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16 Oct 2023

Joint Media Release - Poverty & Mental Health: System Solutions to Improve Wellbeing

Mental wellbeing doesn't exist in isolation and neither does poverty. There's are a range of social, economic and environmental factors that can impact our mental wellbeing. WAAMH is proud to partner with Anglicare WA to put forward four key recommendations to improve the mental health of Western Australians.

04 Oct 2023

Media release: 2023 WA Mental Health Week

WA Mental Health Week will commence on Friday 6 October 2023 in Esperance, followed by over fifty events across Western Australia between 7 – 14 October 2023 aligned to the theme Mind, Body, and Environment. Most of the activities will bring communities together to try new activities while learning about mental health in a positive and inclusive atmosphere.

22 Sep 2023

WA Mental Health Week Opening Event in Esperance

On Friday 6 October 2023, the Western Australian Association for Mental Health and Escare will host the official WA Mental Health Week Opening Event at the Museum Reserve in Esperance.

01 Sep 2023

Future reforms to improve WA’s mental health system: Outcomes of the Independent Review of WA Health System Governance

The State Government announced future reforms as a result Independent Review of WA Health System Governance, including a commitment to undertake further investigations as to how mental health governance issues could be addressed.

25 Aug 2023

Going the distance: Making mental health support work better for regional communities

Despite their resilience and strength, regional communities in WA are experiencing great need for better mental health support. Inadequate services, insufficient funding and difficulty in accessing support need to be urgently addressed.

12 Jan 2023

Lived Experience Speaker Training project helps to build the peer workforce

In December 2022, WAAMH concluded its first round of the m, which proved to be a great success. The project ran across five months with about 30 participants, of which most shared their final presentations to an audience of WAAMH staff and guests.

21 Dec 2022

Welcoming the release of the Report of the Inquiry into the Esther Foundation and unregulated private health facilities

WAAMH welcomes the release of the report of the Inquiry into the Esther Foundation and unregulated private health facilities. WAAMH wrote a joint submission to the inquiry with the WA Network and other Drug Agencies and both peak bodies gave evidence to the Education and Health Standing Committee in a public hearing.

01 Dec 2022

WAAMH welcomes the introduction to WA Parliament of new Criminal Law (Mental Impairment) Bill 2022

Today has been a long-awaited milestone for WAAMH, our members, advocacy partners, and the people with lived experience and their families who have been impacted by this legislation for the last 26 years, as the Criminal Law (Mental Impairment) Bill 2022 was passed into Parliament.

26 Nov 2022

MEDIA RELEASE: Mental Health sector and community shines at WA Mental Health Awards 2022

EXCELLENCE in Western Australia’s mental health sector was showcased and celebrated last night on Friday, 25 November with the WA Mental Health Awards ceremony and celebration held.

05 Oct 2022

Media Release - Where will you be, how will you participate and what will you do this Mental Health Week?

WITH two sell-out major events, and buzzing traffic across the socials and website, we are very excited to bring you Mental Health Week in 2022. Nearly 500 people will attend the Opening Ceremony tomorrow afternoon at Luna Cinemas to watch the Perth film premiere of Pieces, directed by Martin Wilson. The University Club of WA Breakfast by the Bay event on 12 October sold out at 220 people in record timing of one week - proving just how popular the theme is for this year, with academics and experts talking to 'Where we live, how we live, what we've lived.'