There are a range of specialist mental health services that are specifically targeted to Victorians with severe and complex illnesses that are offered in a smaller number of health services and support the needs of a broader area catchment or the state.
High quality mental health services in Victoria support people with a mental illness by providing acute, subacute, specialist, residential and inpatient community services, and community support services.
These services provide people with a mental illness with the best treatment and care possible to support their long term recovery goals and participation in community life.
Government, non government and private organisations in hospitals and in the community provide these services.
Acute mental health services
Acute inpatient and community intervention services provide support to people with a mental illness.
Severe and complex illness
There are a range of specialist mental health services that are specifically targeted to Victorians with severe and complex illnesses that are offered in a smaller number of health services and support the needs of a broader area catchment or the state.
Subacute mental health services
Subacute services provide transitional treatment and rehabilitation to minimise the need for hospitalisation.
Specialist mental health services
Specialist mental health services offer support to people with particular clinical conditions or with high-level needs and conditions that severely impair their ability to function in daily life.
Forensic mental health services
Forensicare delivers inpatient and community forensic mental health services across Victoria.
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