Spectrum Personality Disorder Service

Spectrum Personality Disorder Service for Victoria is the Statewide Centre of Clinical Excellence for Personality Disorders. It was established by the Victorian Health Department in 1999 and is managed by Eastern Health.

Spectrum is staffed by a dedicated team of mental health professionals from a range of disciplines including psychiatrists, psychologists, mental health nurses, social workers, occupational therapists, and peer workers.

Spectrum is only available for a very small number of people who require an intensive and specialist service (for example, because their needs are particularly complex). Not all people with a personality disorder in Victoria will be able to access Spectrum’s treatment services.

Spectrum is also available to provide telephone-based secondary consultation services to clinicians working for Area Mental Health Services (AMHS) in Victoria. This secondary consultation service is designed to help doctors with general assessment, clinical formulation, risk assessment, and treatment planning.

This service is for:

• People with a personality disorder who have complex needs (aged 16 - 64 years old)
• Clinicians working for AMHS requiring secondary consultation support

There may be fees associated with this service.