Mental Health General

Multicultural Mental Health Australia website

http://www.mmha.org.au/

Multicultural Mental Health Australia (MMHA) provides national leadership in mental health and suicide prevention for Australians from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds. MMHA links to a wide range of state and territory mental health specialists and services, advocacy groups and tertiary institutions to promote the mental health and wellbeing of Australia's diverse communities.

Organisation: Multicultural Mental Health Australia (including Victorian Transcultural Pyschiatric Service)

Headroom website

http://www.headroom.net.au/

Headroom contains information for young people between the ages of six to eighteen years, their parents and friends, health and youth professionals, or anyone who works with young people. It includes lots of information to promote the positive mental health of children and young people.

Organisation: Southern Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, Flinders Medical Centre

Patient rights - Victoria's Mental Health Services

http://www.health.vic.gov.au/mentalhealth/patientrights/index.htm

This site gives details on the rights of consumers and their families in dealing with mental health services in Victoria.

Organisation: Department of Human Services, Victoria

Mental Illness Fellowship of Australia Inc. website

http://www.mifa.org.au/index.htm

Mental Illness Fellowship of Australia Inc. (MIFA) is a non-profit organisation that offers information about mental illness. It also contributes ideas to government policies on mental health issues.

Organisation: Mental Illness Fellowship of Australia Inc.

SANE Australia website

http://www.sane.org

SANE Australia is a non-profit organisation which helps people affected by mental illness, their family and friends. Its website includes resources on many kinds of mental illness, and it operates a helpline. Misrepresentations and discrimination in the media against people with mental illness can be reported and followed up through StigmaWatch, SANE's advocacy arm.

Organisation: SANE Australia

VICSERV - Psychiatric Disability Services of Victoria website

http://www.vicserv.org.au/

Psychiatric Disability Services of Victoria (VICSERV) Inc. is the peak body for Psychiatric Disability Rehabilitation and Support Services in Victoria. Member agencies provide: housing support; home-based outreach; psychosocial and pre-vocational day programs; residential rehabilitation; mutual support and self help; employment; training and support; carer education; respite; and advocacy. VICSERV provides a range of services to member agencies including: sector coordination, support and advocacy; training and professional development; policy development; and information services (publications, library and website).

Organisation: Psychiatric Disability Services of Victoria (VICSERV) Inc.

Spectrum Personality Disorder Service for Victoria website

http://www.spectrum-bpd.com/front.htm

Spectrum is a state funded service providing consultation, training, treatment and research in relation to people with severe and borderline personality disorder who are at risk from serious self harm. Spectrum has two aims, to provide support to state mental health services in the process of change towards new treatment strategies, and to provide specialised intensive assessment and treatment services for clients with particularly complex needs.

Organisation: Spectrum Personality Disorder Service for Victoria

The Richmond Fellowship of Victoria website

http://www.rfv.org.au/

The Richmond Fellowship's core business is psychosocial rehabilitation for people disadvantaged by psychiatric disability, dual disability or homelessness. The service operates 25 residential rehabilitation services in the Melbourne metropolitan area, as well as the rural areas of Victoria. Other programs include a long term supported housing service, outreach services, planned respite services, a psychosocial rehabilitation day program and a statewide volunteer program.

Organisation: The Richmond Fellowship of Victoria

Victorian Mental Illness Awareness Council website

http://www.vmiac.com.au/

Victorian Mental Illness Awareness Council (VMIAC) provides a service and a voice for people who use mental health services in Victoria. For people experiencing, or having experienced, problems of mental or emotional well-being,  VMIAC offers support, advocacy, referrals, education and information.

Organisation: Victorian Mental Illness Awareness Council