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Mental health programs

Alphabetical list of programs to build the capacity of the mental health care system.

A | B | C-H | I-L | M | N-O | P-Z

A

• Access to Allied Psychological Services (part of Better Outcomes in Mental Health Care)
• Additional Education Places, Scholarships and Clinical Training in Mental Health
  • Psychiatry Training Outside Teaching Hospitals
  • Structural Reform of Psychiatric Training
• Australian Child and Adolescent Trauma, Loss and Grief Network - a network linking people across Australia concerned with the trauma, loss and grief experiences of children and adolescents.

B

• Better Access to Psychiatrists, Psychologists and General Practitioners through the Medicare Benefits Schedule
• Better Outcomes in Mental Health Care
• beyondblue: the National Depression Initiative

C-H

• Children of Parents with a Mental Illness (COPMI) - promotes better mental health outcomes for children whose parents have a mental illness.
• Early intervention services for parents, children and young people - provides a framework for mental health promotion, prevention and early intervention for children from birth to 12 years.
• eheadspace - a pilot service enabling young people in part of WA to chat or email qualified youth mental health professionals.
• Funding for Telephone Counselling, Self Help and Web-based Support Programs
• headspace
• Helping Children with Autism Top of page

I-L

• Improved Services for People with Drug and Alcohol Problems and Mental Illness
• Improving the Capacity of Workers in Indigenous Communities
• Increased funding for the Mental Health Council of Australia
• KidsMatter - supports mental health promotion, prevention and early intervention for all children through universal, evidence-based primary school and early childhood programs.
• Living is for everyone (LiFE)

M

• Mental Health in Multicultural Australia (MHiMA)
• Mental Health in Tertiary Curricula
• Mental Health Nurse Incentive Program
• Mental Health Services in Rural and Remote Areas
• Mental Health Support for Drought Affected Communities
• Mindframe National Media Initiative
• MindMatters - a mental health promotion, prevention and early intervention initiative to support the mental health of young people in secondary schools.
• Multicultural Mental Health Australia - builds awareness of mental health and suicide prevention amongst Australians from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
• Multicultural mental health Top of page

N-O

• National Eating Disorders Collaboration
• National Mental Health Seclusion and Restraint Project
• National Mental Health Strategy
• National Outcomes and Casemix Collection
• National Perinatal Depression Initiative
• National suicide prevention programs - Living is for everyone (LiFE)
• National Youth Mental Health Foundation (headspace)

P-Z

• Program of Assistance for Survivors of Torture and Trauma
• Psychiatry Training Outside Teaching Hospitals
• Response Ability Education - aims to better prepare student teachers and children's services workers in mental health promotion, prevention and early intervention through multi-media packages in Australian universities, tertiary colleges and the VET sector.
• Structural Reform of Psychiatric Training
• Support for Day-to-Day Living in the Community Top of page

Page last reviewed: 1 September 2010