Cath Roper – Consumer Academic with the CPNRP The employment of a mental health consumer as an academic member of staff within the CPNRP was…

“The Department of Lost Voices” tells the personal stories of how people with schizophrenia are “treated” in the criminal justice system. Broadcast as part of…

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Mental health, and more specifically the sensitive issue of suicide has almost been a “no go” area for many newspapers and other media in Australia.…

In August 1999, Forensicare identified that we were not keeping pace with other mental health services in developing consumer participation programs. To address this deficit…

The National Standards for Mental Health Standards quilt came into being from a meeting organised by representatives from Carers NSW, Mental Health Co-ordinating Council, Northern…

Since 1995, ARAFEMI has facilitated an Offspring group for adults 18 years and over whose parent/s have a mental illness. The group is based on…

Carers at St. Vincent’s Mental Health Service have played a key role in the development of the Family and Carer Participation Strategy. Six carers joined…

The project will demonstrate outstanding innovation achieved by a strong and meaningful partnership. The partnership, which brings together distinct sectors of clinical and psychiatric disability…

The Inner City Project (ICP) is a community-partnership mental health service governed by nine organisations in a collaborative attempt to improve the situation of mental…