Health topic quickview: Mental health
A collection of Mental health-related information in the Health and Ageing website.
Mental health
07 February 2012
The Australian Government is committed to building a stronger, more transparent, accountable, efficient and effective mental health system. The government will deliver comprehensive reforms to make a real difference to Australians living with mental illness, their families and carers.
A summary of youth health related initiatives
31 August 2010
The Department of Health and Ageing has funded, established and implemented a range of programs and strategies that address, or are relevant to, the health and well-being of young people. Our programs are based on evidence and knowledge of the major health issues facing young people today.
Non-Directive Pregnancy Support Counselling MBS Items
10 August 2010
These items provide Medicare benefits for the provision of non-directive pregnancy support counselling by eligible GPs, and psychologists, social workers and mental health nurses on referral from a GP.
Program/Initiatives
- 01 Feb 2012Better Access to Psychiatrists, Psychologists and General Practitioners through the MBS (Better Access) initiative
- 25 Jan 2012Multicultural mental health
- 23 Sep 2011Better Outcomes in Mental Health Care
- 23 Sep 2011Access to Allied Psychological Services (ATAPS)
- 07 Sep 2011Early Intervention Services for Parents, Children and Young People
- 07 Sep 2011KidsMatter
- 07 Sep 2011Mental Health Council of Australia
- 07 Sep 2011Additional Education Places, Scholarships and Clinical Training in Mental Health
- 07 Sep 2011Children of Parents with a Mental Illness
- 07 Sep 2011headspace (National Youth Mental Health Foundation)
- 07 Sep 2011Mental Health Services in Rural and Remote Areas
- 07 Sep 2011Mental Health in Tertiary Curricula
- 07 Sep 2011Structural Reform of the RANZCP Fellowship Training Program
- 07 Sep 2011National Youth Mental Health Foundation (headspace)
- 07 Sep 2011Mindmatters
- 07 Sep 2011National Suicide Prevention Strategy
- 07 Sep 2011Multicultural Mental Health Australia
- 07 Sep 2011Mindframe National Media Initiative
- 07 Sep 2011ResponseAbility Education
- 07 Sep 2011Funding for Telephone Counselling, Self Help and Web-based Support Programs
- 05 Aug 2011Mental Health Nurse Incentive Program
- 20 Jun 2011Program of Assistance for Survivors of Torture and Trauma
- 08 Oct 2010eheadspace
- 01 Sep 2010National Eating Disorders Collaboration
- 25 Feb 2010National Perinatal Depression Initiative
- 25 Feb 2010Support for Day to Day Living in the Community
- 16 Nov 2009National mental health strategy
- 27 Feb 2009Mental Health Services in Rural and Remote Areas program
- 29 Jan 2009beyondblue - the National Depression Initiative
- 27 Jan 2009Mental Health Support for Drought Affected Communities
- 19 Jan 2009National Mental Health Seclusion and Restraint Project
- 19 Jan 2009National Outcomes and Casemix Collection
- 20 Feb 2008GP Psych Support
Publications
- 12 Jan 2012Ten year roadmap for national mental health reform: draft
- 12 Jan 2012Dementia - The Caring Experience
- 23 Nov 2011People living with psychotic illness 2010
- 23 Nov 2011Response to the scoping study for a new peak national mental health consumer organisation
- 30 May 2011Models of collaborative care for children and youth (0-25 years)
- 30 Mar 2011Early psychosis feasibility study report
- 15 Mar 2011Evaluation of the Better Access to Psychiatrists, Psychologists and GPs through the Medicare Benefits Schedule initiative
- 30 Dec 2010Fitting together the pieces: collaborative care models for adults with severe and persistent mental illness
- 22 Dec 2010Commonwealth response to The Hidden Toll: Suicide in Australia
- 16 Dec 2010Implementation guidelines for private office based mental health practices
- 16 Dec 2010Implementation guidelines for non-government community services
- 15 Dec 2010Implementation guidelines for public mental health services and private hospitals
- 06 Nov 2010National mental health report 2010
- 16 Sep 2010National standards for mental health services 2010
- 08 Sep 2010ATAPS evaluation reports
- 16 Aug 20102009/10 Update to the early childhood and parenting services scoping study
- 01 Aug 2010Tips for parents: adolescents
- 01 Aug 2010Tips for parents: babies
- 01 Aug 2010Tips for parents: kids 5-11
- 01 Aug 2010Tips for parents: kids 1-4
- 01 Aug 2010Tips for parents: relationships
- 30 May 2010Mental Health Nurse Incentive Program: case studies project report
- 30 May 2010Mental Health Nurse Incentive Program: seven case studies
- 31 Mar 2010Scoping study to inform the establishment of a new peak national mental health consumer organisation
- 19 Feb 2010COAG national action plan on mental health (2006-2011)
- 09 Feb 2010Outcomes and proposed next steps: review of the Access to Allied Psychological Services component of the Better Outcomes in Mental Health Care program
- 29 Nov 2009Review of the Multicultural Mental Health Australia (MMHA) project
- 16 Nov 2009Fourth national mental health plan: an agenda for collaborative government action in mental health 2009-2014
- 29 Aug 2009Comorbidity treatment service model evaluation: final report August 2009
- 02 Jul 2009Schizophrenia: Australian treatment guide for consumers and carers
- 02 Jul 2009Bipolar disorder: Australian treatment guide for consumers and carers
- 02 Jul 2009Panic disorder and agoraphobia: Australian treatment guide for consumers and carers
- 02 Jul 2009Self-harm: Australian treatment guide for consumers and carers
- 02 Jul 2009Anorexia nervosa: Australian treatment guide for consumers and carers
- 02 Jul 2009Coping with depression: Australian treatment guide for consumers and carers
- 01 Jun 2009Better access to mental health care
- 11 May 2009The Mental health of Australians 2: report on the 2007 national survey of mental health and wellbeing
- 23 Apr 2009National mental health policy 2008
- 16 Dec 2008Development of clinical prompts to enhance decision support tools related to the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection
- 21 Sep 2008Quality framework for telephone counselling and internet-based support services
- 02 Jul 2008LiFE: research and evidence in suicide prevention
- 02 Jul 2008LiFE: a framework for prevention of suicide in Australia
- 02 Jul 2008LiFE: fact sheets
- 04 Sep 2007LiFe: helping someone at risk of suicide
- 10 Aug 2007Early childhood and parenting services scoping study
- 31 May 2007What is a personality disorder?
- 31 May 2007What is mental illness?
- 01 May 2007What is schizophrenia?
- 01 May 2007What is an eating disorder?
- 01 May 2007What is an anxiety disorder?
- 01 May 2007What is a depressive disorder?
- 01 May 2007What is bipolar mood disorder?
- 07 Mar 2007National mental health report 2007: summary of twelve years of reform in Australia’s mental health services under the national mental health strategy 1993-2005
- 01 Feb 2007Identifying the carer project: final report and recommendations for the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing
- 08 Nov 2006Pathways of recovery: report of the national consultation on preventing further episodes of mental illness
- 10 Aug 2006Safety after leaving hospital: the reduction in risk of suicide in people who are discharged from inpatient mental health care
- 13 Jul 2006Early intervention for children with autism spectrum disorders: guidelines for best practice
- 13 Jul 2006A Review of the research to identify the most effective models of practice in early intervention for children with autism spectrum disorders
- 01 Jan 2006Pathways of recovery: preventing further episodes of mental illness (monograph)
- 01 Jan 2006Pathways of recovery: 4As framework for preventing further episodes of mental illness
- 15 Dec 2005National mental health report 2005
- 01 Nov 2005Key performance indicators for Australian public mental health services
- 01 Oct 2005National safety priorities in mental health: a national plan for reducing harm
- 01 Jun 2005National action to improve the quality of mental health services: a summary of activity 1992–2003
- 01 Jun 2005National mental health information priorities 2nd edition
- 26 May 2005Homelessness and mental health linkages: review of national and international literature
- 01 Mar 2004Supporting parents and families: the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people
- 12 Dec 2003A Manual to guide the development of local evaluation plans: evaluating initiatives within the LIFE framework using a program logic approach
- 01 Sep 2003International suicide rates: recent trends and implications for Australia
- 01 Aug 2003Towards national benchmarks for Australian mental health services
- 01 Jul 2003National mental health plan 2003-2008
- 19 Jun 2003A Manual of mental health care in general practice
- 22 May 2003Consultation report: an evaluation of the discussion paper 'e-mental health in Australia: implications of the internet and related technologies for policy'
- 01 Mar 2003Evaluation of the second national mental health plan
- 01 Jan 2003Comorbid mental disorders and substance use disorders: epidemiology, prevention and treatment
- 01 Nov 2002Research priorities in mental health
- 22 Oct 2002National review of tele counselling and web counselling services
- 01 Sep 2002National practice standards for the mental health workforce
- 01 Sep 2002Outcomes and indicators, measurement tools and databases for the national action plan for promotion, prevention and early intervention for mental health 2000
- 01 Jun 2002Mental health needs and expenditure in Australia
- 01 Jun 2002Improving mental health literacy: a review of the literature
- 01 May 2002e-Mental health in Australia: implications of the internet and related technologies for policy
- 22 Oct 2001An Analysis of suicide in Indigenous communities of north Queensland: the historical, cultural and symbolic landscape
- 01 Oct 2001Evaluation: a guide for good practice
- 01 Sep 2001Challenging behaviours
- 02 Jul 2001Mental health and illness in the media: a review of the literature
- 02 Jul 2001Suicide and the media: a critical review – full report
- 02 Jul 2001Suicide and the media: a critical review – executive summary
- 01 Jun 2001The Interrelations of social capital with health and mental health: discussion paper
- 01 Oct 2000Mental health of young people in Australia
- 01 Oct 2000Application of rights analysis instrument to Australian mental health legislation
- 05 May 2000A National model for the collection and analysis of a minimum data set with outcome measures for private, hospital-based, psychiatric services
- 01 Jan 2000A Population health model for the provision of mental health care
- 01 Dec 1999Measuring quality in Australian mental health services
- 01 Apr 1999The Mental health of Australians
- 01 Sep 1998The Kit: a guide to the advocacy we choose to do
- 01 Aug 1998Developing a casemix classification for mental health services: volume 2 resource materials
- 01 Aug 1998Developing a casemix classification for mental health services: summary
- 01 Aug 1998Developing a casemix classification for mental health services: volume 1 main report
- 01 Jun 1998Tools for reviewing Australian mental health services (TRAMHS)
- 01 Dec 1997Evaluation of the national mental health strategy: research components
- 01 Dec 1997Evaluation of the national mental health strategy: final report
- 01 Oct 1997Measuring consumer outcomes In mental health: field testing of selected measures of consumer outcome in mental health
- 01 Dec 1996Report on a rights analysis instrument for use in evaluating mental health legislation
- 01 Feb 1995Ways forward: national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health policy
- 01 Sep 1992National mental health policy
- 01 Sep 1991Mental health: statement of rights and responsibilities
