Mental Health Act 2014 resources
The resources listed below are available to consumers, family and carers and mental health professionals to download and print for use.
Due to resource constraints we are unable to provide hard copies, however professionally printed copies can be ordered from Quality Press in Welshpool, who hold the print-ready files and can provide hard copies at reasonable costs. The minimum order quantity per brochure/item is 50.
Please contact: Amit Shah on 6254 9999 or amit@qualitypress.com.au (secondary, general, contact if needed: info@qualitypress.com.au)
Brochures
- Being referred to a psychiatrist for an examination
- Community treatment orders
- Information for personal support persons
- Information for voluntary patients
- Inpatient treatment orders
- Nominated persons
- Receiving treatment for a Mental Illness
These brochures have been translated into other languages. Translated brochures are available in Resources in different languages.
Resources for mental health professionals
- Fact Sheet: Information Sharing - Clinicians' Powers and Responsibilities
- Clinicians’ eLearning package – (recommended for all mental health service staff) If you are a new user please register and create a log-in
- Clinicians' Practice Guide - published by the Chief Psychiatrist, the guide sets out to explain the Mental Health Act 2014, suggest how it should be interpreted and outline practices to adopt when performing a function under the Act
- Checklists
Community Treatment Order
Inpatient Treatment Order - Flowcharts
Community treatment order
Inpatient treatment order in a general hospital
Inpatient treatment order in an authorised hospital - Posters
Charter of Mental Health Care Principles
Consumer and Carer eLearning MHA 2014
List of MHA Forms
List of Notifiable Events
Resources for referrers to mental health services
A medical practitioner or an authorised mental health practitioner can refer a person for an examination by a psychiatrist under a Form 1A – Referral when they suspect that the person is in need of an involuntary treatment order.
There are new rules under the Mental Health Act 2014 about how assessments should be conducted, the criteria for making the referral, and the referral process.
- Factsheet: Information Sharing - Clinicians' Powers and Responsibilities
- eLearning - If you are a new user please register and create a log-in
- Information sheet - key information about requirements related to referrals
Information for referring practitioners
Information for staff at NGOs
Information for staff at private psychiatric hostels - Flowchart - a visual guide to the referral process under the MHA 2014
Examination of a person at a place other than an authorised hospital
Examination of a person at an authorised hospital
Resources for people experiencing mental illness
If you have a mental illness you may be seeing a health professional about treatment. Most people receive treatment without the mental health laws applying to them. This is because the focus of the laws are on the rights of referred persons and involuntary patients.
As of 30 November 2015 the mental health law in Western Australia is the Mental Health Act 2014. This law gives you rights and protections. The resources below give you information about the law in a variety of formats.
People who have accessed mental health services are sometimes referred to as ‘consumers’. Consumers have been closely involved in the drafting of the law as well as the development of the resources below:
- eLearning – how mental health law applies to people experiencing mental illness as well as their support persons
- Fact sheets - further opinions and the Charter of Mental Health Care Principles
Further opinions fact sheet
Charter of Mental Health Care Principles - Handbook – written by consumers for consumers
Consumer handbook to the Mental Health Act 2014
Resources for people supporting a person with a mental illness
Most people receive treatment for a mental illness without the mental health laws applying to them. This is because the focus of the Mental Health Act 2014 is on involuntary patients.
If you are a carer, close family member, nominated person, parent or guardian of someone with a mental illness you may be their ‘personal support person’. The Act recognises the importance of this role and provides personal support persons with rights.
- eLearning – If you are a new user please register and create a log-in
- Factsheets -
Further opinions fact sheet
Charter of Mental Health Care Principles - Handbook – written by carers for carers
Resources for non-government organisations and private psychiatric hostels
The Mental Health Act 2014 applies to non-government and private organisations. What this means for staff is explained below:
For a deeper understanding of the new law, complete the eLearning package.
Resources for Transport Officers
The Mental Health Act 2014 creates a new role – Transport Officers, whose job is to carry out transport orders. Transport orders are made where a referred person or involuntary patient needs to be transported from one place to another, and there is no other safe alternative.
- eLearning package - If you are a new user please register and create a log-in
- Information booklet