Inside Outside Recovery Project

The Mental Health Commission of NSW wants to learn about your experience with the justice and forensic mental health systems and invites you to fill in this survey. It will take about 10-20 minutes.

The answers that you give are anonymous and are kept private. Please note that each page is saved when you use the "Next" button (so you can continue from the same place if the connection is lost).

By filling in this survey you will help the Commission to have a better understanding about what works well and what doesn’t work so well in the justice and forensic mental health systems when it comes to recovery and trauma-informed care.

If you would like updates about this project, please give us your email address. You’ll be asked for this at the end of the survey. You can also choose to have your responses sent to your email address.

For more information or help with answering the survey please contact Leanne Craze, the lead researcher – Leanne.Craze@bigpond.com or 0408 869 051.
 
If you would like a paper copy of the survey, or if the website isn’t working please contact Ross - Ross.Craze@bigpond.com or T 02 4625 777 or M 0428 242 879.

If you are not happy with this survey please contact Elizabeth Hewitt from the Commission at Elizabeth.Hewitt@mhc.nsw.gov.au or 02 9859 5234.

This survey is open until 21st March 2017.
Before you start, here are a couple of key definitions.

In this survey we use some words that are common in mental health practice, but most people do not use them in the same way. This is what we mean:

Recovery – This is whatever it means to you to be well. A common way of talking about recovery is that it is about being able to create and live a meaningful life where you feel like you add something to the people around you. With or without experiencing mental health issues.

Recovery approaches – This is about how mental health professionals and others work with you with you and whether they recognise that you are the expert in your own life. You get to make decisions about what recovery means to you and what you need to do to get there.

Trauma informed approaches - This means that service providers recognise that traumatic experiences are common and the service provider is sensitive to how this might affect you. Most importantly, a trauma informed approach means the service provider doesn’t make things worse.

Forensic mental health systems and settings – This refers to services provided by the NSW Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network (JHFMHN) including for example: the Statewide Community and Court Liaison Service (SCCLS), Community Correctional Mental Health Service (CCMHS) and Community Forensic Mental Health Service (CFMHS), inpatient services in the community including in the forensic units at Bloomfield, Cumberland and Morisset hospitals, services provided by Community Mental Health Teams and mental health services provided to the Forensic and Long Bay Hospitals. Working alongside this network is a range of non-government organisations providing primary health care, housing, psycho-social and recovery support, drug and alcohol services, counselling, education and training, employment and other services.

Justice system and settings – This means an adult correctional facility or a youth justice facility or service as well as programs provided in the community.

Who this survey is for - This survey is for people with mental health issues who have past or current contact with the justice and/or forensic mental heath systems including for example in:

    - a hospital
    - a correctional or justice facility
    - the community under a mental health order
    - the community on probation, on parole or on another correctional or court order.

Question Title

* 1. Are you still in contact with the justice system and/or forensic mental health system?

 
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