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Children of Parents Affected by a Mental Illness Program Update

WA COPMI Committee

Date update submitted 20/6/2003
Program Title WA COPMI Statewide Strategic Committee
Contact Person/s Joyce Lewis-Affleck
Organisation Department of Health, Office of Mental Health
Address 189 Royal Street East Perth Western Australia 6004
State WA
Email Joyce.Lewis-Affleck@health.wa.gov.au
Telephone 08 9222 4018
Facsimile 080 9222 2351
Program Description The role of the Statewide Committee is to ensure that the statewide, systematic initiatives detailed in the Pathways to Resilience: Children of Parents with a Mental Illness Project Report are translated into practical and achievable templates and strategies for implementation. Representatives have been invited from a range of government and non-government agencies. The objectives of the Committee are to:
1. Develop an interagency pathway for COPMI that extends across agencies and age groups from the antenatal period.
2. Develop and obtain agreement for interagency protocols for working with COPMI.
3. Improve data management systems at a statewide level so that COPMI can be identified and tracked across all age and specific population groups.
4. Devise a workforce development strategy for professionals involved with COPMI including:
  • A generic training template and broad training strategy.
  • Dissemination of Best Practice for working with COPMI.
  • Assisting and facilitating integrated service delivery for COPMI.
    • 5. Investigate and recommend research and evaluation priorities and strategies including:
  • Identifying current research, practice and service design across government and non-government agencies.
  • Evaluation of programmes that support COPMI.
  • Collection of prevalence and longitudinal data.
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    Evaluation Information Not yet determined
    Evidence This project draws on past and current reseach available.
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