Designers:
Monash Art, Design and Architecture
This project is a collaboration between design researchers from Monash University Art, Design and Architecture (MADA) Design Health Collab and ETLab with addiction researchers from Turning Point. Design Health Collab develops high-impact healthcare product design, technologies, systems, and services; ETLab is an interdisciplinary and international research, knowledge and impact community investigating social, experiential and political futures; and Turning Point is an Australian addiction research and education centre that provides treatment for people adversely affected by alcohol, drugs and gambling.
Project: Co-designing the Hamilton Centre for Integrated Care of Mental Health and Addiction
The Hamilton Centre is Victoria’s statewide service for integrated care of mental illness and substance use or addiction. The establishment of the Hamilton Centre was supported by a rigorous co-design process with over 40 Victorian organisations that pinpointed system barriers, training needs, and cultural change initiatives, to develop a best practice model of integrated care. The Hamilton Centre is focused on overcoming fragmented service systems identified by the 2021 Royal Commission on Victoria's Mental Health System (RC). Launched in April 2023, the Centre has already facilitated over 1000 referrals and 236 training enrolments, demonstrating a transformative approach to integrated care.
Category: Interact
Designers and Project Team:
MADA: Leah Heiss, Troy Mcgee, Amy Killen, Gretchen Coombs, Hatoun Ibrahim
Turning Point: Shalini Arunogiri, Dan Lubman, Katrin Oliver, Ali Cheetham