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Latest News
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23 Feb 2017
Media Release: WAAMH welcomes some parts of Labor's mental health policy but crucial reforms still missing
WAAMH welcomes several elements of Labor’s mental health policy, but would like to see a more solid commitment to community services, housing, prevention, recovery-focused, person and family-centred services.
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20 Feb 2017
Make Mental Health Count in this State Election - access resources to make your voice heard
Make your voice heard during the final weeks of the election campaign. We have tailored advocacy resources for mental health services and carers, consumers and family members to help you convey your needs, issues and solutions.
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13 Feb 2017
WAAMH Submission on Seniors Housing Strategy
This submission is a response to the Housing Authority’s Seniors Housing Strategy Discussion Paper, dated November 2016. We highlight housing issues for older people with mental health issues that are not adequately addressed in the Discussion Paper.
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23 Jan 2017
Media Release - IPS WORKS to support headspace with employment model
WAAMH's service IPS WORKS has been contracted by the Department of Social Services to provide Individual Placement and Support (IPS) support to 14 new headspace sites participating in the national IPS youth trial.
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05 Dec 2016
Media Release - Inquiry points to work still to do on NDIS and psycho-social disability
WHILE the future governance of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) in Western Australia was recently decided, there are still key issues relating to psycho-social disability under the scheme which need to be addressed.
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01 Dec 2016
Media Release - WAAMH welcomes Senate Inquiry recommendation to abolish indefinite detention
AFTER more than a decade of lobbying for the Criminal Law (Mentally Impaired Accused) Act to be amended, Western Australia’s peak body for mental health, the WA Association for Mental Health (WAAMH) has welcomed the long awaited Senate’s report on the indefinite detention of people with disability or psychiatric impairment.
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06 Nov 2016
WAAMH's new president and board changes
WAAMH board member Kerry Hawkins was voted in as president at the 2016 AGM, after outgoing president Alison Xamon decided to step down from the role after three years.
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06 Nov 2016
Senator Ludlam's leave role models how to best manage mental health in the workplace
WAAMH commends Greens Senator's courage to speak up about his mental health problems and acknowledges the measured and appropriate approach his workplace has taken to managing the leave of absence, while he focuses on his recovery.
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25 Oct 2016
Thank you - Mental Health Week 2016 all wrapped up!
Read a full wrap of the highlights of #MHW2016. Thank you to everyone who participated in creating awareness and helping us reach new heights this year.
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12 Oct 2016
Mental Health Week 8-15 Oct #MHW2016
See all the events happening around WA this week.