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Latest News

  • 04 Apr 2018

    WAAMH eNews - April

    Your chance to provide input to Senate Inquiry on rural and remote services via our quick and easy survey

  • 14 Mar 2018

    WAAMH eNews - March

    Mental health training, date for national NDIS and mental health conference announced and a second chance to see the 'Recovery Stories' if you missed it at Fringe, all in the latest WAAMH eNews just released!

  • 14 Feb 2018

    WAAMH eNews - February 2018

    A welcome from new WAAMH CEO Taryn Harvey and the release of several landmark industry reports in the justice area.

  • 07 Feb 2018

    Media Release - Report details shocking treatment of WA prisoners with mental illness

    THE WA Association for Mental Health (WAAMH) is calling for an urgent response to a Human Rights Watch report released today detailing shocking treatment of WA prisoners with mental health issues.

  • 24 Jan 2018

    Latest WAAMH eNews

    We're back for 2018! Introducing WAAMH's new CEO and semester one training calendar released.

  • 13 Nov 2017

    WAAMH 2017 Annual Report released

    The Western Australian Association for Mental Health (WAAMH) held its Annual General meeting on Friday, 10 November, 2017 and tabled its Annual Report, which detailed an increase in membership, important work to support the reform of the Criminal Law (Mentally Impaired Accused) Act and a significant rise in the number of mental health professionals and consumers trained in the past year, up 48 per cent to 3100 people.

  • 07 Nov 2017

    Media Release - Conference to highlight secure housing as the ‘first domino’ for good mental health

    WA’s peak body for community mental health, the WA Association for Mental Health (WAAMH), and tenant advocacy body Tenancy WA, are pleased to jointly present for the first time the WA Tenancy Conference, to be held from November 27-29, 2017.

  • 09 Oct 2017

    WAAMH CEO to step down

    After five years at the helm of WA’s peak body for community mental health, Rod Astbury has given notice of his intention to step down as Chief Executive Officer of the Western Australian Association for Mental Health (WAAMH) at the end of the year.

  • 03 Oct 2017

    Media release - Record number of community events as 2017 Mental Health Week gets underway

    From Kalgoorlie to Nannup, Broome to Esperance, on the eve of Mental Health Week 2017, the WA community is set to reduce the stigma around mental health issues and raise awareness via over 100 events being held by community groups throughout the state from October 7-14.

  • 13 Sep 2017

    Media Release - Mental Health Week 2017 program launched!

    WA’s peak body for community mental health, the Western Australian Association for Mental Health (WAAMH), in association with the Mental Health Commission and Lotterywest, is proud to launch the program for this year’s WA Mental Health Week, running from October 7-14.