Statewide and Tertiary Mental Health Services
State Forensic Mental Health Service (SFMHS)
The State Forensic Mental Health Services (SFMHS) is in charge of the forensic mental health services in Western Australia. The service assesses and cares for people who come from the courts and prisons. The service is comprised of a maximum-secured inpatient psychiatric hospital (Frankland Centre), a community program and a prison outreach service.
Individuals in the criminal justice system with a mental disorder in need of treatment will receive treatment and care that is equivalent to the care given in the general mental health system. The treatment will involve a range of specialised forensic services and will be tailored to meet the needs of the individual patient as well as the needs of the community.
Services Provided
Inpatient Program - The Frankland Centre:
Frankland Centre is a maximum-secured psychiatric hospital on the Graylands Hospital campus which is operated by the State Forensic Mental Health Service. The 30-bed facility assesses, treats, rehabilitates and resocialises mentally ill patients, most of whom have been referred from the courts or prison system.
Community Program - Court liaison service:
Team practitioners attend the metropolitan courts on a daily basis, assessing defendants brought to the attention of the visiting practitioner. The service also provides a practitioner to the Court held at the East Perth Lock-up on Saturdays and public holidays as well as being available, on call, during working day mornings to the police lock-up for assessment of suspected, acutely mentally ill persons arrested by the police.
Community Program - Assertive case management:
The criteria for patients to be followed up by the Community Forensic Mental Health Program (CFMHP) include a combination of legal, risk assessment and clinical factors. CFMHP aims to assess and case manage those with serious mental illness at great risk of offending in a serious manner.
Prison Outreach Program:
Psychiatric clinics are provided in all the metropolitan prisons and three regional prisons to assist the Prison Medical Service in providing appropriate psychiatric follow-up for prisoners with significant but stable psychiatric conditions.
Contact Details
| Mailing Address: PO Box Private Bag #1 Claremont WA 6910 Email: StateForensicSecretary@health.wa.gov.au Web: www.mental.health.wa.gov.au/one/sfmhs.asp |
Frankland Centre Brockway Road Mt. Claremont WA 6010 Phone: (08) 9347 6960 Fax: (08) 9347 6989 |
| State Forensic Mental Health Service Corporate Office Frankland Centre Brockway Road Mt Claremont WA 6010 Phone: (08) 9347 6500 Fax: (08) 9347 6505 |
Community Forensic Mental Health Program Wellington Street Clinic Unit 15, 200 Wellington Street East Perth 6004 Phone: (08) 9325 6995 Fax: (08) 9325 9377 |
We are a smoke free health facility.
Service Locality Guide
Community Forensic Mental Health Program
200 Wellington Street
East Perth 6004
Phone: (08) 9325 6995
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