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Latest News

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 17 May 2018

    WAAMH eNews - May

    State Budget analysis and the latest in community mental health 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.