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Driving is often omitted or ignored during assessment and ongoing work with consumers of mental health services. This Open Forum describes guidelines to help providers of psychiatric services to support safe driving practices among consumers. The guidelines were developed over seven years with contributions from a wide range of stakeholders. They include key principles for conducting screening and initial assessment, obtaining a detailed driving history, and performing risk assessment. The guidelines include information about process (how to assess) and content (what information to seek) of driving assessment. Because driving is regulated by local jurisdictions and national legislation, the guidelines provide a general framework for addressing questions about driving practices among consumers of mental health services. They are intended to complement, rather than replace, existing guidelines, by providing a focus on the occupation of driving. In so doing, they provide principled information to embed driving assessment and intervention as part of psychiatric services.

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Cover: By the Pond, by Mary Cassatt, circa 1898. Color print with dry point and aquatint, fourth and final state (classmark: MEZAP+). Print collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs, New York Public Library. Photo credit: The New York Public Library/Art Resource, New York City.

Psychiatric Services
Pages: 536 - 538
PubMed: 25686816

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Received: 21 May 2014
Revision received: 22 October 2014
Accepted: 22 December 2014
Published online: 17 February 2015
Published in print: May 01, 2015

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Carolyn Dun, B.App.Sc. (O.T.), M.O.T.
The authors are with NorthWestern Mental Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, where Ms. Bull was affiliated at the time that this work was done (e-mail: [email protected]). Ms. Bull is now with Joyful Growth and Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service, Queensland, Australia. The guidelines described in this article were presented at the OT Australia National Conference, Adelaide, July 24–26, 2013.
Belinda J. Bull, B.Occ.Th., M.Sc. (O.T.)
The authors are with NorthWestern Mental Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, where Ms. Bull was affiliated at the time that this work was done (e-mail: [email protected]). Ms. Bull is now with Joyful Growth and Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service, Queensland, Australia. The guidelines described in this article were presented at the OT Australia National Conference, Adelaide, July 24–26, 2013.
Danielle Hitch, Ph.D.
The authors are with NorthWestern Mental Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, where Ms. Bull was affiliated at the time that this work was done (e-mail: [email protected]). Ms. Bull is now with Joyful Growth and Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service, Queensland, Australia. The guidelines described in this article were presented at the OT Australia National Conference, Adelaide, July 24–26, 2013.
Kate Lhuede, B.App.Sc. (O.T.)
The authors are with NorthWestern Mental Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, where Ms. Bull was affiliated at the time that this work was done (e-mail: [email protected]). Ms. Bull is now with Joyful Growth and Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service, Queensland, Australia. The guidelines described in this article were presented at the OT Australia National Conference, Adelaide, July 24–26, 2013.
Voula Vlachou, B.App.Sc. (O.T.), M.O.T.
The authors are with NorthWestern Mental Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, where Ms. Bull was affiliated at the time that this work was done (e-mail: [email protected]). Ms. Bull is now with Joyful Growth and Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service, Queensland, Australia. The guidelines described in this article were presented at the OT Australia National Conference, Adelaide, July 24–26, 2013.
Jodie Swan, B.Occ.Th.
The authors are with NorthWestern Mental Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, where Ms. Bull was affiliated at the time that this work was done (e-mail: [email protected]). Ms. Bull is now with Joyful Growth and Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service, Queensland, Australia. The guidelines described in this article were presented at the OT Australia National Conference, Adelaide, July 24–26, 2013.

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