Consumer and Carer Resources

Introduction
The Mental Health Council of Australia (MHCA) was contracted to produce consumer and carer education resources for Managing the Mix. The resources will be distributed during 2005 to GPs across the Divisions of General Practice involved in Managing the Mix.

The resources are designed to help people who may not realise they have alcohol, anxiety and/or depression problems, and their carers. The resources are intended to raise awareness that these problems commonly occur together, as well as provide information and advice about risks, treatment options, GP support, and referrals.

This work is part of a government-community-general practice partnership that has been established between the Australian Divisions of General Practice (ADGP), the Australian Governments Departments of Health and Ageing (Drug Strategy Branch, Rural Health and Palliative Care Branch) and Veterans' Affairs (Younger Veterans and VVCS Branch), the Primary Mental Health Care Resource Centre (PARC) at Flinders University, and the Mental Health Council of Australia (MHCA). Funding has been provided by the Alcohol Education and Rehabilitation Foundation (AERF) and the Australian Government.

The Process
On 13 October 2004, the MHCA held a workshop in Melbourne with 5 consumers, 5 carers and 2 clinicians to inform the development of the resources. Following the workshop, draft resources were developed which were widely distributed for comment. Many thanks to all those who provided feedback.

The Resources
Based on feedback from about 100 consumers, carers, clinicians, divisions of general practice staff, mental health workers and drug and alcohol workers, the following 3 resources have been produced. Please note that there may be a slight delay in downloading due to the size of the documents.  Also note that owing to its size, the Pamphlet has been split into 4 sections.

• Poster - Alcohol, Anxiety and Depression Adobe Acrobat 4.39MB
• Fact Sheet - Alcohol, Anxiety and Depression Adobe Acrobat 3.18MB
• Multi-page Pamphlet - Alcohol, Anxiety and Depression Page 1 Adobe Acrobat 3.22MB
  - Multi-page Pamphlet - Alcohol, Anxiety and Depression Page 2 Adobe Acrobat 3.06MB
  - Multi-page Pamphlet - Alcohol, Anxiety and Depression Page 3 Adobe Acrobat 2.46MB
  - Multi-page Pamphlet - Alcohol, Anxiety and Depression Page 4 Adobe Acrobat 187KB
  

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