Mental Health Screening

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Noticed a change in your sleep? Has your family mentioned that you seem flat and distant? Have a sense of anxiety that isn’t going away? Keep thinking about that job? Concerned you aren’t going to adjust after leaving Victoria Police?

The new Mental Health Screening service offered by the Victoria Police Employee Assistance Program (EAP) providers can help you understand what might help.

What is Mental Health Screening?

Mental Health Screening is a new service offered to Victoria Police by their independent and confidential EAP provider Acacia Connection
Mental Health Screening will support you in making choices about your wellbeing and what support you might benefit from
Mental Health Screening involves using one or more questionnaires to assess for symptoms indicative of specific mental health issues or risk factors linked to the future development of mental health issues
An EAP clinician will help you decide which questionnaires are most relevant to you and will discuss your results with you.

Mental Health Screening benefits

In a similar way to health screening for heart disease, mental health screening can also help identify ‘risk factors’ that might suggest a mental health condition is likely in the future
Screening will provide you with an opportunity to make changes before any emerging symptoms require treatment or to decide what support might help if you are unsure
The screening covers common mental health conditions like depression, anxiety, alcohol misuse and some less frequent conditions like PTSD
Mental Health Screening can be conducted at all EAP locations across Victoria.

Eligibility

The full range of independent and confidential Employee Assistance Program (EAP) services, including mental health screening, are available to current and veteran employees and their immediate families across Victoria.

Support

Mental Health Screening can be accessed through the Victoria Police Employee Assistance Program (EAP) providers directly.

Acacia Connection Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

You can contact Victoria Police's EAP service directly on 1300 364 273

Feature topics

Trauma

As part of their work, Victoria Police employees may personally experience or witness actual or threatened death, serious injury, or violence. These events can be extremely stressful, challenge a person’s ability to cope, and impact on relationships and work.

Anxiety

Anxiety is the most common mental health condition experienced in Australia, impacting 1 in 4 people at some stage in their life.

Depression

Depression is the most common mental health condition experienced by Victoria Police employees. It’s impacted 1 in 5 employees at some stage in their life. This is higher than the general Australian community lifetime prevalence rate of 14%.