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Latest News
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28 Nov 2018
Complex Trauma - a vision for a treatment response to address lifelong mental health outcomes
WAAMH in partnership with Anglicare WA and WA Council of Social Services hosted a free information evening with leading complex post-traumatic stress disorder specialist, Associate Professor Dr Roger Gurr to discuss a national fidelity-based model of treatment responses, specialist services and an evidence-based clinical model for tackling complex childhood trauma and adverse mental health outcomes and discuss implications for Western Australia.
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20 Nov 2018
Balance the Basics: WAAMH Pre-Budget Submission 2019-2020
An effort to restore balance to the mental health system, and prioritise investment in prevention and community support, has shaped WAAMH's core asks for government commitment in its Pre Budget Submission 2019 - 2020.
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19 Nov 2018
Home is Where the Health is: WAAMH Submission to Draft Accommodation and Support Strategy 2018-2025
WAAMH's submission makes 26 recommendations to the Mental Health Commission's draft Accommodation and Support Strategy.
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01 Oct 2018
Media Release Mental health starts here
WAAMH received a record number of 130 community grant applications to run events during WA Mental Health Week this year, which is fitting as this year is all about community and the various settings we go to every day where we can support the wellbeing of others, with the theme: ‘Mental health starts where we live, learn, work and play’.
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21 Sep 2018
NDIS Access and Psychosocial Disability Workshop
Watch Elspeth Jordan, from the NDIA mental health team, explain in depth the NDIS access rules for psychosocial disability (a disability caused by a person’s mental health issues) including what ‘likely to be permanent’ means, and that an episodic mental health issue can still qualify.
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06 Sep 2018
Advertising Options - The West Australian Mental Health Week 2018 magazine
These advertising spaces at very competitive rates give your service prime placement in the annual Mental Health Week magazine. WAAMH members receive a further discount!
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05 Sep 2018
WAAMH chair Kerry Hawkins appointed to National Mental Health Commission advisory board
WAAMH president Kerry Hawkins has been selected as the lived experience carer representative on one of Australia's most highly regarded mental health advisory groups.
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12 Jun 2018
WAAMH eNews - June
Consumer voices needed for mental health review and youth project.
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11 Jun 2018
WAAMH Submission: Delivering Community Services in Partnership (DCSP) Policy
In May 2018, WAAMH made a submission to the Government’s review of its not-for-profit partnership and funding policy – Delivering Community Services in Partnership. This policy is fundamental to further community services sustainability, but it needs a significant refresh to deliver better outcomes.
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05 Jun 2018
WAAMH Submission: Accessibility and quality of mental health services in rural and remote Australia Senate Inquiry
WAAMH recently made a submission to the Federal government's senate inquiry into the accessibility and quality of mental health services in rural and remote Australia.