Address:
7 Caroline Chisholm Drive, KYNETON, VIC, 3444

Billing:
No Fee

Wheelchair access:
Yes

Youth Program - Youth Early Psychosis / Early Intervention Services
Early psychosis services focus on providing service to young people between 16-25 who are experiencing a first episode of psychosis. The aim is to provide earlier and more intensive treatment as well as minimising disability associated with psychosis, including the impact of distress/trauma on both the young person and their family.

This service is a sub-specialty program within the specialist clinical adult area mental health service. It has close links to child and adolescent mental health services, primary care services and other community services and organisations.

Currently a full-time clinician works from the Castlemaine Office to cover the shires of Central Goldfields, Mount Alexander and Macedon Ranges. Services to the local area include:

-- Assessment and referral to: acute inpatient; residential and non-residential rehabilitation; and other generic health services

-- Case management

-- Crisis assessment and treatment

-- Mobile intensive support

-- Clinical interventions and treatments.


Hours:
The Community Mental Health Service is open Monday to - Friday, 8:30am - 5pm for any enquires.

Contact: Entry to this service is via the 24 hour Regional Triage Service. For information, advice or an appointment for an assessment contact the 24 hour Regional Triage Service - 1300 363 788.

Address:
7 Caroline Chisholm Drive, KYNETON, VIC, 3444

Billing:
No Fee

Wheelchair access:
Yes

Aged person mental health services (65 years+)
These services are primarily for people with a longstanding mental illness who have grown older, and those who have developed illnesses such as depression and psychoses in later life. They also provide treatment and care for people with psychiatric or severe behavioural difficulties associated with organic disorders such as dementia.

The Aged Persons Mental Health Service (APMHS) provides specialist assessment and treatment for aged persons with a mental illness, living in the Loddon/ Campaspe/ Southern Mallee.

Services to the local area include:

-- Assessment and referral to: acute inpatient; residential and non-residential rehabilitation; and other generic health services

-- Case management

-- Crisis assessment and treatment

-- Mobile intensive support

-- Clinical interventions and treatments.


Additional important components of the services are:

-- Mental health education to carer and community groups

-- Mental health promotion

-- Consultation and liaison with other health workers and agencies

-- Outreach to smaller, more remote centres.


The APMHS provides specialist assessment and treatment through a multi disciplinary team. The service has two main components:


-- A community based service.
The community service provides home based comprehensive assessments of those in the community experience a mental illness. Building on the community based assessment this incorporates residential facilities and Acute and Sub-acute service where the team provides specialist Aged Mental Health expertise. This is management utilising a case management style of care provision with support from; Consultant Psychiatrist, Psychiatric Registrar, Psychiatric Nurses, Psychologist, Social and Welfare worker. The service is closely aligned with the Aged Care Assessment Service to assist in generic Aged Care issues.


-- Inpatient facility at Bendigo
The APMHS also provides a specialist purpose built inpatient facility located at the Anne Caudle campus. The inpatient service is fully equipped to provide treatment of acute mental health issue. This unique facility also provides a comprehensive inpatient dementia assessment service. This service provide assessment of physical and behavioural aspects of dementia, with the development of comprehensive management plans to assist in the client being managed at home or in generic aged care facility.


Contact: Entry to this service is via the Aged Person's Mental Health Service - Triage Service: 5454 7615 or the 24 hour Regional Triage Service - 1300 363 788 for all after hours enquiries.

Address:
7 Caroline Chisholm Drive, KYNETON, VIC, 3444

Billing:
No Fee

Wheelchair access:
Yes

Adult mental health services (16–64 years)
Adult mental health services are aimed primarily at people with serious mental illness or mental disorder who have significant levels of disturbance and psychosocial disability due to their illness or disorder. Commonly, these people have a diagnosed major mental illness (such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder), but the target group also includes some people with severe personality disorder or other conditions (such as severe anxiety disorder), and those who present in a situational crisis that may lead to self-harm or inappropriate behaviour towards others. The distinguishing factor is the level of severity of the disturbance, impairment and risk (acute or chronic).

Bendigo Health Psychiatric Service operates an 'integrated' model of community mental health service provision for persons between 16 - 64 years. This means that rather than having discreet teams for: Triage, Crisis Assessment; Mobile Intensive Treatment; and Case Management services, clinicians rotate through the four functions.

Services to the local area include:

-- Assessment and referral to: acute inpatient; residential and non-residential rehabilitation; and other generic health services

-- Case management

-- Crisis assessment and treatment

-- Mobile intensive support

-- Clinical interventions and treatments.


Additional important components of the services are:

-- Mental health education to carer and community groups

-- Mental health promotion

-- Consultation and liaison with other health workers and agencies

-- Outreach to smaller, more remote centres.


Contact: Entry to this service is via the 24 hour Regional Triage Service. For information, advice or an assessment contact the 24 hour Regional Triage Service - 1300 363 788.

Address:
7 Caroline Chisholm Drive, KYNETON, VIC, 3444

Billing:
No Fee

Wheelchair access:
Yes

Primary Mental Health Program
The Primary Mental Health (PMH) program provides support and assistance to a broad range of primary health care providers, mainly general practitioners and community health workers, in the Loddon Campaspe Southern Mallee region.

The program assists these providers to assess and provide the best possible interventions to people in the community who experience anxiety, depression, an eating disorder or a related mental health problem (esp. where there are complex diagnostic or management issues).

The PMH program consists of a team of clinical psychologists, social workers, psychiatric nurses and a consultant psychiatrist, who work together with general practitioners, community health workers, clinicians of the Area Mental Health Service and other practitioners across the region to offer a service for clients with anxiety, depression and eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa.

The PMH program provides consultation, further assessment and review. This may result in:

-- advice re the diagnosis or management to the referring practitioner,

-- time limited focussed psychological therapy by a PMH clinician,

-- or further referral options.


The PMH program also provides training and education program to general practitioners, community health workers and other service providers

Service Access: The programs can be accessed by general practitioners, community health workers and other service providers through referral to Bendigo Health Psychiatric Services single point of entry, the 24 hour Regional Triage Service - 1300 363 788.

Hours:
A PMH Clinician provides an outreach service to the area 1 day per week. Please ring the 24 hour Regional Triage Service number - 1300 363 788 for an appointment time to be arranged.

The Community Mental Health Service is open Monday to - Friday, 8:30am - 5pm for any enquires.

Address:
7-25 Caroline Chisholm Drive, KYNETON, VIC, 3444

Billing:
No Fee

Wheelchair access:
Yes

CAMHS - Child and adolescent mental health services (0–18 years)
These services are for children and adolescents up to the age of 18 years who have serious emotional disturbance. The target group includes young people with a diagnosable psychiatric disorder whose condition is seriously detrimental to their growth or development and/or who have serious difficulties in their social group or family.

Some children and adolescents are at higher risk of a serious mental disturbance. They include:
• victims of physical, sexual and/or emotional abuse
• those within the welfare and juvenile justice system
• homeless youth
• those from severely disruptive homes
• those whose parents suffer from a mental illness or a dependence on drugs or alcohol
• those with developmental or learning difficulties and/or an intellectual disability
• those with chronic health problems and disabilities
• post-trauma and post-disaster victims.

The Division of Psychiatry's Bendigo Health's CAMHS is community based and offers services to persons aged between 0 - 18 years who are displaying emotional, relationship, personal care, or behavioural disturbances that impact on family and social relationships, and/or school and workplace functioning.

Services to the local area include:

-- Assessment and referral to: acute inpatient; residential and non-residential rehabilitation; and other generic health services

-- Case management

-- Crisis assessment and treatment

-- Mobile intensive support

-- Clinical interventions and treatments.


Additional important components of the services are:

-- Mental health education to carer and community groups

-- Mental health promotion

-- Consultation and liaison with other health workers and agencies

-- Outreach to smaller, more remote centres.


Parent/family work can be provided, but in the context that the work needs to be with the child/adolescent.

Contact: Entry to this service is via the 24 hour Regional Triage Service. For information, advice or an assessment contact the 24 hour Regional Triage Service - 1300 363 788.