Chief Psychiatrist annual report 2019-20 | Report | Administration and reporting |
Making directions for mental health | Fact sheet | Consent and treatment authorities |
Mental Health Court update report - interactive version | Form | Courts and persons charged with offences or in custody |
Psychiatrist report: Flow charts 2(a)–(b) - Report on request | Flow chart | Courts and persons charged with offences or in custody |
Psychiatrist report: Flow chart 3 - Chief Psychiatrist initiative | Flow chart | Courts and persons charged with offences or in custody |
Example instrument of appointment for authorised doctors, for 'Appointment of authorised doctors and authorised mental health practitioners' policy | Template | Administration and reporting |
Psychiatrist report: Flow chart 4 - Determining referral to Mental Health Court | Flow chart | Courts and persons charged with offences or in custody |
Enduring documents (advance health directives and enduring powers of attorney) | Checklist | Consent and treatment authorities |
Chief Psychiatrist annual report 2020-21 | Report | Administration and reporting |
Inpatient treatment of individuals subject to Dangerous Prisoners (Sexual Offenders) Act Orders | Policy | Courts and persons charged with offences or in custody |
Terms of reference for Chief Psychiatrist Complex Care Panel | Terms of reference | Treatment and care |
Referral to complex care panel - interactive version | Form | Treatment and care |
Request for statement of reasons for Tribunal's decision - interactive version | Form | Mental Health Review Tribunal |
Example instrument of appointment for authorised mental health practitioners, for 'Appointment of authorised doctors and authorised mental health practitioners' policy | Template | Administration and reporting |
MHA2016 eLearning course: Modules for authorised doctors and authorised mental health practitioners | Policy | Administration and reporting |
Interstate mental health patients in Queensland | Fact sheet | Transfers, transport and absence |
Mental Health Court: Tips for attending a hearing | Fact sheet | Courts and persons charged with offences or in custody |
Chief Psychiatrist Annual Report 2021-2022 | Report | Administration and reporting |
Application for Information Notice | Form | Victims of crime |
Chief Psychiatrist Annual Report 2022-23 | Report | Administration and reporting |
Queensland Safety Priorities in Mental Health Alcohol and Other Drugs Care | Framework | Treatment and care |
Mental Health Act 2016 Report: Review into the use of Seclusion, Mechanical Restraint and Physical Restraint under the Queensland Mental Health Act 2016 | Report | Seclusion and restraint |
Queensland Health Response to Mental Health Act 2016 Report - Seclusion and restraint | Report | Seclusion and restraint |
Co-occurring substance use disorders and other mental health disorders: Policy position statement for mental health alcohol and other drugs services (2021) | Guideline | |
Rights of family, carers and support people (Mental Health Act 2016) | Video presentation | Patient rights and support |
Your rights at the MHRT (Mental Health Act 2016) | Video presentation | Patient rights and support |
Advance Health Directive for Mental Health - Mental Health Act (Qld) 2016 | Video presentation | Consent and treatment authorities |
How to make a complaint about your treatment and care - Mental Health Act 2016 (Qld) | Video presentation | Patient rights and support |
Your rights to information (Mental Health Act 2016) | Video presentation | Patient rights and support |
Your right to second opinion (Mental Health Act 2016) | Video presentation | Patient rights and support |
Your right for legal representation (Mental Health Act 2016) | Video presentation | Patient rights and support |
Prohibited items in hospital | Video presentation | Searches and security |
What to do if your mental or physical health is getting worse - Mental Health Act 2016 (Qld) | Video presentation | Treatment and care |
Transition of care for young people receiving child and youth mental health services | Guideline | Children and minors |
Chief-Psychiatrist-Annual-Report-2023-24 | Report | Administration and reporting |
Psychiatrist reports for people in custody | Fact sheet | Courts and persons charged with offences or in custody |
Schedule of authorised mental health services and administrators | Policy | Administration and reporting |
Caring for a person experiencing hallucinations | Guideline | Treatment and care |
Director of Mental Health annual report 2014-15 | Report | Administration and reporting |
Memorandum of Understanding between QH and Department of Justice and Attorney-General - Court Liaison Service arrangements (22 February 2012) | Agreement | Information sharing and disclosure |
Director of Mental Health annual report 2013-14 | Report | Administration and reporting |
The Administration of Electroconvulsive Therapy Guideline | Guideline | ECT and regulated treatments |
Operating guidelines between Queensland Health and Queensland Corrective Services (confidential information disclosure) | Guideline | Information sharing and disclosure |
Searches | Fact sheet | Searches and security |
A guide to the Mental Health Act 2016 (MHA16) | Guideline | Treatment and care |
Overview of the Act | Fact sheet | Treatment and care |
Queensland Interagency Agreement for the Safe Transport of People Accessing Mental Health Assessment, Treatment and Care 2019 | Agreement | Transfers, transport and absence |
Patient rights | Fact sheet | Patient rights and support |
Support for victims | Fact sheet | Victims of crime |
Independent patient rights advisers | Fact sheet | Patient rights and support |
Conditions of bail | Fact sheet | Courts and persons charged with offences or in custody |
Magistrates Court | Fact sheet | Courts and persons charged with offences or in custody |
Chief Psychiatrist | Fact sheet | Administration and reporting |
Rights of family, carers and other support persons | Fact sheet | Patient rights and support |
Objects and principles | Fact sheet | Treatment and care |
Treatment and care of minors | Fact sheet | Children and minors |
Seclusion and restraint | Fact sheet | Seclusion and restraint |
Psychiatrist reports | Fact sheet | Courts and persons charged with offences or in custody |
Regulated treatments | Fact sheet | ECT and regulated treatments |
Rural and remote services | Fact sheet | Administration and reporting |
Examination authority process | Flow chart | Examinations and assessments |
Treatment authorities | Fact sheet | Consent and treatment authorities |
Mental Health Court | Fact sheet | Courts and persons charged with offences or in custody |
Classified patients | Fact sheet | Classified patients |
Examination authorities | Fact sheet | Examinations and assessments |
Treatment support orders | Fact sheet | Forensic orders and treatment support orders |
Examinations and assessments | Fact sheet | Examinations and assessments |
Treatment in the community | Fact sheet | Treatment and care |
Emergency examination authorities | Fact sheet | Examinations and assessments |
Transport powers for police officers | Fact sheet | Transfers, transport and absence |
Advance health directives and less restrictive way of treatment | Fact sheet | Consent and treatment authorities |
Mental Health Review Tribunal | Fact sheet | Mental Health Review Tribunal |
Transport of patients | Fact sheet | Transfers, transport and absence |
Transport powers for ambulance officers | Fact sheet | Transfers, transport and absence |
Individuals with an intellectual disability | Fact sheet | Forensic orders and treatment support orders |
Role of nominated support persons | Fact sheet | Patient rights and support |
Transfer of responsibility for patients transferred between services | Fact sheet | Transfers, transport and absence |
Seclusion | Policy | Seclusion and restraint |
Support to the Mental Health Review Tribunal | Policy | Mental Health Review Tribunal |
Patient records | Policy | Administration and reporting |
Clinical need for medication | Policy | Seclusion and restraint |
Classified patients | Policy | Classified patients |
Schedule of administrator delegations under the Mental Health Act 2016 | Template | Administration and reporting |
Physical restraint | Policy | Seclusion and restraint |
Mechanical restraint | Policy | Seclusion and restraint |
Managing involuntary patient absences | Policy | Transfers, transport and absence |
Treatment and care of patients | Policy | Treatment and care |
Electroconvulsive therapy | Policy | ECT and regulated treatments |
Independent patient rights advisers | Policy | Patient rights and support |
Management of complaints and right to a second opinion | Policy | Patient rights and support |
Treatment criteria, assessment of capacity, less restrictive way and advance health directives | Policy | Consent and treatment authorities |
Psychiatrist reports for persons charged with a serious offence | Policy | Courts and persons charged with offences or in custody |
Notifications to the Chief Psychiatrist of critical incidents and non-compliance with the Mental Health Act 2016 | Policy | Administration and reporting |
What you need to discuss with patients: A reference guide for clinicians | Fact sheet | Information sharing and disclosure |
Memorandum of Understanding between QH and Qld Police Service (QPS) - Mental Health Collaboration (15 June 2017) | Agreement | Information sharing and disclosure |
Information Sharing Agreement between Queensland Health and Queensland Corrective Services (confidential information disclosure) dated 14 July 2023 | Agreement | Information sharing and disclosure |
Form of warrant - interactive version | Form | Transfers, transport and absence |
Examination and assessment | Policy | Examinations and assessments |
Transfer recommendation (classified patient) | Form | Classified patients |
Psychiatrist report - print version | Form | Courts and persons charged with offences or in custody |
Classified patient notice event - interactive version | Form | Classified patients |
Notice to administrator: Person not participating in good faith - interactive version | Form | Courts and persons charged with offences or in custody |
Proceedings no longer suspended - interactive version | Form | Classified patients |
Administrator consent (classified patient) - interactive version | Form | Classified patients |
Reduction and elimination plan (seclusion and mechanical restraint) - interactive version | Form | Seclusion and restraint |
Recommendation for assessment - interactive version | Form | Examinations and assessments |
Notice of suspension of proceeding - print version | Form | Courts and persons charged with offences or in custody |
Request for psychiatrist report - interactive version | Form | Courts and persons charged with offences or in custody |
Request to extend timeframe for psychiatrist report - interactive version | Form | Courts and persons charged with offences or in custody |
Chief Psychiatrist direction for psychiatrist report - print version | Form | Courts and persons charged with offences or in custody |
Patient transfer - interactive version | Form | Transfers, transport and absence |
Return to and release from seclusion - interactive version | Form | Seclusion and restraint |
Extension of seclusion - interactive version | Form | Seclusion and restraint |
Custodian consent (classified patient) - interactive version | Form | Classified patients |
Warrant for apprehension of person - interactive version | Form | Transfers, transport and absence |
Clinical note for Physical restraint - interactive version | Form | Seclusion and restraint |
Application for warrant for apprehension of person - interactive version | Form | Transfers, transport and absence |
Transfers and transport | Policy | Transfers, transport and absence |
Revocation of recommendation for assessment - interactive version | Form | Examinations and assessments |
Emergency authorisation of seclusion - interactive version | Form | Seclusion and restraint |
Chief Psychiatrist approval: Temporary absences and limited community treatment for particular patients - interactive version | Form | Transfers, transport and absence |
Limited community treatment (LCT) access and return - interactive version | Form | Treatment and care |
Order or authority amendment - interactive version | Form | Treatment and care |
Advice to Chief Psychiatrist (public interest consideration) - interactive version | Form | Courts and persons charged with offences or in custody |
Authority to transport absent person - interactive version | Form | Transfers, transport and absence |
Revocation of authority to transport absent person - interactive version | Form | Transfers, transport and absence |
Clinical note for Involuntary patient and voluntary high risk patient summary - print version | Form | Treatment and care |
Forensic orders and treatment support orders (amending category, conditions and limited community treatment) | Policy | Forensic orders and treatment support orders |
Examination authorities | Policy | Examinations and assessments |
Application for approval to use mechanical restraint - interactive version | Form | Seclusion and restraint |
Authorisation of mechanical restraint - interactive version | Form | Seclusion and restraint |
Certificate to perform emergency electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) - interactive version | Form | ECT and regulated treatments |
Treatment authority - interactive version | Form | Consent and treatment authorities |
Revocation of treatment authority - interactive version | Form | Consent and treatment authorities |
Treatment authorities | Policy | Consent and treatment authorities |
Outcome of examination under an examination authority - interactive version | Form | Examinations and assessments |
Temporary absence | Policy | Transfers, transport and absence |
Application for information notice - interactive version | Form | Victims of crime |
Application for classified patient information - interactive version | Form | Victims of crime |
Written notices and documents for patients | Fact sheet | Information sharing and disclosure |
Forensic orders | Fact sheet | Forensic orders and treatment support orders |
Application for internal review of a decision about seizure or forfeiture - interactive version | Form | Searches and security |
Treatment and care of patients subject to a forensic order, treatment support order or other identified higher risk patients | Policy | Forensic orders and treatment support orders |
Requests for a psychiatrist report for a serious offence | FAQ | Courts and persons charged with offences or in custody |
Service model guidelines for Independent patient rights advisers | Guideline | Patient rights and support |
Examination order - interactive version | Form | Examinations and assessments |
Examination report - interactive version | Form | Examinations and assessments |
Judicial orders (Examination orders, court examination orders and other judicial orders) | Policy | Courts and persons charged with offences or in custody |
Searches and security | Policy | Searches and security |
Appointment of authorised doctors and authorised mental health practitioners | Policy | Administration and reporting |
Example procedures and applications for appointment, for 'Appointment of authorised doctors and authorised mental health practitioners' policy | Template | Administration and reporting |
Examination orders | FAQ | Examinations and assessments |
Treatment and care of minors | Policy | Children and minors |
Victim information: Classified patients | Fact sheet | Victims of crime |
Court Liaison Service | Policy | Courts and persons charged with offences or in custody |
Request for information from prosecuting authority - interactive version | Form | Courts and persons charged with offences or in custody |
Notification of critical incidents (private sector authorised mental health services) - interactive version | Form | Administration and reporting |
Advance health directives for mental health: Guide and form - print version | Form | Consent and treatment authorities |
Advance health directives - Mental Health Act 2016 | Brochure | Consent and treatment authorities |
Guide to patient rights | Guideline | Patient rights and support |
Nominated support person: Guide and form - interactive version | Form | Patient rights and support |
Know your rights (Poster 1) | Poster | Patient rights and support |
Know your rights (Poster 2) | Poster | Patient rights and support |
Know your rights (Poster 3) | Poster | Patient rights and support |
Revocation or resignation of advance health directive (or appointed attorney) - interactive version | Form | Consent and treatment authorities |
Revocation or resignation of appointed nominated support person - interactive version | Form | Patient rights and support |
Statement of rights | Poster | Patient rights and support |
Support persons brochure - Mental Health Act 2016 | Brochure | Patient rights and support |
Your rights brochure - Mental Health Act 2016 | Brochure | Patient rights and support |
Advance health directives for mental health: Guide and form - interactive version | Form | Consent and treatment authorities |
Role of the Court Liaison Service in the Magistrates Court | Fact sheet | Courts and persons charged with offences or in custody |
Legal representation at tribunal hearings | FAQ | Mental Health Review Tribunal |
Instrument of delegation - Powers and functions of authorised mental health service administrators | Template | Administration and reporting |
Administrator consent (classified patient) - print version | Form | Classified patients |
Application for internal review of a decision about seizure or forfeiture - print version | Form | Searches and security |
Advice to Chief Psychiatrist (public interest consideration) - print version | Form | Courts and persons charged with offences or in custody |
Application for warrant for apprehension of person - print version | Form | Transfers, transport and absence |
Application for classified patient information - print version | Form | Victims of crime |
Application for approval to use mechanical restraint - print version | Form | Seclusion and restraint |
Authorisation of mechanical restraint - print version | Form | Seclusion and restraint |
Authorisation of seclusion - print version | Form | Seclusion and restraint |
Authority to transport absent person - print version | Form | Transfers, transport and absence |
Certificate to perform emergency electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) - print version | Form | ECT and regulated treatments |
Chief Psychiatrist approval: Temporary absences and limited community treatment for particular patients - print version | Form | Transfers, transport and absence |
Patient transfer - print version | Form | Transfers, transport and absence |
Classified patient notice event - print version | Form | Classified patients |
Custodian consent (classified patient) - print version | Form | Classified patients |
Emergency authorisation of seclusion - print version | Form | Seclusion and restraint |
Examination order - print version | Form | Examinations and assessments |
Examination report - print version | Form | Examinations and assessments |
Extension of seclusion - print version | Form | Seclusion and restraint |
Form of warrant - print version | Form | Transfers, transport and absence |
Limited community treatment (LCT) access and return - print version | Form | Treatment and care |
Notice to administrator: Person not participating in good faith - print version | Form | Courts and persons charged with offences or in custody |
Notification of critical incidents (private sector authorised mental health services) - print version | Form | Administration and reporting |
Order or authority amendment - print version | Form | Treatment and care |
Outcome of examination under an examination authority - print version | Form | Examinations and assessments |
Proceedings no longer suspended - print version | Form | Classified patients |
Recommendation for assessment - print version | Form | Examinations and assessments |
Reduction and elimination plan (seclusion and mechanical restraint) - print version | Form | Seclusion and restraint |
Request to extend timeframe for psychiatrist report - print version | Form | Courts and persons charged with offences or in custody |
Request for police assistance - print version | Form | Transfers, transport and absence |
Request for psychiatrist report - print version | Form | Courts and persons charged with offences or in custody |
Return to and release from seclusion - print version | Form | Seclusion and restraint |
Revocation of authority to transport absent person - print version | Form | Transfers, transport and absence |
Revocation of recommendation for assessment - print version | Form | Examinations and assessments |
Revocation of treatment authority - print version | Form | Consent and treatment authorities |
Transfer recommendation (classified patient) - print version | Form | Classified patients |
Treatment authority - print version | Form | Consent and treatment authorities |
Warrant for apprehension of person - print version | Form | Transfers, transport and absence |
Know your rights (Poster 4) | Poster | Patient rights and support |
Arabic - Advance health directives | Brochure | Consent and treatment authorities |
Chinese (simplified) - Advance health directives | Brochure | Consent and treatment authorities |
Chinese (traditional) - Advance health directives | Brochure | Consent and treatment authorities |
Dinka - Advance health directives | Brochure | Consent and treatment authorities |
Japanese - Advance health directives | Brochure | Consent and treatment authorities |
Persian - Advance health directives | Brochure | Consent and treatment authorities |
Samoan - Advance health directives | Brochure | Consent and treatment authorities |
Spanish - Advance health directives | Brochure | Consent and treatment authorities |
Swahili - Advance health directives | Brochure | Consent and treatment authorities |
Tamil - Advance health directives | Brochure | Consent and treatment authorities |
Vietnamese - Advance health directives | Brochure | Consent and treatment authorities |
Arabic - Statement of rights | Brochure | Patient rights and support |
Chinese (simplified) - Statement of rights | Brochure | Patient rights and support |
Dinka - Statement of rights | Brochure | Patient rights and support |
Japanese - Statement of rights | Brochure | Patient rights and support |
Persian - Statement of rights | Brochure | Patient rights and support |
Samoan - Statement of rights | Brochure | Patient rights and support |
Spanish - Statement of rights | Brochure | Patient rights and support |
Swahili - Statement of rights | Brochure | Patient rights and support |
Tamil - Statement of rights | Brochure | Patient rights and support |
Vietnamese - Statement of rights | Brochure | Patient rights and support |
Arabic - Support persons | Brochure | Patient rights and support |
Chinese (simplified) - Support persons | Brochure | Patient rights and support |
Chinese (traditional) - Support persons | Brochure | Patient rights and support |
Dinka - Support persons | Brochure | Patient rights and support |
Japanese - Support persons | Brochure | Patient rights and support |
Persian - Support persons | Brochure | Patient rights and support |
Samoan - Support persons | Brochure | Patient rights and support |
Spanish - Support persons | Brochure | Patient rights and support |
Swahili - Support persons | Brochure | Patient rights and support |
Tamil - Support persons | Brochure | Patient rights and support |
Vietnamese - Support persons | Brochure | Patient rights and support |
Arabic - Your rights | Brochure | Patient rights and support |
Chinese (simplified) - Your rights | Brochure | Patient rights and support |
Chinese (traditional) - Your rights | Brochure | Patient rights and support |
Dinka - Your rights | Brochure | Patient rights and support |
Japanese - Your rights | Brochure | Patient rights and support |
Persian - Your rights | Brochure | Patient rights and support |
Samoan - Your rights | Brochure | Patient rights and support |
Spanish - Your rights | Brochure | Patient rights and support |
Swahili - Your rights | Brochure | Patient rights and support |
Tamil - Your rights | Brochure | Patient rights and support |
Vietnamese - Your rights | Brochure | Patient rights and support |
Chinese (traditional) - Statement of rights | Brochure | Patient rights and support |
Model of service for Mental health support of police negotiator program (March 2017) | Guideline | Information sharing and disclosure |
Department of Forensic Disability: Application for information notice - interactive version | Form | Victims of crime |
Department of Forensic Disability: Application for information notice - print version | Form | Victims of crime |
Director of Mental Health annual report 2015-16 | Report | Administration and reporting |
Chief Psychiatrist annual report 2016-17 | Report | Administration and reporting |
Absent without approval (AWA) pathway | Flow chart | Transfers, transport and absence |
Tips for making application to the Mental Health Review Tribunal for step down | Fact sheet | Forensic orders and treatment support orders |
Assessment and Risk Management Committee evaluation report (December 2017) | Report | Administration and reporting |
Care of forensic order (disability) patients | FAQ | Forensic orders and treatment support orders |
A Guide to Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) for Consumers and Carers | Guideline | ECT and regulated treatments |
Information about electroconvulsive therapy (ECT): A fact sheet for you and your family | Brochure | ECT and regulated treatments |
Chief Psychiatrist annual report 2017-18 | Report | Administration and reporting |
Agreement between Queensland and New South Wales - Interstate application of mental health laws (16 November 2018) | Agreement | Transfers, transport and absence |
Agreement between Queensland and New South Wales - Interstate application of mental health laws: Civil interstate transfer notice | Form | Transfers, transport and absence |
Agreement between Queensland and New South Wales - Interstate application of mental health laws: Request to apprehend | Form | Transfers, transport and absence |
Audit tool: Facilities and support provided to the Mental Health Review Tribunal, for 'Support to the Mental Health Review Tribunal' policy | Checklist | Mental Health Review Tribunal |
Notification to Chief Psychiatrist of significant non-compliance with the Act - interactive version | Form | Administration and reporting |
Seclusion: Flow chart 1 - Seclusion and emergency seclusion | Flow chart | Seclusion and restraint |
Seclusion: Flow chart 2 - Reduction and elimination plan | Flow chart | Seclusion and restraint |
Evaluation of the Mental Health Act 2016 implementation | Report | Administration and reporting |
Evaluation of the Mental Health Act 2016 implementation highlights report | Report | Administration and reporting |
Violence risk assessment and management framework, mental health, alcohol and other drug services | Framework | Treatment and care |
Acute sedation: Using medicine to calm (adult mental health) | Fact sheet | Seclusion and restraint |
Acute sedation: Using medicine to calm (child and youth mental health) | Fact sheet | Seclusion and restraint |
Capacity assessment for adults - print version | Form | Consent and treatment authorities |
Capacity assessment for child and youth - print version | Form | Children and minors |
Guide for using the 'Capacity assessment for adults' form | Guideline | Consent and treatment authorities |
Guide for using the 'Capacity assessment for child and youth' form | Guideline | Children and minors |
Decision maker information checklist for Child and Youth Mental Health Services | Checklist | Children and minors |
Guide for using the 'Decision maker information checklist for Child and Youth Mental Health Services' | Guideline | Children and minors |
Decision making for adults | Flow chart | Consent and treatment authorities |
Decision making for child and youth | Flow chart | Children and minors |
Less restrictive way | Guideline | Treatment and care |
Physical restraint (adult mental health) | Fact sheet | Seclusion and restraint |
Physical restraint (child and youth mental health) | Fact sheet | Seclusion and restraint |
Classified patients: Flow chart 1 - Transport for assessment | Flow chart | Classified patients |
Classified patients: Flow chart 2 - Transport for treatment and care | Flow chart | Classified patients |
Chief Psychiatrist annual report 2018-19 | Report | Administration and reporting |
Overnight confinement for security purposes at high security units | Policy | Seclusion and restraint |
Advance health directives (AHD), enduring powers of attorney (EPOA), guardians and administrators: Guide and form | Guideline | Consent and treatment authorities |
Guidelines for preparing psychiatrist reports (Chapter 4 reports) | Guideline | Courts and persons charged with offences or in custody |
Determining if a recommendation for assessment can be made | Flow chart | Examinations and assessments |
Magistrates examination order | Flow chart | Examinations and assessments |
Psychiatrist report: Flow chart 1 - Overview | Flow chart | Courts and persons charged with offences or in custody |