Author Description

We hope you enjoy reading these papers from the 23rd annual TheMHS Conference held in Melbourne, Victoria. The papers represent a wide range of mental health topics and a broad group of people involved in mental health services. Represented in these proceedings are service providers, consumers, carers (families), researchers, educators and managers. All papers submitted to the Editors of this Book of Proceedings by conference presenters are read by two independent reviewers. Papers are reviewed on the criteria of innovation, clarity, relevance to mental health services, coherence of the topic, and evidence. The editors have again this year, decided to include a section of highly recommended papers. These are the papers rated highest by the reviewers, against the five criteria.