Leadership

Leadership resources


  • Consumer leadership articles
    • Remote or related? A mental health service user's perspective on leadership

      Journal article: Carr, S., (2010), Remote or related? A mental health service user's perspective on leadership. The International Journal of Leadership in Public Services, (6)2:20-24
      Provider: Neil-Turton Lane
      Target audience: Service leadership, Managers, Consumer leaders

    • Taking a lead from the users of mental health care services

      Journal article: Dent, N., (2011), Taking a lead from the users of mental health care services. The International Journal of Leadership in Public Services, (7)4:304-313
      Provider: Neil-Turton Lane
      Target audience: Service leadership, Managers, Consumer leaders

    • Service user leadership: training and development for service users to take the lead

      Journal article: Newton, A., Beales, A., Collins, D.A., Basset, T., (2013), Service user leadership: training and development for service users to take the lead. The Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice, (8)3:134-140
      Provider: Neil-Turton Lane
      Target audience: Service leadership, Managers, Consumer leaders

    • Leadership for empowerment and equality: a proposed model for mental health user/survivor leadership

      Journal article: O'Hagan, M., (2010), Leadership for empowerment and equality: a proposed model for mental health user/survivor leadership. The International Journal of Leadership in Public Services, (5)4:34-43
      Provider: Neil-Turton Lane
      Target audience: Service leadership, Managers, Consumer leaders

    • Gareth Edwards: Positive Thinking (NZ)

      Gareth created Positive Thinking so that he, and like-minded people, could shape better health, disability and social services using personal experience, academic excellence and balanced view of how services are provided and used
      Provider: Psych Action & Training Group, University of Melbourne
      Target audience: General

    • Rachel Waddingham: Behind the Label (UK)

      This site includes some of my thoughts and reflections on my ongoing journey, my experiences of working in the mental health field and some of the initiatives that inspire me
      Provider: Psych Action & Training Group, University of Melbourne
      Target audience: Consumer workforce

  • Alternative approaches
    • Madness Radio (US)

      Madness Radio: Voices And Visions from Outside Mental Health explores 'madness' from beyond conventional perspectives and mainstream treatments, featuring survivors, authors, advocates, professionals, and artists
      Provider: Psych Action & Training Group, University of Melbourne
      Target audience: General

    • Talking About Voices on BBC Radio

      Rachel Waddingham talks to the BBC about voice hearing
      Provider: Psych Action & Training Group, University of Melbourne
      Target audience: General

    • Daniel Mackler: Alternatives to psychiatry

      Daniel Mackler shares his documentary films on alternatives to psychiatry
      Provider: Centre for Psychiatric Nursing
      Target audience: General

    • Daniel Mackler: Open Dialogue

      Daniel Mackler's documentary film "Open Dialogue: an alternative Finnish approach to healing psychosis"
      Provider: Centre for Psychiatric Nursing
      Target audience: General

    • Eleanor Longden: The Voices in My Head TED talk

      TED talk
      Provider: Centre for Psychiatric Nursing
      Target audience: General

    • MindFreedom

      MindFreedom is an independent grassroots coalition of activists working for human rights in the mental health system
      Provider: Psych Action & Training Group, University of Melbourne
      Target audience: General

    • The Icarus Project (US)

      The Icarus Project are a support network and media project by and for people who experience the world in ways that are often diagnosed as mental illness
      Provider: Psych Action & Training Group, University of Melbourne
      Target audience: General

    • Voices Vic website (VIC)

      Voices Vic is a statewide specialist program led by people with a lived experience, which seeks to improve the lives of people who hear voices
      Provider: Psych Action & Training Group, University of Melbourne
      Target audience: General

    • Co-production: Putting principles into practice

      Co-production: putting principles into practice in mental health contexts
      Provider: Cath Roper, Flick Grey & Emma Cadogan
      Target audience: General

  • Lived experience workforce
  • Peer support
    • Peer Support Values (Graham Panther)

      Discussion piece
      Provider: Mind Australia
      Target audience: Peer support workers, All

    • Peer Support: A Theoretical Perspective

      Journal article: Mead, S., Hilton, D., Curtis, L., (2001). Peer Support: A Theoretical Perspective. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 25(2):134-141
      Provider: Centre for Psychiatric Nursing
      Target audience: Service providers, Peer support workers

    • Allan Pinches Consumer Collaborative Research on Peer Support

      Consumer Allan Pinches talks about Consumer Collaborative research as a key enabler for peer support, Mind Colloquium
      Provider: Psych Action & Training Group, University of Melbourne
      Target audience: General

    • Centre for Excellence Peer Support (VIC)

      The Centre for Excellence in Peer Support (CEPS) provides a centralised specialist clearinghouse and online resoruce centre for mental health peer support
      Provider: Psych Action & Training Group, University of Melbourne
      Target audience: General

    • Intentional Peer Support (US)

      Peer Support is a way of thinking about and inviting transformative relationships between people. Practitioners learn to use relationships to see things from new angles, develop greater awareness of personal and relational patterns, and support and challenge each other in trying new things.
      Provider: Psych Action & Training Group, University of Melbourne
      Target audience: General

    • PeerZone (NZ)

      PeerZone was developed by Mary O'Hagan Sara McCook Weir and other peers in New Zealand...PeerZone is a series of three hour peer-led workshops in mental health and addition where people explore recovery and whole of life wellbeing.
      Provider: Psych Action & Training Group, University of Melbourne
      Target audience: General

    • Together for Mental Wellbeing: Peer2Peer (UK)

      Peer2Peer is an established user-led network of peer support experts hosted by the National Survivor User Network
      Provider: Psych Action & Training Group, University of Melbourne
      Target audience: General

  • Policy and reform
    • The National Mental Health Consumer and Carer Forum (AUS)

      The National Mental Health Consumer and Carer Forum (NMHCCF) is the combined national voice for consumers and carers participating in the development of mental health policy and sector development in Australia
      Provider: Psych Action & Training Group, University of Melbourne
      Target audience: General

    • National Service Users Network for Mental Health (UK)

      The NSUN network for mental health is an independent, service-user-led charity that connects people with experience of mental health issues to give us a stronger voice in shaping policy and services
      Provider: Psych Action & Training Group, University of Melbourne
      Target audience: General

  • Organisational resource
    • Together for Mental Wellbeing: Service User Involvement Directorate (UK)

      Our Service User Involvement Directorate works in a variety of ways to give users of our mental health services a voice at every level of Together and to raise awareness of mental health issues more widely
      Provider: Psych Action & Training Group, University of Melbourne
      Target audience: General

    • Working to Recovery, Ron Coleman (UK)

      The Working to Recovery Team work right across the age spectrum from the young to older people, spanning the service provision of mental health, from psychosis, addictions, self harm and sexual abuse
      Provider: Psych Action & Training Group, University of Melbourne
      Target audience: General

    • Helen Glover: Enlightened Consultants (QLD)

      Enlightened Consultants is a bespoke training and consultancy company that supports community and health based organisations to achieve their best, and to help them thrive in delivering services to people in need
      Provider: Psych Action & Training Group, University of Melbourne
      Target audience: General

  • Resource centre
    • National Empowerment Centre (NEC) (US)

      NEC staff and consultants bring unique experience in organising and developing consumer-run organisations, and helping individuals and groups develop the knowledge and ability to transform the mental health service system toward a more recovery-oriented and consumer-and-family-driven approach
      Provider: Psych Action & Training Group, University of Melbourne
      Target audience: General

    • National Mental Health Consumers' Self-Help Clearinghouse (US)

      The National Mental Health Consumers' Self-Help Clearinghouse is the nation's first peer-run national technical assistance centre and, has played a major role in the development of the mental health consumer/survivor/ex-patient (c/s/x) movement
      Provider: Psych Action & Training Group, University of Melbourne
      Target audience: General

    • Our Consumer Place (VIC)

      Our Consumer Place is a resource centre run entirely by people diagnosed with "mental illness" (we choose to call ourselves "consumers"). We provide information, training, support and advice to consumer-developed groups and projects.
      Provider: Psych Action & Training Group, University of Melbourne
      Target audience: General

  • Peak organisation
    • NSW Consumer Advisory Group – Mental Health Inc (NSW CAG)

      NSW CAG is the independent, state-wide peak organisation for people with a lived experience of mental illness (consumers). We work with consumers to achieve and support systemic change.
      Provider: Psych Action & Training Group, University of Melbourne
      Target audience: General

    • Consumers of Mental Health WA (Inc) (CoMHWA)

      CoMHWA, is a non-profit, community based organisation dedicated to supporting mental health reform and recovery of people with lived experience of mental health issues. CoMHWA is led by consumers, for consumers
      Provider: Psych Action & Training Group, University of Melbourne
      Target audience: General

    • Queensland Voice

      Queensland Voice for Mental Health Inc is the peak representative body for Consumers and Carers of Mental Health services in Queensland
      Provider: Psych Action & Training Group, University of Melbourne
      Target audience: General

    • Victorian Mental Illness Awareness Council

      The Vicotrian Mental Illness Awareness Council is the peak Victorian non-government organisation for people with lived experience of mental health or emotional issues
      Provider: Psych Action & Training Group, University of Melbourne
      Target audience: General

  • Consumer leaders' website
    • Indigo Daya (VIC)

      This website is about recovery and transformation: for you, for people you support, for communities, for organisations and for the mental health sector
      Provider: Psych Action & Training Group, University of Melbourne
      Target audience: General

    • Merinda Epstein (VIC)

      My aims for this website include exposing some of the myths around mental illness, the social stigma attached to treatment, and the political and bureaucratic machinations of funding and treatment
      Provider: Psych Action & Training Group, University of Melbourne
      Target audience: General

    • Rufus May (UK)

      The website will connect you with past articles, interviews and other media I have taken part in. Also it has details of books, magazines, training events and organisations that promote positive approaches to emotional health and recovery
      Provider: Psych Action & Training Group, University of Melbourne
      Target audience: General