SNAP Gippsland’s use of the Collaborative Recovery Model (CRM) is transforming the PDRSS agency. The model, introduced in 2005 with thorough staff training, was developed…

The Child and Youth Mental Health Service (CYMHS) of the Royal Children's Hospital, Brisbane, used Queensland's Mental Health Week 2007 theme of 'Everybody's Life is…

WorkFirst is a supported employment service co-located with some of Capital & Coast DHB’s (C&CDHB) community mental health teams. It focuses on young adults who…

ORYGEN is a great Australian success story. It is unique in Australia as the only fully integrated research (ORYGEN Research Centre, ORC) and clinical (ORYGEN…

The overall aim of this education program is to provide general nurses and other health professionals with the attitudes, knowledge, confidence and skills to effectively…

“I was lost and didn’t know which way to turn”. “I was desperate to get some help”. These were the some of the pleas being…

The Newcastle Mental Health Week “Walk of Pride” to De-stigmatise Mental Illness has been an annual event for our local community to “Step out of…

The Horizon Social Club is a weekend club run by volunteers who have experienced mental illness, based in the Northern Metropolitan Area in Adelaide S.A.…

The Disability Support Program (DSP) is a glowing example of partnership and recovery in practice. The DSP, first established in 2001, is an innovative partnership…