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Message from Lived Experience Carers
Fri, Mar 28
From their own lived experiences of supporting family members with BPD, they know skills and information that will support in the caring role in a way that is sustaining.
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Message from our Lived Experience Consumer
Fri, Mar 28
Meet Ruth, one of our Lived Experience Consumers
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Ambulance attendances involving personality disorder
Fri, Mar 28
Ambulance attendances involving personality disorder – investigation of crisis-driven re-attendances for mental health, alcohol and other drug, and suicide-related events.
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New series of Primary Care workshops launched
Fri, Mar 28
Practical workshops and guide for General Practitioners
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Message from our Lived Experience consumer
Tue, Mar 25
The Cup Theory; Managing Emotions and Stress
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Shining a light on a crucial aspect of mental health
Tue, Mar 25
Connection between sleep, trauma, nightmares, and borderline personality disorder (BPD).
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Personality Disorder and Autism Assessment Clinic at Spectrum (PAACS)
Tue, Mar 25
New service starts at Spectrum. PAACS provides specialised assessment and consultation for consumers, exploring the intersectionality between personality disorder and/or autism.
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Crucial research of how the pandemic shaped the mental health landscape
Thu, Jan 16
We're excited to announce Spectrum has just published a groundbreaking study in the journal Mental Health Science.
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Our 25 Year report
Tue, Jan 07
In 2024, Spectrum celebrated 25 years of service. Read our impact and achievements over this time.
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New Release! Spectrum’s Practical Guide for Victorian Area Mental Health and Wellbeing Services
Tue, Jan 07
Resource based on the best evidence and clinical experience available.
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Crisis responding to meet the needs of people with BPD
Wed, Feb 19
Look at the findings of service utilisation by people diagnosed with BPD during mental health crises.
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Australian Mentalization Based Treatment (MBT) Institute
Tue, Jan 07
Spectrum has formally launched the Australian MBT Institute.
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Supporting DBT in the Victorian public Health Service
Fri, Oct 04
Spectrum are often involved in delivering DBT in various settings and supporting the wider mental health sector to be able to offer this therapy within their services.
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The champions of Spectrum’s training program
Thu, Mar 14
Spectrum has delivered 134 training activities, reaching 4,698 participants including health professionals, carers, families and partners and those newly diagnosed with BPD.
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Building capacity and empowering clinicians in regional Victoria
Thu, Mar 14
Improving access to quality and evidence-based treatment for people with personality disorder and complex trauma is one of Spectrum’s most fundamental goals. When approached by Mildura Base Hospital with a request to run a training series to try and achieve this, our response was: “When do we start?”