The following clinical guidelines and resources have been developed by:

  • the Mental Health, Alcohol and Other Drugs Branch and the clinical governance unit
  • Clinical Excellence Queensland.

These resources are designed to:

  • provide guidance for health care providers including public and private service providers
  • improve care and support for people experiencing mental illness, problematic drug use and suicidality
  • strengthen safety and quality within Queensland's mental health, alcohol and other drugs service system.

You can also find more Queensland Health guidelines including the online clinical guidelines for:

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Resource name Resource type
Agreement with Parole Board Queensland (for confidential information disclosure)Agreement
Making directions for mental healthFact sheet
Confidential Information Disclosure between Queensland Health and the Parole Board QueenslandGuideline
Evaluation Framework for the Adolescent Extended Treatment Centre (AETC) - Preliminary ReportReport
Evaluation Framework for the Adolescent Extended Treatment Centre (AETC) - Final Summary ReportReport
Application for prescribing approval for QOTP approved opioids (QOTP – Patient Class) Medicines and Poisons Act 2019Form
Application for a prescribing approval for approved opioids (QOTP - Shared Care) - Medicines and Poisons Act 2019Form
Evolve Therapeutic Services (ETS) Model of ServiceReport
Improving the physical health and wellbeing of MHAOD consumer - consultation summaryReport
Youth Step Up Step Down Model of ServiceReport
Authorised alternative supplier site nomination template formTemplate
Queensland Opioid Treatment Program (QOTP) prescriber typesGuideline
Queensland Opioid Dependence Treatment Guidelines 2023Guideline
Pharmacist Administration of Long-Acting Injectable BuprenorphineFact sheet
Requirements for drug checking services in QueenslandGuideline
Queensland Opioid Treatment ProgramGuideline
Queensland Safety Priorities in Mental Health Alcohol and Other Drugs CareFramework
Mental Health Community Support Services – psychosocial supportsReport
Lived Experience (Peer) Workforce FrameworkFramework
Admission of children and adolescents to acute mental health inpatient unitsGuideline
Co-occurring substance use disorders and other mental health disorders: Policy position statement for mental health alcohol and other drugs services (2021)Guideline
Medication management within mental health alcohol and other drugs servicesGuideline
Mental health intensive care unitsGuideline
Pharmacological management of acute behavioural disturbance management in Queensland mental health alcohol and other drugs inpatient servicesGuideline
Safe and quality use of clozapine in Mental Health Alcohol and Other Drugs (MHAOD) ServicesGuideline
Safe and quality use of clozapine in Mental Health Alcohol and Other Drugs (MHAOD) ServicesGuideline
Safe and quality use of clozapine in mental health alcohol and other drugs servicesGuideline
Sexual health and safety guidelines for mental health, alcohol and other drug servicesGuideline
Working with parents: Guidance for mental health, alcohol and other drugs servicesGuideline
Therapeutic Visual Observation for Mental Health and Alcohol and Other Drugs ServicesReport
Suicide Prevention PracticeGuideline
Queensland Opioid Treatment Program (QOTP)Fact sheet
Queensland Safety and Quality Improvement Framework in MHAOD CareFramework
Queensland Safety and Quality Improvement Framework in MHAOD Care posterFramework
Queensland Safety Priorities in Mental Health Alcohol and Other Drugs Care posterframework
Information sharing between mental health staff, consumers, family, carers, nominated support persons and othersGuideline
The Administration of Electroconvulsive Therapy GuidelineGuideline
Operating guidelines between Queensland Health and Queensland Corrective Services (confidential information disclosure)Guideline
Clinical need for medicationPolicy
Information Sharing Agreement between Queensland Health and Queensland Corrective Services (confidential information disclosure) dated 14 July 2023Agreement
Model of service for Mental health support of police negotiator program (March 2017)Guideline
Preliminary Model of Service (Adolescent Extended Treatment Facility) website consultationReport
A Guide to Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) for Consumers and CarersGuideline
Lived Experience Engagement and Participation Strategy 2018 – 2021 Strategy
Jacaranda Place - Queensland Adolescent Extended Treatment Centre - Model of ServicePoster
Violence risk assessment and management framework, mental health, alcohol and other drug servicesFramework
Acute sedation: Using medicine to calm (adult mental health)Fact sheet
Acute sedation: Using medicine to calm (child and youth mental health)Fact sheet
Lived Experience (Peer) Workforce FrameworkFramework
State-wide Adolescent Extended Treatment (AET) Model of Service (MOS)Report
Queensland Health funded Mental Health Community Support Services - Specialist and Statewide Programs 2022List of services
Queensland Health funded Mental Health Community Support Services -2022List of services
Queensland Health funded Mental Health Community Support Services Programs: Eligibility and referral pathwaysPoster
Mental Health Community Support Services Program Guidelines: Individual Recovery Support – Transition from Correctional Facilities ProgramGuideline
Mental Health Community Support Services Program Guidelines: Individual Recovery Support Program & Group Based Peer Recovery Support ProgramGuideline
Mental Health Community Support Services Program Guidelines: Individuals at Risk of Homelessness ProgramGuideline
Day Program Model of Service Queensland Public Mental Health Services - February 2020Report
State-wide Adolescent Extended Treatment - Model of ServiceReport
Assessment of capacity and less restrictive wayFlow chart

Last updated: 16 October 2024