Trauma Recovery Program information for hospitals

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DVA contracts public and private hospitals throughout Australia to provide evidence-based Trauma Recovery Programs (TRPs) for current serving members and veterans. These programs focus on helping veterans living with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) by supporting psychological growth and recovery. 

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  1. Who is eligible?
  2. DVA’s minimum requirements for the delivery of TRPs
  3. How does the veteran enter a TRP? 
  4. How are TRP treatments funded?
  5. DVA contracted active TRP hospitals 
  6. Client information

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Who is eligible?

For participants to be eligible for the TRPs, they must: 

  • be a veteran that holds a current Veteran Gold Card or White Card that covers mental health treatments funded by DVA; or 
  • a current-serving ADF member referred by Defence; and 
  • have a clinical diagnosis of PTSD.
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DVA’s minimum requirements for the delivery of TRPs

The minimum requirements for hospitals delivering TRPs include:

These requirements ensure best-practice guidance for improving the quality of services to veterans.

DVA also evaluates the clinical effectiveness of the TRPs by collecting clinical data from consenting veterans to:

  • Describe the population characteristics of veterans entering the programs; and
  • To measure change across time of an individual’s clinical, social and functional profile that the program is targeting.

This data is collected by an independent research organisation- Phoenix Australia- Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health.

Hospitals can review the de-identified data for their programs in the annual outcome reports provided by Phoenix Australia, for quality assurance and continuous improvement purposes.

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How does the veteran enter a TRP? 

A mental health practitioner such as a Psychiatrist or GP can refer veterans to the TRP if it is clinically appropriate. The hospital can then assess the DVA client's suitability for the program and allocate them to a treatment group. 

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How are TRP treatments funded?

TRPs are funded by DVA through the Hospital Services Agreement that is in place with each TRP hospital.

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DVA contracted active TRP hospitals 

New South Wales

St John of God Hospital  
North Richmond 
Phone: (02) 4570 6100  
Free Call: 1800 808 339  
Website: www.sjog.org.au 

Queensland

Buderim Private Hospital 
Buderim  
Phone: (07) 5430 3305  
Website: https://buderimprivatehospital.com.au

Greenslopes Private Hospital  
Greenslopes  
Phone: (07) 3394 7111  
Website: www.greenslopesprivate.com.au

Toowong Private Hospital Day Treatment Services  
Toowong  
Phone: (07) 3721 8055  
Website: www.toowongprivatehospital.com.au 

Townsville Private Clinic 
Townsville  
Phone: 07 4431 1600 
Website: www.townsvilleprivateclinic.com.au

South Australia

Jamie Larcombe Centre 
Glenside 
Phone: 1300 043 175 
Website: Jamie Larcombe Centre - Veterans Mental Health Precinct

Victoria

The Geelong Clinic  
St Albans  
Phone: (03) 5240 0700  
Website: www.thegeelongclinic.com.au

Western Australia

Hollywood Clinic  
Nedlands  
Phone: (08) 9346 6801  
Website: https://www.ramsaymentalhealth.com.au/hollywood

The Marian Centre  
Wembley  
Phone: (08) 9380 4999  
Website: www.mariancentre.com.au  
 

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Client information

If your client would like further information on the TRP, this can be found on the DVA recovery program for post-traumatic stress page. You can also email us at Mental.Health.Programs [at] dva.gov.au (Mental[dot]Health[dot]Programs[at]dva[dot]gov[dot]au) for more information.  
 

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