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  • 27 Oct 2014

    Media Release - Calls for urgent reform to CLMIA Act

    WAAMH president Alison Xamon slams the "hopelessly outdated and unjust" Criminal Law Mentally Impaired Accused (CLMIA) Act, amid the Attorney General's release of a discussion paper on the issue.

  • 23 Oct 2014

    Mental Health Bill passed!

    In a landmark moment, the Mental Heath Bill was passed by WA Parliament and will become operational in 2015, replacing the outdated Mental Health Act 1996.

  • 16 Oct 2014

    Media Release - Lived experience provides insight to mental health solutions

    WAAMH president Alison Xamon has criticised comments made by the psychiatry spokesperson for the Australian Medical Association that the mental health system is being “misdirected” by consumers and carers.

  • 14 Oct 2014

    MHW 2014 a huge success!

    An estimated 10,000 people attended community events across the State during Mental Health Week in Western Australia.

  • 07 Oct 2014

    Media Release - Mental Health Week

    Local play will highlight mental health issues and supports on World Mental Health Day.

  • 01 Oct 2014

    Health and Medicine Mental Health Week lift-out

    The West Australian and the WA Association for Mental Health partnered to bring you this newsworthy and quality written 24-page magazine, on workplace mental health, ahead of Mental Health Week 2014.

  • 24 Sep 2014

    What's On - Mental Health Week Oct 4 -10

    Check out all the events happening during Mental Health Week in WA.

  • 16 Sep 2014

    WAAMH's Submission on IPS to NMHSR

    WAAMH's submission to the National Mental Health Services Review on the Individual Placement and Support model.

  • 12 Sep 2014

    WAAMH's Third Submission to NMHSR

    This is WAAMH's third submission to the National mental Health Services Review. It contains insight and feedback from our members, and consumers and carers in the community, as part of our key recommendations to the national peak body Mental Heath Australia.

  • 01 Sep 2014

    Xamon: Increasing mental health beds only a short term solution

    WAAMH president Alison Xamon has responded to concerns raised about the number of hospital beds available for people presenting with serious mental health issues in emergency departments. Although she recognised emergency response staff were stretched and feeling high levels of pressure, simply increasing bed numbers was not the only solution, nor in the long term, the highest priority.