Victorian Dual Disability Service

The Victorian Dual Disability Service (VDDS) is a joint mental health initiative between
St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne and Melbourne Health. The service is multidisciplinary and operates within the mental health policy framework in Victoria. At a state wide level, the VDDS is responsible for:

• Developing a model of best practice
• Providing assessment and consultation services to staff within the Victorian Area Mental Health Services
• Promoting access to Victorian Area Mental Health Services for consumers with a dual disability
• Facilitating partnerships and collaborative treatment planning through consultation and liaison

Victorian Dual Disability Services Consumer Brochure - video

For Consumer information  in written form, please click on the Consumer Information Brochure:

Consumer Information Brochure

Complimentary online training

Please also see link to our training page for our suite of complimentary online training including:

• MHPOD
• Intellectual disability mental health e-learning
• Intellectual Disability Healthcare program

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Team Members

Dr Chad Bennett

Clinical Director

Consultant Psychiatrist

Dr Angela Livingstone

Consultant Psychiatrist

Andrew Pridding

Nurse Practitioner

Dr Tareq Abuelroos

Consultant Psychiatrist

Leanne Hayton

Programme & Administration Co-ordinator

The Victorian Dual Disability Service (VDDS)

St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne

tel: (03) 9231 1988

email:vdds@svha.org.au

The Victorian Dual Disability Service recognises the Traditional Owners of the land on which our office islocated; the Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nations. We pay our respects to Elders past and present and welcome all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to our health service