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, RC, Eagleson, C, Trollor, JN (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
- Walsh JA, Weise J, Eagleson C, Trollor JN, Cvejic RC. (2021) Expert consensus on the operation of an adult tertiary intellectual disability mental health service in New South Wales, Australia. Australasian Psychiatry. 29(6):635-643. doi:10.1177/10398562211014228
Easy Read Report
What we found out from talking to people with intellectual disability
Final report for this project
