Contacts and resources
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Contacts
AMHS staff can access contact information on either QHEPS or the Private AMHS portal including:
- the Chief Psychiatrist (and Office of the Chief Psychiatrist)
- key contacts in:
- your authorised mental health service
- the Queensland Ambulance Service
- the Queensland Police Service
Resources
Chief Psychiatrist policies
Main policies
Other policies
- Classified patients (PDF 338 kB)
- Examination and assessment (PDF 462 kB)
- Examination authorities (PDF 290 kB)
- Judicial orders (Examination orders, court examination orders and other judicial orders) (PDF 201 kB)
- Mechanical restraint (PDF 307 kB)
Guidelines
- Acute behavioural disturbance management (including acute sedation) for adults (PDF 226 kB)
- Acute behavioural disturbance management (including acute sedation) for children and adolescents (PDF 396 kB)
- Information sharing between mental health staff, consumers, family, carers, nominated support persons and others
(PDF 315 kB) - Police and ambulance intervention plans–available on QHEPS (opens in a new window)
Fact sheets
- Transport and patients required to return (PDF 98 kB)
- Transport powers for ambulance officers (PDF 231 kB)
- Transport powers for police officers (PDF 247 kB)
- Returning patients absent from an interstate mental health service
(PDF 252 kB)
Agreements
- Memorandum of understanding between Queensland Health and Queensland Police Service (mental health collaboration) (PDF 257 kB)
- Queensland interagency safe transport agreement (PDF 1632 kB)
Forms (including example scenarios)
Main forms
| Name | Location |
|---|---|
| 'Absent without approval' prevention and response plan | Check with your authorised mental health service for a copy (as these forms are locally developed) |
| Authority to transport absent person | In CIMHA–this 'MHA form' is in the Absence from Ax / Tx category |
| Police and ambulance intervention plan | In CIMHA–this 'clinical note' is in the Emergency planning and interventions category |
| Request for police assistance | In CIMHA–this 'MHA form' is in the Absence from Ax / Tx category |
| Revocation of authority to transport absent person | In CIMHA–this 'MHA form' is in the Absence from Ax / Tx category |
Other forms
| Name | Location |
|---|---|
| Acute management plan | In CIMHA–this 'clinical note' is in the Emergency planning and interventions category |
| Application for warrant for apprehension of person | In CIMHA–this 'MHA form (scanned)' is in the Absence from Ax / Tx category |
| Application for approval to use mechanical restraint | In CIMHA–this 'MHA form' is in the Mechanical restraint category |
| Authorisation of mechanical restraint | In CIMHA–this 'MHA form' is in the Mechanical restraint category |
| Form of warrant | In CIMHA–this 'MHA form (scanned)' is in the Absence from Ax / Tx category |
| Warrant for apprehension of person | In CIMHA–this 'MHA form' is in the Absence from Ax / Tx category |
| Written notice of relevant patient's absence | Available on the Mental Health Review Tribunal website |
| Written notice of relevant patient's return | Available on the Mental Health Review Tribunal website |