TheMHS Conference August 2023: TheMHS Awards 2023 Presentation Ceremony
Wednesday August 16th, 2023

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Education, Training or Workforce Development
The Mental Health Education for Pharmacy (PharmEd) team: Associate Professor Claire O’Reilly and Dr Sarira El-Den
Blueprint For Learning

Lived Experience Leadership
Katie Larsen
Lived Experience leadership – whole of organisation approaches to innovation and reform

Mental Health Promotion or Mental Illness Prevention
Bill Gye – Community Mental Health Australia
Assisting Communities Through Direct Connection: sometimes it only takes a small conversation

Psychosocial and Support
Adam Why – Perth Inner City Youth Service
PICYS – An Affirming and Holistic Approach to Working with Disadvantaged Young People

Therapeutic and Clinical Services
Paul Reilly – Regional Manager Peel, GP down south
Clinical Care Coordination at the Peel Health Hub

Early Career Research
Kelly Stewart – Northern Adelaide Mental Health Alliance Project Team
The Northern Adelaide Mental Health Alliance (NAMHA)

Short Term Projects & Initiatives
Pan Karanikolas – La Trobe University
Principles of Consumer-centred Lawyering at the Mental Health Tribunal

Wellbeing in the Workplace
Sarina Finucane (GM) – Ignite Aotearoa
Ignite is a proactive wellbeing platform that enables access and choice of support anytime, anywhere

Early Career Research
Dr Stephanie Miles – Orygen/The University of Melbourne
Exploring the Role of Cognitive Flexibility and Related Factors in Eating Disorders

Early Career Research
Dr. Jennifer Ma – Centre for Mental Health Research, The Australian National University
Identifying protective pathways for preventing suicide in the community

Early Career Research
Gordon Kay – Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Services
Improving access to therapy for people who hear voices

The Tom Trauer Evaluation and Research Award
The LifeSpan team, led by A/Prof Fiona Shand & A/Prof Michelle Tye.
The LifeSpan suicide prevention model: delivering evidence-based research and suicide prevention interventions to save lives.

Text & Online Journalism
Robyn Ainsworth – The Land, ACM Agri
The Rural Guide to a Healthy Mind

Sound Vision Journalism
Caroline Winter – PodTalk
Sick As A Dog podcast: An industry in crisis

TheMHS Conference October 2022: TheMHS Awards 2022 Presentation Ceremony
Wednesday October 12th, 2022

Education, Training or Workforce Development
Blueprint For Learning
Blueprint for Learning – Mental health and addiction literacy workshops

Therapeutic and Clinical Services
Keeping the Body In Mind(gardens)
Keeping the Body In Mind: Lifestyle support for people experiencing severe mental illness

Lived Experience Leadership
Independent Community Living Australia
e-Friend: National Online Peer Support Network

Early Career Research
Stephanie Kershaw
Matilda Centre For Research In Mental Health And Substance Use, University Of Sydney
Challenging stigma and improving health outcomes through best practice in digital translation

Sound/Vision Journalism
Lune Media Australia
Osher Günsberg: A Matter of Life and Death

Early Career Research
Jin Han
Black Dog Institute/ University Of New South Wales
Innovative digital approach to support young people at risk of suicide

Exceptional Contribution to Mental Health Service in Australia or New Zealand
Professor Jeff Young

Wellbeing in the Workplace
Spire Workplace Health – Submitting for Coca Cola Europacific Partners
Healthy@CCEP

General
Tandem
Tandem – the trusted voice of family carers and supporters in mental health in Victoria.

Psychosocial and/or Support Program or Service
Walsh Trust
He Kākano Ora – Perinatal Mental Health Respite and community-based support services

Mental Health Promotion or Mental Illness Prevention
The Oranges Toolkit
Resilience and agility at work – The Oranges Toolkit workplace wellbeing programs

Special Journalism Award
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The Anxiety Project – Broadcast

Exceptional Contribution to Mental Health Service in Australia or New Zealand
Professor Nick Titov


The Tom Trauer Evaluation and Research Award
Luis Salvador-Carulla – University Of Canberra
The GLOCAL Project (Global and Local Observation and mapping of Care Levels) in Mental Health


The Tom Trauer Evaluation and Research Award
Mario Alvarez-Jimenez – Orygen, The University Of Melbourne
Harnessing Digital Technology to Transform Youth Mental Health Services
TheMHS Conference October 2021: TheMHS Virtual Awards 2021 Presentation Ceremony
Wednesday October 13th, 2021
We were honoured to welcome to TheMHS Awards Presentation Ceremony
Professor Fiona Stanley AC
2021 TheMHS Awards Ambassador
and
The Hon. Greg Hunt,
MP Federal Minister for Health

Education, Training or Workforce Development
e-Mental Health in Practice
eMHPrac – providing training and support to health practitioners in using digital mental health

Therapeutic and Clinical Services
Tū Ora Compass Health
Piki: Empowering and supporting rangatahi towards better health and wellbeing

Lived Experience Leadership
Lived Experience Australia
Making a difference with and for consumers and carers

Therapeutic and Clinical Services
Orygen Digital
Moderated Online Social Therapy (MOST): digitally enhancing youth mental health services

Sound/Vision Journalism
Sam Ikin with Butterfly Foundation
Butterfly: Let’s Talk podcast

Early Career Research
Stephen Parker
Understanding community-based residential mental health rehabilitation services in Australia
Exceptional Contribution to Mental Health Service in Australia or New Zealand
Fran Silvestri

Wellbeing in the Workplace
Air New Zealand
Air New Zealand Mental Health and Wellbeing Programme












Psychosocial and/or Support Program or Service
ACT Recovery College
ACT Recovery College Trial


Mental Health Promotion or Mental Illness Prevention
Arts Centre Melbourne
The Arts Wellbeing Collective


Mental Health Promotion or Mental Illness Prevention
The Matilda Centre, University Of Sydney
Climate Schools: Internet-based health and wellbeing programs for secondary school students


Early Career Research
Katrina Prior
‘Inroads’ and ‘Re-Train Your Brain’: Innovative internet-delivered interventions for young people who drink to cope with anxiety










TheMHS Conference February 2021: TheMHS Virtual Awards 2020 Presentation Ceremony
Monday February 8th, 2021
We were honoured to welcome to TheMHS Awards Presentation Ceremony
Professor Fiona Stanley AC
2020 TheMHS Awards Ambassador
and
The Hon. Greg Hunt, MP
Federal Minister for Health


Exceptional Contribution to Mental Health Service in Australia or New Zealand
Neil Turton-Lane


Tom Trauer Evaluation and Research
The Project Synergy R&D Team, Brain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney
Project Synergy: co-designing technology-enabled solutions for Australian mental health services reform


General
North West Area Mental Health Service
Steering the Public Mental Health Sector Towards Recovery Using a Human Rights Framework










Tom Trauer Evaluation and Research
Professor Susan Cotton
Health Services and Outcomes Research in Youth Mental Health


Mental Health Promotion or Mental Illness Prevention
Shooting Stars
Empowering Aboriginal Girls and Young Women










Mental Health Promotion or Mental Illness Prevention
Matilda Centre, University of Sydney
Cracks in the Ice: A web-based toolkit providing trusted, evidence-based information about crystal methamphetamine










Education, Training or Workforce Development
Black Dog Institute
Youth in Distress: Managing Suicidality and self-harm – Upskilling the School Counselling Workforce


Therapeutic and Clinical Services
Alfred Health, Child and Youth Mental Health Service
The Mental Health and Intellectual Disability Initiative for Youth (MHIDI-Y)


Lived Experience Leadership
University of Otago Wellington
World of Difference: Service user education and research team












Early Career Research Award
Kate Filia
Developing a measure of social inclusion for people with a lived experience of mental ill-health


Early Career Research Award
Lauren Gardner
Health4Life: An eHealth Intervention to Improve Physical and Mental Health in Adolescence and Beyond




















TheMHS Conference 2019: TheMHS Awards Presentation Ceremony
Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre
Wednesday August 28, 2019
We were honoured to welcome to TheMHS Awards Presentation Ceremony:
The Hon. Dame Quentin Bryce AD CVO
2019 TheMHS Awards Ambassador
and
The Hon. Greg Hunt, MP
Federal Minister for Health
2019 TheMHS Awards Presenter


Exceptional Contribution to Mental Health Service in Australia or New Zealand
Brenda Happell, NSW


Exceptional Contribution to Mental Health Service in Australia or New Zealand
Heather Casey, New Zealand


TheMHS MEDAL
Glove Box Guide to Mental Health
The Land and Rural Adversity Mental Health Program (RAMHP)


Psychosocial and/or Support Program or Service
Indigenous Mental Health Intervention Program
Queensland Forensic Mental Health Service
Mental Health Promotion or Mental Illness Prevention
Standing Strong
Kimberley Mental Health AND
Drug Service and Nindilingarri Cultural Health Services (NCHS)


Mental Health Promotion or Mental Illness Prevention
Building Resilience in Transcultural Australians
Queensland Transcultural Mental Health Centre


Education, Training or Workforce Development
Consumer Academic Program (CAP)
Centre for Psychiatric Nursing, University of Melbourne


Education, Training or Workforce Development
Let’s get real:
Enhancing the Values, Attitudes, Knowledge and Skills of the Health Workforce
Te Pou o te Whakaaro Nui, NZ




Lived Experience Leadership
Behind The Seen:
Mental Health Awareness and Support for First Responders and their Families
NSW


Tom Trauer Evaluation and Research Award
Andrea Reupert and Darryl Maybery, VIC
Making a Difference for Families Living with Parental Mental Illness


Early Career Research Award
Louise Byrne, VIC
Exploring Factors that Support Effective Employment of Lived Experience Roles
within Mental Health Service Delivery


Early Career Research Award
Michelle Tye, NSW
LifeSpan:
The Design and Delivery of a Multilevel, Integrated Suicide Prevention Model




Sound/Vision Journalism
Employable Me
Cian O’Clery, Jenni Wilks and Karina Holden
Northern Pictures, NSW
TheMHS Conference 2018: TheMHS Awards Presentation Ceremony
Adelaide Convention Centre
Wednesday August 29, 2018
We were honoured to welcome to TheMHS Awards Presentation Ceremony:
The Hon. Julia Gillard AC
2018 TheMHS Awards Ambassador
and
Ms Nicolle Flint,
MP, Member for Boothby, representing
The Hon Greg Hunt MP, Minister for Health
2018 TheMHS Awards Presenter


Exceptional Contribution to Mental Health Service in Australia or New Zealand
Arthur Papakotsias, VIC


Exceptional Contribution to Mental Health Service in Australia or New Zealand
Warwick Smith, WA


Assessment and/or Treatment
Nurses, Caring for Nurses and Midwives
Nursing & Midwifery Health Program Victoria


Psychosocial and/or Support Program or Service
Community-Based Maternal Mental Health Respite and Support Services
WALSH Trust NZ


Mental Health Promotion or Mental Illness Prevention
ReachOut Parents:
Coaching Parents for Better Youth Mental Health Outcomes
ReachOut Australia


Education, Training or Workforce Development
The ‘RedUSe’ (Reducing Use of Sedatives) Program
Wicking Dementia Centre, College of Health & Medicine, University of Tasmania


Mental Health Consumer and Mental Health Peer Work
Central Coast ARAFMI Recovery College
Central Coast ARAFMI, NSW


Special Award of Recognition
Keri Opai
Te Reo Hãpai
New Mãori language glossary for Mental Health


Tom Trauer Evaluation and Research Award
Katherine Boydell, NSW
Innovative methods of knowledge translation: Using the arts to create and disseminate mental health research


Early Career Research
Brett Scholz, ACT
Taking the Lead: Promoting Consumer Leadership in Mental Health


Early Career Research
Mieke Snijder, NSW
Improving social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal youth through research


Text Journalism
Making a Truce with the Voices in Your Head
Tess McClure
Vice, Auckland NZ


Sound/Vision Journalism
Attitude: In My Mind
Two episodes •Body •Burnout
Robyn Scott-Vincent
Attitude Pictures Ltd, Auckland NZ


Special Media Award
Let’s Talk: Rural Mental Health Podcast Series
Victoria Smyth, Kia Handley
Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health
Aired on ABC State wide Drive and online


Mental Health Promotion or Mental Illness Prevention
Providing Engaging Mental Health Activities to Youths Across the Top End of Australia
Mind Blank Ltd, QLD and TeamHEALTH, N.T.
Presented at TheMHS Conference 2019 by the Hon Greg Hunt MP, Federal Minister for Health
TheMHS Conference 2017: TheMHS Awards Ceremony
Hilton Sydney
29 August – 1 September 2017
We were honoured to welcome:
The Hon Dame Marie Bashir AD CVO
2017 TheMHS Awards Ambassador
and
The Hon Greg Hunt MP, Federal Minister for Health
2017 TheMHS Awards Presenter
Exceptional Contribution to Mental Health in Australia or New Zealand
Helen Morton, WA


Exceptional Contribution to Mental Health in Australia or New Zealand
Pamela Rutledge, NSW




Achievement Award for Entries with a Different Focus
Nanko-walun Porlar Nomawi: Wellbeing for Children and Families
CAMHS, SA


Assessment and/or Treatment
Holistic Model of Care for Women with Addiction and Mental Health Issues
Alcohol And Drug Foundation NSW- Kathleen York House, NSW


Mental Health Consumer and Mental Health Peer Work
Growing the Peer Workforce
Flourish Australia


Mental Health Consumer and Mental Health Peer Work
Grow, A program of personal development. Celebrating 60 years.


Mental Health Promotion or Mental Illness Prevention Program or Project
Into the Light: An Arabic Resource on Psychological Health e on Psychological Health
إلى النور : الموارد العربية للصحة النفسية
Being – Mental Health And Wellbeing Consumer Advisory Group, NSW


Psychosocial and/or Support Program or Service
Homelessness, Mental Health and Holistic Support:
A lifestyle and wellness model in residential aged care
The Salvation Army Aged Care Plus, NSW


Tom Trauer Evaluation and Research Award
Excellence and innovation in suicide prevention
Black Dog Institute, NSW


Early Career Research for Excellence
Psychological Motivations and Outcomes of Female Genital Cosmetic Surgery
Curtin University, WA


Early Career Research for Innovation
Smooth Sailing: The design and delivery of an online school-based mental health service for adolescents
Black Dog Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales


Text Journalism
Understanding the Hidden Suicide Problem Among Women in Medicine
Rebecca Kamm
Broadly (VICE Media), VIC


Sound/Vision Journalism
Understanding & destigmatising mental illness
Lynne Malcolm
ABC Radio National – All in the Mind , NSW


Special Media Award
Down on the Farm – Mental Health and Rural Families in the South
Yvonne O’Hara
Southern Rural Life, New Zealand


Special Media Award
Christchurch Dilemmas. 2016.
Do we have a crisis of Mental Health?
Gerard Smyth
Frank Film Ltd, New Zealand


2016 TheMHS Conference: TheMHS Awards Ceremony
The Langham, Auckland
23-26 August 2016
We were honoured to welcome:
Kevin Allan
Mental Health Commissioner at the Office of Health and Disability
New Zealand
2016 TheMHS Awards Presenter


Exceptional Contribution to Mental Health Service in Australia or New Zealand
Bernadette McSherry, VIC


Exceptional Contribution to Mental Health Service in Australia or New Zealand
Jenny Burger, VIC




Mental Health Consumer and Mental Health Peer Work
Taking a qualification to the peer workforce
Mental Health Coordinating Council (MHCC), NSW


Assessment and/or Treatment
The Infant Therapeutic Reunification Service
CAMHS, Women’s and Children’s Hospital and Families, SA


Psychosocial and/or Support Program or Service
SANE Forums – Online Peer-to-peer Support Communities
SANE Australia


Mental Health Promotion or Mental Illness Prevention Program or Project
eTools for Wellbeing
Queensland University Of Technology and Young And Well CRC


Mental Health Promotion or Mental Illness Prevention Program or Project
GoodYarn
Wellsouth Primary Health Network, Dunedin, New Zealand


Physical Health and/or Primary Care
Equally Well – a New Zealand wide collaborative committed to taking action to improve physical health outcome of people experiencing mental health and addiction problems
Collaboration of 70 organisations in New Zealand


Achievement Award for Entries with a Different Focus
Mind Recovery College™
Mind Australia, VIC


Education, Training or Workforce Development
Recovery Camp: Using Therapeutic Recreation to Empower
Consumers and Future Health Professionals
University of Wollongong, NSW


Tom Trauer Research and Evaluation Award
Academic mentoring, collaboration and co-production in mental health services research
Monash University, St Vincent’s Hospital (Melbourne)
Mental Health Service


Early Career Research for Best Practice
Help for health anxiety via the Internet
The Clinical Research Unit for Anxiety and Depression,
UNSW Australia at St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney


Early Career Research for Innovation
The Rebound Pilot Study for Depression Relapse Prevention in Young People
Orygen, The National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health




Sound/Vision Journalism
Our Kids – Why Are They So Stressed?
Quentin McDermott, Peter Cronau, Joel Tozer
ABC Four Corners


Special Media Award
Surviving Schizophrenia
Emma Calveley, Robyn Scott-Vincent
Attitude Pictures Ltd


Special Media Award
Investigation into the Realities of New Zealand’s Mental Health System
Jessica McAllen
The Wireless – Radio New Zealand’s website


2015 TheMHS Conference: TheMHS Awards Ceremony
National Convention Centre, Canberra
25 – 28 August 2015
We were honoured to welcome:
The Hon Dr Kay Patterson
National Mental Health Commissioner
2015 TheMHS Awards Presenter


Exceptional Contribution to Mental Health Service in Australia or New Zealand
Helen Herrman, VIC


Exceptional Contribution to Mental Health Service in Australia or New Zealand
Brendan O’Hanlon, VIC


Exceptional Contribution to Mental Health Service in Australia or New Zealand
Janet Peters, New Zealand


Assessment and/or Treatment
Alfred Police and Clinical Early Response (A-PACER)
The Alfred Psychiatry Department and
Bayside Medicare Local, VIC


Psychosocial and/or Support
Inspiring hope and belonging – A place for me!
The Salvation Army Aged Care Plus – Carpenter Court, NSW


Mental Health Promotion or Mental Illness Prevention
Behind The Seen Emergency Services See What Others Don’t
Behind the Seen, NSW


Mental Health Promotion or Mental Illness Prevention
Positive Ageing Forums
Consumer Consultative Committee, Aged Care Psychiatry Services,
Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney


Physical Health and/or Primary Care
Peer Health Coaching
SANE Australia and Neami National


Achievement Award for Entries with a Different Focus
Innovation out of Disaster- Post Canterbury Earthquakes
Comcare Trust, Christchurch, NZ


Consumer Led
Significant and sustained consumer and carer advocacy
Private Mental Health Consumer Carer Network (Australia)


Education, Training, or Workforce Development
Aboriginal Careers in Mental Health (ACIMH) Workforce Development Project
Mental Health Coordinating Council, NSW


Tom Trauer Research and Evaluation Award
Mind Australia’s Director of Research
Mind Australia and The University of Melbourne, VIC


Special TheMHS Award – Research Focus
The NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Suicide Prevention (CRESP)
Black Dog Institute, NSW


Early Career Research for Excellence
Shared Decision Making in Youth Mental Health
Orygen, The National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health, VIC


Early Career Research for Innovation
Innovative Prevention and Treatment Approaches to interrupt the Vicious Cycle of Anxiety and Substance Use
Centre of Research Excellence in Mental Health and Substance Use, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW


Text Journalism
Speaking Out About Suicide
Chris Barton, New Zealand


Sound/Vision Journalism
Changing Minds: The Inside Story
Karina Holden, Jenni Wilks, Cian O’Clery, Alison Black, NSW


Special Media Award
Lifting the Lid – series
The Nelson Mail/Fairfax Media, New Zealand


Special Media Award
Shattering the bulletproof farmer myth and
Dartmoor Farmer creates Fundraising Calendar for Suicide Prevention
ABC Rural, SA


TheMHS MEDAL
2014 Mental As …
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
2014 TheMHS Conference: TheMHS Awards Ceremony
Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre
27 – 29 August 2014
We were honoured to welcome:
Professor Fiona Stanley AC, FAA, FASSA,
Patron, Telethon Institute for Child Health Research,
Distinguished Research Professor, University of Western Australia
2014 TheMHS Awards Presenter
Exceptional Contribution to Mental Health Service in Australia or New Zealand
Douglas Holmes, NSW
Exceptional Contribution to Mental Health Service in Australia or New Zealand
Erica Lee, QLD
Assessment and/or Treatment Program or Service
Gold Award
The WA CAMHS Multisystemic Therapy Programme
Western Australia Child And Adolescent Health Service
Assessment and/or Treatment Program or Service
Silver Award
Boab Mental Health Team
Boab Health Services, WA
Assessment and/or Treatment Program or Service
Silver Award
The Assessment and Referral Court (ARC) List
Magistrates’ Court of Victoria
Support Program or Service
Gold Award
‘Living Life Well’ Micro Business
Pou Whakaaro, Whakatane NZ
Support Program or Service
Silver Award
Broome Community Recovery Centre
Kimberley Mental Health & Drug Service, WA
Mental Health Promotion or Mental Illness Prevention Program or Project
Gold Award
ReachOut.com – an online mental health service for young Australians
ReachOut.Com By Inspire Foundation, NSW
Mental Health Promotion or Mental Illness Prevention Program or Project
Silver Award
The Five Project
DADAA Inc and Rio Tinto, WA
Mental Health Promotion or Mental Illness Prevention Program or Project”
Silver Award
Youth Mental Health First Aid Program
VIC Mental Health First Aid Australia, VIC
Education, Training, or Workforce Development
Eating Disorders Training and Evaluation Centre (EDTEC), WA
Consumer Provided
Peach Tree
Peach Tree Perinatal Wellness Inc, QLD
Achievement with Different Focus
Service Culture Transformation
Barwon Health Mental Health Drugs and Alcohol Service, VIC
Tom Trauer Research and Evaluation Award
Community Mental Health Drug and Alcohol Research Network (CMHDARN)
Tom Trauer Research and Evaluation Award
What is happening at the Seclusion Review that makes a difference? – a consumer led research study
Print Media
Feeling Down on the Farm – mental health in Rural Taranaki
Like Minds Taranaki
Broadcast Media
The Sunnyboy
Kaye Harrison
(Director)
Broadcast Media
Foreign Correspondent
‘COMING HOME’ PARTS 1&2
ABC Television
Sally Sara (Presenter and Producer)
Special Media Award
Mental Health Awareness Week ‘guest blogs’ from the Eyre Peninsula, South Australia
ABC Open
2013 TheMHS Conference: TheMHS Awards Ceremony
Melbourne Convention Centre
21-23 August 2013
We were honoured to welcome:
Senator Jacinta Collins, Minister for Mental Health and Ageing
and
Professor Allan Fels, AO, Chair, National Mental Health Commission and Dean,
Australia and New Zealand School of Government
2013 TheMHS Awards Presenters
Exceptional Contribution to Mental Health Service in Australia or New Zealand
Margaret Leggatt, VIC
Exceptional Contribution to Mental Health Service in Australia or New Zealand
Anne Helm, Wellington, New Zealand
Assessment and/or Treatment Program or Service
Gold Award
Cultural Information Gathering Tool
Vincent, QLD
Assessment and/or Treatment Program or Service
Silver Award
headspace Wollongong, NSW
Assessment and/or Treatment Program or Service
Silver Award
Recovery Oriented Practice Project –moving a clinical service towards recovery oriented practice
Wodonga, VIC
Support Program or Service
Gold Award
Well Ways MI Recovery Peer Education Program
Fairfield, VIC
Support Program or Service
Silver Award
Navigate
Adelaide, SA
Support Program or Service
Silver Award
Local Employment Access Partnerships (LEAP) Project
Fitzroy, VIC
Mental Health Promotion or Mental Illness Prevention Program or Project
Gold Award
The Space Between Words
Christchurch, New Zealand
Mental Health Promotion or Mental Illness Prevention Program or Project
Gold Award
Being True to Ourselves: A collection of short films exploring the infinite possibilities of gender
Ainslie, ACT
Mental Health Promotion or Mental Illness Prevention Program or Project
Silver Award
Trauma Informed Care and Practice: Towards a cultural shift in policy reform across mental health and human services in Australia
NSW
Mental Health Promotion or Mental Illness Prevention Program or Project
Silver Award
Go Away, Mr Worrythoughts!
Theatrical Production
Frankston, VIC
Special Judges Award For Partnership Practices
Partners in Depression
Newcastle, NSW
Special Judges Award Carer Focus
Intangible Storytelling Project
Broken Hill, NSW
Education or Training or Workforce Development
Drive Safe
Preston, VIC
Education or Training or Workforce Development
Mental Health Peer Work Training Program
Heidelberg, VIC
Consumer Provided
Gold Award
Deck of Dreams
NSW
Consumer Provided
Silver Award
No Suppression Group
NSW
Special Judges Award: Mental Health Promotion Focus
Family Fun Day
Coolangatta, QLD
Innovative Use of Technology
Gold Award
Online Crisis Support Chat Service
Deakin, ACT
Innovative Use of Technology
Silver Award
Recovery Hub: Hope Inspire Achieve – A mental health promotion website for the community
Primary Care / GP Based
General Practice co-located clinic with Marrickville Community Mental Health Service
Marrickville, NSW
Special Achievement
Gold Award
Authors at Any Age
Garden Suburb, NSW
Special Achievement
Gold Award
MH-CoPES, NSW CAG
East Sydney, NSW
Special Judges Award: Partnership Practices
Mental Health Law Centre (WA) Inc
Perth, WA
Broadcast Media
Lynne Malcolm
All in the Mind
Youth Mental Health –
‘Young Minds – the Highs & Lows’ and
‘I Hurt Myself – the secrecy of self harm’
ABC Radio National NSW
Print Media
Ending the Suicide Silence
The Border Mail, VIC
Special Media Award
Jim Marbrook
Mental Notes
Special Media Award – Rural Focus
The Land newspaper
Glove Box Guide to Mental Health
2012 TheMHS Awards Ceremony as part of the 2012 TheMHS Conference
Cairns Convention Centre
21 – 24 August 2012
We were honoured to welcome:
Professor Allan Fels, AO, Chair, National Mental Health Commission and Dean,
Australia and New Zealand School of Government
2012 TheMHS Awards Presenter
Exceptional Contribution to Mental Health Service in Australia or New Zealand
Trevor Hazell, NSW
Exceptional Contribution to Mental Health Service in Australia or New Zealand
Barbara Hocking, VIC
Clinical and Non-Clinical Services Supporting Recovery
a) Larger Organisation
Gold Award
WALSHtrust
Auckland, New Zealand
Clinical and Non-Clinical Services Supporting Recovery
a) Larger Organisation
Silver Award
St Vincents Health, O’Brien Urban Health Program,
Caritas Mental Health Unit,
Darlinghurst NSW
Clinical and Non-Clinical Services Supporting Recovery
a) Smaller Organisation
Triple Care Farm
Robertson, NSW
Mental Health Promotion or Mental Illness Prevention
Gold Award
Perinatal Mental Health Partnership Group
Frankston, VIC
Mental Health Promotion or Mental Illness Prevention
Silver Award
The Festival for Healthy Living
Flemington,VIC
Education, Training and Workforce Development
Gold Award
Facilitating transfer of training through values clarification and coaching.
Wollongong NSW
Education, Training and Workforce Development
Silver Award
Mental Health Professional Online Development (MHPOD)
Melbourne, VIC
Consumer Provided
Gold Award
Voices Vic
Prahran, VIC
Consumer Provided
Gold Award
Our Consumer Place
West Melbourne, VIC
Primary Care / GP Focus
H2M Service (HIV & HCV Mental Health in Primary Care Service)
Darlinghurst, NSW
Rural and/or Remote
A Person-Centred Mental Health Workshop for the Health and Welfare Workforce
Broken Hill, NSW
Special Achievement
Gold Award
Children Of parents with a mental Illness (COPMI) national initiative
North Adelaide, SA
Special Achievement
Silver Award
The Mental Health Rights Manual: A Consumer Guide to the Legal and Human Rights of People with Mental Illness in NSW 2011
Rozelle, NSW
Broadcast Media
Karen O’Sullivan
A Little Known Depression
Channel 7, Melbourne VIC
Print Media
Jill Margo
Who’s helping adult survivors of abuse?
Child abuse, adult anguish
The Australian Financial Review, NSW
2011 TheMHS Awards Ceremony as part of the 2011 TheMHS Conference
Adelaide Convention Centre
6 – 9 September 2011
We were honoured to welcome:
Minister Mark Butler, Federal Minister for Mental Health and Ageing
2011 TheMHS Awards Presenter
Exceptional Contribution to Mental Health Service in Australia or New Zealand
Leanne Craze, NSW
Non-Government Organisation (NGO) Provided Services
Gold Award
TE WHARE PUNA WAIORA
Wellington, New Zealand
Non-Government Organisation (NGO) Provided Services
Silver Award
The Peer Work Project
Norwood, SA
Non-Government Organisation (NGO) Provided Services
Silver Award
Building Family Skills Together
Heidelberg, VIC
Non-Government Organisation (NGO) Provided Services
Special Judges Award
Lantern Mental Health 2.0 Unconference
Moorabbin, VIC
Consumer Provided Services
Consumer Research and Evaluation Unit
Brunswick East, VIC
Regional/Rural/Remote Programs
Rural Adversity Mental Health Program (RAMHP)
Newcastle and Orange, NSW
Infant, Child, and Adolescent Services or Programs
Youth Service Program
Perth, WA
Mental Health Promotion or Mental Illness Prevention Program or Project
Gold Award
Mental Health and Parenting: Parent Group Program
Gosford, NSW
Mental Health Promotion or Mental Illness Prevention Program or Project
Silver Award
Music to Open Your Mind
East Fremantle, WA
Mental Health Promotion or Mental Illness Prevention Program or Project
Silver Award
Moving Minds
Ainslie, ACT
Mental Health Promotion or Mental Illness Prevention Program or Project
Special Judges Award
Environmental Change and Intergenerational Programs
Hamlyn Terrace and Cardiff, NSW
Mental Health Promotion or Mental Illness Prevention Program or Project
Special Judges Award
Positive Living in Aged Care
NSW and ACT
E-Health Services
OnTrack, Kelvin Grove, QLD
E-Health Services
Keeping Families and Children in Mind: Children Of Parents with a Mental Illness (COPMI)
Mental Health Worker Education Resource
North Adelaide, SA
Specialist Service or Part of a Larger Service
The ‘Strengths’ model of case management in a community mental health service
Fitzroy, VIC
Specialist Service or Part of a Larger Service
Making a real difference to consumer outcomes:
Knowing the People Planning (KPP)
Hastings, New Zealand
Specialist Service or Part of a Larger Service
Special Judges Award
Family Connections Program
Wollongong, NSW and Brisbane, QLD
Specialist Service or Part of a Larger Service
Special Judges Award
NSW Police Mental Health Intervention Team/
Schizophrenia Fellowship of NSW Inc
Gladesville, NSW
Broadcast Media
Renee Kennedy
‘The Silent Epidemic’
Beyond Screen Productions Pty Ltd, NSW
Print Media
Yvonne O’Hara
‘Down on the Farm – Depression and mental health in the rural south’
Southern Rural Life, Otago New Zealand
Special Media Award – Community Focus
Ian Watson
‘Community Radio Suicide Prevention Project’
Community Broadcasting Association of Australia Coorparoo, QLD
2010 TheMHS Awards Ceremony as part of the 2010 TheMHS Conference
Sydney Convention Centre
14 – 17 September 2010
We were honoured to welcome:
Senator Claire Moore, Senator for Queensland and
Chair of the Senate Community Affairs Committee
2010 TheMHS Awards Presenter
Exceptional Contribution to Mental Health Service in Australia or New Zealand
Isabell Collins, Melbourne, VIC
Non-Government Organisation (NGO) Provided Services
Gold Award
Refugee Community Link Workers, Auckland Regional Refugee Mobile Team
Auckland New Zealand
Non-Government Organisation (NGO) Provided Services
Silver Award
City Women’s Supported Accommodation
Darlinghurst, NSW
Consumer Provided Services
Key We Way
Wellington, New Zealand
Family/Carer Provided Service
Supporting Carers of People with Mental Illness Project
Unley, SA
Family/Carer Provided Service
Special Judges Award
“Connections”: Aboriginal Women’s Art Therapy Group
Darlinghurst, NSW
Specialist Service or Part of a Larger Organisation
Gold Award
The Helping Young People Early (HYPE) Program
Parkville, VIC
Specialist Service or Part of a Larger Organisation
Silver Award
Community Conservation Corps Trust: Work Readiness Initiative
Auckland, New Zealand
Specialist Service or Part of a Larger Organisation
Silver Award
The Mental Health and Sexual Assault Project
Parramatta, NSW
Infant, Child and Adolescent Services or Programs
Triple Care Farm
Robertson, NSW
Mental Health Promotion or Mental Illness Prevention Program or Project
Gold Award
University of Melbourne Mental Health Strategy , VIC
Mental Health Promotion or Mental Illness Prevention Program or Project
Silver Award
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mental
Health First Aid Training and Research Program, ACT
Mental Health Promotion or Mental Illness Prevention Program or Project
Special Judges Award
Inner City Mental Health Recovery Working Party
Surry Hills, NSW
E-Health Services
Gold Award
The VirtualClinic, Darlinghurst, NSW
E-Health Services
Silver Award
The ECCO Project, Canberra, ACT
Regional/Rural/Remote Programs
Gold Award
Aboriginal Mental Health Workforce Program
Orange, NSW
Regional/Rural/Remote Programs
Silver Award
Transcultural Rural and Remote Outreach Program (TRROP)
Parramatta, NSW
Infant, Child and Adolescent Services or Programs
Green Team, Child and Family Specialty Service
Christchurch, New Zealand
Broadcast Media
Cath South and Stewart Carter
KIDS’ BUSINESS
People Pictures
Print Media
Danny Lannen
GEELONG’S JOURNEY
Geelong Advertiser, VIC
Special Media Award – Rural Focus
Sarah Quinton
‘The black day farmer John hit the dirt’ and ‘Many pathways to depression but what is the way back?’
The West Australian Newspaper, WA
Special Media Award – Rural Focus
Samuel Watson and Karen Dorante
‘Cape York Health Promotions Project – Suicide Prevention in Cape York’s Remote Indigenous Communities’
Brisbane Indigenous Media Association, QLD
2009 TheMHS Awards Ceremony as part of the 2009 TheMHS Conference
Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre
1 – 4 SEPTEMBER 2009
We were honoured to welcome:
Senator Claire Moore, Senator for Queensland and
Chair of the Senate Community Affairs Committee
2009 TheMHS Awards Presenter
Exceptional Contribution to Mental Health Service in Australia or New Zealand
Betty Kitchener
Melbourne, VIC
Non Government Organisation (NGO) Provided Service
Gold Award
The Learning and Development Unit (LDU)
Rozelle, NSW
Non Government Organisation (NGO) Provided Service
Silver Award
Youth Focus Mental Health Delivery Service Models
Burswood, WA
Consumer Provided Service
Gold Award
Toi Ora Live Art Charitable Trust
Auckland, New Zealand
Consumer Provided Service
Silver Award
Toi Ora Live Art Charitable Trust
Auckland, New Zealand
Consumer Provided Service
Silver Award
Mental Health Education program (MHEP)
Newtown, VIC
Family/Carer Provided Service
Well Ways, Fairfield, VIC
Infant, Child, and Adolescent Programs and Services
Gold Award
The Peek a Boo Club
Sunshine, VIC
Infant, Child, and Adolescent Programs and Services
Silver Award
The Multi-Systemic Therapy Program (MST)
East Fremantle, WA
Mental Health Promotion or Mental Illness Prevention Program or Project
Gold Award
Flourish Program
Wollongong, NSW
Mental Health Promotion or Mental Illness Prevention Program or Project
Silver Award
Empowering consumers to make informed choices About Medication
Fitzroy, VIC
Specialist Service or Part of a Larger Service
Gold Award
Vocational Education Training and Employment Services (VETE)
North Ryde, NSW
Specialist Service or Part of a Larger Service
Silver Award
Partnership in Evaluation towards Recovery (PER) Team
Auckland, NZ
Special Judges Award
SANE Research Bulletins
Southbank, VIC
Special Judges Award
The Tobacco and Mental Illness Project
Seaton, SA
Broadcast Media
Bryan Bruce
Just a Little Mad
Red Sky Film & TV Ltd, Wellington, NZ
Print Media
Jane Wilson
Reaching Out
Riverland Weekly, Berri, SA
Special Media Achievement Award
Wendy Spooner
Farmers’ mental health workshop
Namoi Valley Independent, Gunnedah, NSW
2008 TheMHS Awards Ceremony as part of the 2008 TheMHS Conference
Auckland Convention Centre at the Edge
2 – 5 SEPTEMBER 2008
We were honoured to welcome:
Dr Janice Wilson, Deputy Director General, Population Health Directorate
New Zealand Ministry of Health
2008 TheMHS Awards Presenter
Exceptional Contribution to Mental Health in Australia or New Zealand
Beth Bailey
Melbourne, VIC
Non Government Organisation (NGO) Provided Service
Gold Award
The Consumer Experience of SNAP’s Implementation of the Collaborative Recovery Model (CRM)
Bairnsdale, VIC
Non Government Organisation (NGO) Provided Service
Silver Award
Disability Support Program
Newcastle NSW
Consumer Provided Service
The Horizon Social Club
Elizabeth Park, SA
Family/Carer Provided Service
Gold Award
Walk of Pride
Hunter, NSW
Family/Carer Provided Service
Silver Award
Brimbank Carers Group
St Albans, VIC
Regional/Rural/Remote Programs
Mental Health Emergencies Training Program, ACT
Infant, Child, and Adolescent Services or Programs
Gold Award
ORYGEN Youth Health and ORYGEN Research Centre
Parkville, VIC
Infant, Child, and Adolescent Services or Programs
Silver Award
Workfirst
Wellington, NZ
Mental Health Promotion or Mental Illness Prevention Program or Project
Gold Award
Images of a Hero Calendar 2008
Brisbane, QLD
Mental Health Promotion or Mental Illness Prevention Program or Project
Silver Award
Family Law Courts – Mental Health Support Program
Adelaide, SA
Specialist Service or Part of a Larger Service
Gold Award
CNAHS Peer Specialist and Carer Consultant Program
Adelaide, SA
Specialist Service or Part of a Larger Service
Silver Award
Reducing Seclusion Project
Frankston, VIC
Specialist Service or Part of a Larger Service
Silver Award
Psychological Interventions for Enduring Mental Illness Project
Auckland, NZ
Special Judges Award
Popao Project (The Model and Group)
Auckland, New Zealand
Broadcast Media
Sonya Pemberton
‘Angels and Demons’
Zapruder’s other Films, Sydney, NSW
Print Media
Carolyn Jeffrey
‘It affects your whole life’
The Times, Victor Harbor SA
Special Media Achievement Award
‘Road to Recovery’
Morningside Productions in Association with
Framework Trust, Auckland, NZ
Special Media Achievement Award
Natasha Mitchell
‘All in the Mind’
ABC Radio National, Melbourne, VIC
2007 TheMHS Awards Ceremony as part of the 2007 TheMHS Conference
Melbourne Convention Centre
4 – 7 SEPTEMBER 2007
We were honoured to welcome:
Senator The Hon Brett Mason,
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health and Ageing
2007 TheMHS Awards Presenter
Exceptional Contribution to Mental Health Service in Australia or New Zealand
Sandy Jeffs
Melbourne, VIC
Exceptional Contribution to Mental Health Service in Australia or New Zealand
Sharon Lawn
South Australia
Non Government Organisation (NGO) Provided Service
Gold Award
Community Living Services, Auckland NZ
Non Government Organisation (NGO) Provided Service
Silver Award
WALSH Trust, Auckland NZ
Consumer Provided Service
Gold Award
Temp Solutions, Kites Trust
Wellington NZ
Consumer Provided Service
Silver Award
Consumer Companion Project
Bayside Initiatives Group Inc. and
Southside District Health Service – Bayside, QLD
Regional/Rural/Remote Programs
Gold Award
Australian Integrated Mental Health Initiative Northern Territory
Regional/Rural/Remote Programs
Silver Award
Collaborative Family Practice Project
Bendigo, VIC
Infant, Child and Adolescent Services or Programs
Gold Award
YouthMood Project (MoodGYM in Schools)
Centre for Mental Health Research (ANU) ACT
Infant, Child and Adolescent Services or Programs
Silver Award
The Consumer Consultant Role in Mater CYMHS
South Brisbane, QLD
Mental Health Promotion or Mental Illness Prevention Program or Project
Gold Award
Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) Training and Research
Program, ORYGEN, University of Melbourne
Mental Health Promotion or Mental Illness Prevention Program or Project
Silver Award
Mental Illness Education ACT
Specialist Service or Part of a Larger Service
Gold Award
Mind your Head
The New Zealand Early Intervention in Psychosis Society Incorporated Auckland, NZ
Specialist Service or Part of a Larger Service
Silver Award
McPherson Community, a Dual Disabiltiy Adult
Residential Service
Richmond Fellowship Victoria
Special Judges Award
Collaborative Recovery Model and Training Program
Illawarra Institute for Mental Health,
University of Wollongong, NSW
Broadcast Media
Sally Sara, Pip Courtney, Russell Maggs
Black Dog
Landline ABC – TV, Brisbane QLD
Print Media
Deborah Gough
Every Fortnight: a life lost, just begun
The Sunday Age, Melbourne, VIC
Community/Regional Print
Raquel De Brito
Mental Illness Stigma
Examiner Newspaper, WA
2006 TheMHS Awards Ceremony as part of the 2006 TheMHS Conference
Townsville Convention Centre
30 AUGUST – 1 SEPTEMBER 2006
We were honoured to welcome:
The Hon Tony Abbott,
The Australian Minister for Health
2006 TheMHS Awards Presenter
Exceptional Contribution to Mental Health Service in Australia or New Zealand
Ngoc-Anh Nguyen
Western Region Outreach Service of the Western Region Health Centre Ltd (VIC)
Exceptional Contribution to Mental Health Service in Australia or New Zealand
Professor Ian Falloon
New Zealand
Consumer-Run Program or Service
Gold Award
Keepwell Limited: Real Recovery Solutions in Mental Health Training & Publishing
Keepwell Limited (NZ)
Consumer-Run Program or Service
Silver Award
The Station Community Mental Health Centre Inc
Family/Carer-Run Program or Service
Gold Award
Carer Assist: support for mental health carers
Schizophrenia Fellowship of NSW Inc.
Family/Carer-Run Program or Service
Silver Award
Carer Support Group – for carers of people with
Borderline Personality Disorder
ARAFEMI (VIC) and
St Vincent’s Mental Health Service (VIC)
Specialist Service or Part of a Larger Service
Gold Award
VicChamps and PATS (Paying Attention to Self) in Partnership Eastern Health Mental Health Program (VIC)
and Shire of Yarra RangesYouth Services (VIC)
Specialist Service or Part of a Larger Service
Silver Award
Housing Solutions
ComCare Charitable Trust (NZ)
Specialist Service or Part of a Larger Service
Silver Award
Psychiatric Emergency Centre
RBWH Mental Health Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital QLD
Regional/Rural/Remote Programs
Special Judges Award
Biripi Nambi Centre
Social & Emotional Well-being (Mental Health)
Biripi Aboriginal Medical Service (NSW)
Infant, Child and Adolescent
Gold Award
Feeling is Thinking (FisT) Group Work Intervention
Royal Children’s Hospital Mental Health Service (VIC)
Infant, Child and Adolescent
Silver Award
SCARF Program [Strengthening Child and
Adolescent Relationships in Families]
Barwon Health Mental Health Services (VIC) and
Glastonbury Child & Family Services (VIC)
Infant, Child and Adolescent
Silver Award
Child & Youth Mental Health Service Page No
Brisbane Royal Children’s Hospital & Health Service District QLD
Mental Health Promotion or Mental Illness Prevention Program or Project
Gold Award
National Illicit Drug Strategy Dual Diagnosis Project Mental Health Co-ordinating Council (NSW) and
The NSW Department of Community Services
Mental Health Promotion or Mental Illness Prevention Program or Project
Silver Award
My Sexual Health Matters” booklet
Sexual Health Information Networking Education (SHINE) Mental Health Division, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and Health Service (SA)
Mental Health Promotion or Mental Illness Prevention Program or Project
Silver Award
PATS (Paying Attention to Self) Program
Centre for Adolescent Health, Victoria;
Goulburn Valley Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service, Shepparton; Inner South Community Health Service, Melbourne; Wimmera Uniting Care, Horsham; Youth Services, Shire of Yarra Ranges, Lilydale
Broadcast Media
Lynne Malcolm; Sherre Delys; Jenny Parsonage
“Fragmented Minds” on All in the Mind
ABC Radio National NSW
Broadcast Media
Roger Bayley
Broken Open
ABC TV – Compass NSW
Print Media
Josephine Brouard
Turning Point
Notebook/FPC Publishing Sydney
Community/Regional Print
Rachel Watts
Out of Mind: Uncovering Mental Illness
Community Newspaper Group WA
2005 TheMHS Awards Ceremony as part of the 2005 TheMHS Conference
Adelaide Convention Centre
31 AUGUST – 2 SEPTEMBER 2005
We were honoured to welcome:
Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM,
the Australian Human Rights Commissioner and Acting Disability Commissioner
2005 TheMHS Awards Presenter
Exceptional Contribution to Mental Health Service in Australia or New Zealand
Barbara Wieland
Adelaide, South Australia
Exceptional Contribution to Mental Health Service in Australia or New Zealand
Barbara Disley
New Zealand
Consumer-Run Program or Service
Gold Award
Wellington Speakers Bureau
Case Consulting Ltd.
Consumer-Run Program or Service
Silver Award
Consumer Advocacy Course
NSW Institute of Psychiatry
Family/Carer-Run Program or Service
Family and Carer Support Program
Greater Southern Area Health Service
Mental Health Service
(Formerly Southern Area Section)
Recovery Program or Service
Gold Award
Aspire a Pathway to Mental Health
Warrnambool VIC
Recovery Program or Service
Silver Award
The Kokiri Ka Taea (Go Forth and Achieve) Program
Te Korowai Aroha, Auckland NZ
Specialist Service or Part of a Larger Service
Gold Award
Youthlink
Southern Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service,
Southern Adelaide Health Services
Specialist Service or Part of a Larger Service
Silver Award
St. Vincent’s Mental Health Service Extra Care Unit Program Review
St. Vincent’s Health (Melbourne)
Dual Diagnosis
Gold Award
Northern NEXUS Dual Diagnosis Service
St. Vincent’s Health (Melbourne)
Infant, Child and Adolescent
Gold Award
Supporting Kids
Upper Murray Family Care, VIC
Infant, Child and Adolescent
Silver Award
Central Coast Young ARAFMI Kids Konnecting
Young People Connecting Parents
Connecting Programs
Mental Health Promotion or Mental Illness Prevention Program or Project
Gold Award
Festival for Healthy Living Program
Royal Children’s Hospital Mental Health Service, VIC
Mental Health Promotion or Mental Illness Prevention Program or Project
Silver Award
SKIPS (Supporting Kids in Primary Schools)
Eastern Access Community Health (EACH)
and Eastern Health, VIC
Mental Health Promotion or Mental Illness Prevention Program or Project
Silver Award
“Koping Kids Kall Out CD”–The Koping CD Project
Child & Youth Mental Health Service,
Royal Children’s Hospital and Health Service District(CYMHS RCH & HSD) QLD
Broadcast Media
Janine Cohen , NSW
Beating the Black Dog & Messing with Heads
Four Corners ABC TV
Print Media
Peter Ellingsen, VIC
Shame of our Forgotten People
Sunday Age Newspaper
2004 TheMHS Awards Ceremony as part of the 2004 TheMHS Conference
Gold Coast Convention Centre
1-3 SEPTEMBER 2004
We were honoured to welcome:
Professor Allan Fels
2004 TheMHS Awards Presenter
Exceptional Contribution to Mental Health Service in Australia or New Zealand
Lifeline’s 24 hour Crisis Telephone Counselling Service
Consumer-Run Program or Service
Winner
Consumer Evaluation of Mental Health Services
(CEO-MHS) Project.
Illawarra Area Mental Health Services
Consumer-Run Program or Service
Finalist
depressioNet.com.au – Peer to Peer support services
Consumer-Run Program or Service
Finalist
The Platform Team
ORYGEN Youth Health
Recovery Service or Program
Winner
The Apollo Program – Richmond Fellowship of Victoria
Recovery Service or Program
Finalist
Gippsland Accommodation Rehabilitation Support Service Inc (GARSS)
Specialist Service or Part of a Larger Organisation
Winner
Northern Area Mental Health Service –
Consumer Participation in Staff Selection Strategy
Specialist Service or Part of a Larger Organisation
Finalist
VICSERV Professional Development Program
Specialist Service or Part of a Larger Organisation
Finalist
City of Port Phillip Access Arts
Dual Diagnosis
Finalist
Triple Care Farm
Mission Australia
Infant, Child and Adolescent
Winner
Addressing Family Violence Programs (AFVP’s)–
(Including the PARKAS Model & Training Package)
Royal Children’s Hospital Mental Health Service
Mental Health Promotion or Mental Illness Prevention Program or Project
Winner
OutaSite: Intergalactic Guide to High School, transition to high school educational CD ROM
Central Coast Health, Children and Young Peoples MentalHealthService, and Department of Education and Training (DET), Central Coast District Office
Mental Health Promotion or Mental Illness Prevention Program or Project
Finalist
Barwon Health Mental Health Service Flipper Card Initiative
Mental Health Promotion or Mental Illness Prevention Program or Project
Finalist
Scream on the Green
NSW Consumer Advisory Group – Mental Health Inc (NSWCAG);
Marrickville Council; Marrickville Youth Council
Broadcast Media
Natasha Mitchell
All in the Mind
ABC Radio National (and freelance)
Print Media
Janet Hawley
Dancing with Strangeness
Good Weekend
Print Media
Steve Waldon and Julie-Anne Davies
Suicide: Men at Risk
The Age
2003 TheMHS Awards Ceremony as part of the 2003 TheMHS Conference
National Convention Centre, Canberra
3-5 SEPTEMBER 2003
Exceptional Contribution to Mental Health in Australia or New Zealand
SANE Australia, South Melbourne, VIC
Recovery Program or Service
Winner
Coompeer Ilawarra, Wollongong, NSW
Recovery Program or Service
Winner
Our Journey from Rhetoric to Reality
Richmond Fellowship Tauranga, New Zealand
Consumer or Carer Program or Service
Winner
Centre For Psychiatric Nursing Research and Practice, VIC
Consumer or Carer Program or Service
Finalist
DepressioNet.com.au, VIC
Consumer or Carer Program or Service
Finalist
Forensicare Consumer Participation Program, VIC
Consumer or Carer Program or Service
Finalist
National Standards for Mental Health Services Quilt Project, NSW
Consumer or Carer Program or Service
Finalist
The Offspring Group – ARAFEMI, VIC
Consumer or Carer Program or Service
Finalist
St Vincent’s Mental Health Service Carer Participation Strategy
Melbourne, VIC
Service Partnerships
Winner
Goulburn Valley Area Mental Health Service and Mental Illness Fellowship, Victoria
Service Partnerships
Winner
Inner City Project, Wellington, NZ
Service Partnerships
Winner
Top End Division of General Practice – Aboriginal Mental Health Worker Program, Darwin, NT
Mental Health Promotion or Mental Illness Prevention Project or Program
Winner
Mental Health First Aid, Canberra, ACT
Mental Health Promotion or Mental Illness Prevention Project or Program
Finalist
The Moodswell – Mid North Coast Area Health Service, Port Macquarie, NSW
Mental Health Promotion or Mental Illness Prevention Project or Program
Finalist
SANE Australia Helpline, Sth Melbourne, VIC
Quality Improvement Programs or Strategies
Winner
Consumers Shaping Mental Health Services – Southern Area
Mental Health Service, NSW
Quality Improvement Programs or Strategies
Finalist
Fremantle Mental Health program for Seniors-Carer Training Project for the Management of Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD) by Home-Based Carers, WA
Quality Improvement Programs or Strategies
Finalist
Yarra Oral Health Project – St Vincent’s Mental Health, VIC
Broadcast Media
The Department of Lost Voices
ABC Radio National’s Radio Eye, Australian Broadcasting Commission
Sydney, NSW
Print Media
Lives in Turmoil
South Western Times,
Bunbury, WA
2002 TheMHS Awards Ceremony as part of the 2002 TheMHS Conference
Sydney Convention Centre
20-22 AUGUST 2002
Exceptional Contribution to Mental Health Service in Australia
Dr Joan Clarke
Prahran Mission, Melbourne VIC
Rehabilitation/Recovery Program or Service
Gold Award
AMIGOS – Child and Youth Health, South Australia
Rehabilitation/Recovery Program or Service
Silver Award
Job Supply Personnel – Prahran Mission, Victoria
Consumer/Carer Program or Service
Gold Award
COPES (Carers Offering Peers Early Support –Eastern Health Mental Health Program & Eastern Access Community Health
Victoria
Consumer/Carer Program or Service
Silver Award
Rozelle Hospital Consumer Consultants
Sydney, NSW
Consumer/Carer Program or Service
Bronze Award
Horizon Social Club
Adelaide, SA
Consumer/Carer Program or Service
Special Judges Award
Meg, the pet therapy dog at Mandala Mental Health Clinic
Gosford, NSW