 9231 4711
Fax: +61 3 9231 4694
Web: www.svhm.org.au
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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