3DN received funding to initiate a scoping study for a State-Wide Tertiary Intellectual Disability Mental Health Service in New South Wales.
This project aimed to determine and reach consensus on the key priorities and resource requirements of a state-wide tertiary intellectual disability mental health service.
Our specific objectives were to:
- Consult with NSW Health Mental Health services to determine and quantify the need for a tertiary intellectual disability mental health service
- Identify and reach consensus on the key clinical priorities of a tertiary intellectual disability mental health service.
- Determine how this service can best enhance the capacity of the mainstream mental health workforce to meet the needs of people with an intellectual disability and co-occurring mental ill health.
- Determine how this service can meet the needs and provide a timely and quality service to people with an intellectual disability with complex needs.
- Identify the resources required to run a specialist intellectual disability mental health tertiary service.
This project was phase one of a larger project which aims to pilot and evaluate the effectiveness of such a tertiary service in NSW.
Publications from this project
- Weise, J., Cvejic, R. C., Eagleson, C., Trollor, J. N. (2020). A Scoping Study of a Tertiary Intellectual Disability Mental Health Service: A Family Member and Support Person Perspective, Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, DOI: 10.1080/19315864.2020.1753268.
Easy Read Report
What we found out from talking to people with intellectual disability
Final report for this project
