National Outcomes Forum 2010
AMHOCN held a very successful mental health outcomes forum on the 15th of July in Adelaide. Presentations covered a number of aspects of information use in mental health across a variety of program streams. Below are copies of the presentations delivered.
Keynote Address
Mark Smith - “New Zealand outcomes: a national perspective”
Measurement in Child and Adolescent Services
Measurement in Older Persons and Forensic Services
Rod McKay - “A journey using routine outcome measurement in mental health services for older people”
Dale Owens - “The clinical utility of outcome measures in forensic mental health”
Using measures to understand practice
Neda Dusevic - “All roads lead to Rome: Clinical information in the 21st century”
Outcome measurement in specialist services
Rebecca Tsang & Dodie Bennett - “Implementing the Camberwell Assessment of Need in an NGO”
Rajiv Ramanathan & Yvonne Stolk - “Issues in Outcome Measurement with CaLD consumers”
Consumer View
Using mental health information: consumer self report measures
Ossi Beck - “Consumer self rated measures: lip service or real service”
Innovative use of measurement in practice
Bill Miliotis - “Community rehabilitation centres and outcomes: does NOCC measure rehabilitation”
Liz Prowse - “Push and pull: referrals for residential rehabilitation”
Engaging the workforce through the use of mental health information
Analysis and reporting of mental health information
Tom Trauer - “Reporting service performance of mental health services”