There are many resources and tools that support the work of professionals in the mental health field.

Aboriginal people

• Aboriginal Older People’s Mental Health - Resources for Local Health District SMHSOP Services 2015
• Working with Aboriginal People: Enhancing Clinical Practice in Mental Health Care

Children and adolescents

• Getting on track in time - Got it! : Program Delivery Implementation Guidelines
• NSW Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) Competency Framework

Eating disorders

• NSW Eating Disorders Tool Kit: A practice-based guide to the inpatient management of children and adolescents with eating disorders
• A Plan for People with Eating Disorders - Summary
• NSW Service Plan for People with Eating Disorders 2013-2018
• Guidelines for the Inpatient Management of Adult Eating Disorders in General Medical and Psychiatric Settings in NSW

Emergency

• Mental Health for Emergency Departments - A Reference Guide
• Suicide Risk Assessment and Management Protocols: Emergency Department
• The Rural Mental Health Emergency and Critical Care Access Plan

Intellectual disability

• Intellectual Disability Mental Health Core Competencies Framework: A Manual for Mental Health
• Mental Health Care for People with an Intellectual Disability: Online Training

General

Connecting With Carers is Everybody's Business - A training resource for family friendly mental health services

Mental Health Outcomes and Assessment Tools (MH-OAT)

• MH-OAT for health professionals
• Clinical information about MH-OAT
• MH-OAT copyright notices

Related link

Men​tal Health Outcomes Assessment Tool (MH-OAT) - adults and older people

Pathways to Community Living

• Pathways to Community Living - Information for staff
• Pathways to Community Living - Information for staff fact sheet
• My Choice: Pathways to Community Living Initiatives and Aged Care Assessment Team (ACAT) fact sheet
• PCLI capacity and the law - frequently asked questions
• PCLI information for consumers and carers

Older people

• Aboriginal OPMH: Resources for LHD SMHSOP 2015
• Assessment and Management of People with Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD): A Handbook for NSW Health Clinicians
• Core Competencies and Measurement Criteria for Beginning Clinicians in Specialist Mental Health Services for Older People (SMHSOP)
• Dementia Care Competency and Training Network
• My Choice: Pathways to Community Living Initiative and Aged Care Assessment Team (ACAT) Fact Sheet
• NSW Older People's Mental Health Recovery-oriented Practice Improvement Project - Statewide Project Report
• Older People’s Mental Health: Recovery Toolkit
• Specialist Mental Health Services for Older People (SMHSOP): Acute Inpatient Unit Model of Care Project Report
• Suicide Prevention for Older People - Training Manual
• Specialist Mental Health Services for Older People (SMHSOP) Core Competencies for Beginning Community Clinicians Resource Booklet

Suicide

• Resources for health professionals
• Framework for Suicide Risk Assessment and Management for NSW Health Staff
• Suicide Risk Assessment and Management Protocols: Emergency Department
• Suicide Risk Assessment and Management Protocols: General Community Health Service
• Suicide Risk Assessment and Management Protocols: Community Mental Health Service
• Suicide Risk Assessment and Management Protocols: General Hospital Ward
• Suicide Risk Assessment and Management Protocols: Justice Health Long Bay Hospital
• Suicide Risk Assessment and Management Protocols: Mental-Health-In-Patient Unit
• Suicide Prevention for Older People - Training Manual