Media information menu

• Home
• Common Myths
• Facts, statistics and definitions
• Facts - Qld system
• Statistics
• Commonly used terms
• Flow charts
• Media reporting
• Reporting in the media
• Victims of crime
• Media contacts
• Key parts of the system
• Mental Health Act 2000 (Qld)
• Mental Health Court
• Mental Health Review Tribunal
• Public mental health services
• Mental illness as a defence
• Entering the system
• Someone is linked to a mental health service
• Someone is not linked to a mental health service
• Limited Community Treatment
• Background
• Resource development
• Acknowledgements
• Contact us
• Feedback form

This resource was developed following with input from a range of media professionals and members of the Mindframe team (Australian Government’s National Mindframe Media Initiative ).

 

Our thanks to:

 

Roger Patching

Associate Professor, Journalism

Bond University

 

Dr Michael Meadows

Associate Professor, Journalism

Griffith University

 

Dr Susan Forde

Senior Lecturer, Journalism

Griffith University

 

Jaelea Skehan

Program Manager (Mindframe)

Hunter Institute of Mental Health

 

Martin O’Connor

Senior Project Officer (Mindframe)

Hunter Institute of Mental Health

 

Sharon Broadley

Media Communications & Marketing Advisor

Mental Health Branch, Queensland Health

top of page