ACTMHCN

• ACT Mental Health Consumer Network*
  
  The ACT Mental Health Consumer Network is an organisation run by consumers for consumers. Our aim is to bring about a higher standard of health care in the mental health sector, through representation, lobbying, and active involvement in new developments in the mental health sector.
  
  

Griffin Centre

• Mental Health Community Coalition ACT*
  MHCC ACT is the peak body representing consumers, carers and the not for profit community mental health sector in the Australian Capital Territory.
  
  
• Mental Illness Education ACT*
  MIEACT educates the Canberra community about mental illness. Through our presentations, we educate young people and the community about what it is like to live with mental illness. Our presentations are always given by people who have a mental illness, or who care/d for someone with a mental illness.
  
  
• 2XX FM 98.3 - Community Radio
  2XXfm is an independent community radio station that has broadcast to Canberra and surrounding areas for more than 30 years.
  
  
• Pedal Power ACT Inc
  Pedal Power ACT Inc. is a non-government organisation whose primary activities are: promoting cycling in the ACT, engaging in bicycle advocacy, running a not-for-profit program of events, bicycle rides, and tours of all types, and holding social and community events relating to cycling.
  
  
• Conflict Resolution Service
  The Conflict Resolution Service is a not for profit community organisation which provides dispute advice, mediation, facilitation and community education to assist in the prevention, management and resolution of conflict within the wider ACT community.
  
  
• Canberra Men's Centre
  Our office in the Griffin Centre (Third Floor, Genge Street, Civic) is administrative home to our programs, but, as the Canberra Men's Centre, it's also a place where services are provided directly to the community. One of these is the Counselling Service, but the Men's Centre also provides an Information and Referral Service for men living in the ACT and region.
  
  
• Canberra Recorded Music Society
  The CRMS is a non-profit society, incorporated in the ACT, formed in 1941 to foster the appreciation of recorded music. Members are able to borrow CDs and DVDs from the library and recommend items for acquisition. The Canberra Recorded Music Society currently has over 2,900 CDs.
  
  
• Opening Minds (Mental Illness Education ACT)*
  Opening Minds is a radio program put together by the 2XX team, which consists mostly of MIEACT volunteer educators. The program includes music and interviews which are based around the focus of 'the personal story'. Interviews are conducted with MIEACT staff, volunteer educators, and friends of MIEACT, along with other people in the mental health sector or associated agencies. The program runs at 6.00 pm every Tuesday on 2XX 98.3 FM.
  
  
• National Brain Injury Foundation
  The National Brain Injury Foundation was established with one simply stated aim: To care for and to assist those with Acquired Brain Injury and their families.
  
  
• Citizens Advice Bureau of the ACT
  The Citizens Advice Bureau is committed to providing up-to-date information, referral, and support to all ACT residents. By educating people about their options, rights, and responsibilities, we can enhance their access to community resources and empower them to make informed decisions about their own life-situations.
  
  
• RSI and Overuse Injury Association of the ACT
  We’re a non-profit organisation based in the Australian Capital Territory and we’re dedicated to providing a support network for people in Australia with repetitive strain injuries or occupational overuse syndrome.
  
  
• Philatelic Society of Canberra
  The Philatelic Society of Canberra celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2007. The Society continues as one of Australia’s most active philatelic societies, with close to 200 members. (Philately is the study or collecting of stamps.)
  
  
• Canberra Blind Society - Canberra's own society for the blind and vision impaired
  Mission Statement – "To maximize the personal resources and ability of people in the ACT and local region whose lives are affected by blindness or low vision, by responding to their needs through care, communication and support."
  
  
• ACT Multicultural Youth Services
  Multicultural Youth Services provides assistance for accommodation, employment, education, training, family issues and any other matters that are important to young people. The service also runs social, recreational and community development projects. Multicultural Youth Services are free, safe and confidential.
  
  
• Al-Anon / Alateen - Information Service Office
  Al-Anon / Alateen - hope and help for families and friends of alcoholics.
  
  
• ACT Aboriginal Justice Centre
  The aim of the AJC is to provide programs and support services to the local Indigenous community with the aim of reducing the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the ACT criminal justice system.
  
  
• United Nations Association of Australia - ACT division
  The United Nations Association of Australia (UNAA) is a non-profit, non-government, community organisation promoting the aims and ideals of the United Nations.
  
  
• Das Zentrum - the Australian-German Institute in Canberra
  Das Zentrum is the Canberra meeting-place for those interested in the culture and language of the German-speaking regions of Europe.
  
  
• WIREDD (Women’s Information, Resources, and Education on Drugs and Dependency)
  WIREDD is a feminist, community-based training, information, and general resource service for women in the ACT, which also offers one-to-one counselling.
  
  
• Media Check (Mental Illness Education ACT)
  Media Check is a resource for young people in the ACT. It’s a place where 14- to 18-year-olds can explore what they see in the media and how it affects them.
  
  
• Griffin Centre (ACT Council of Cultural and Community Organisations)
  The Griffin Centre located centrally in Canberra City, ACT in easy vicinity to public transport, is a cultural and community Centre providing the Council and its Members, the Tenants and many Users of the Centre with extensive facilities. It is regarded and used as a place for citizens and visitors, a workplace, a gathering place, a place to create, to rehearse, to grow, to communicate and learn, and always a place to help others.
  
  
• Canberra One Parent Family Support
  Providing guidance and emotional support to sole parent families requiring assistance. It is the goal of the agency to provide the best possible service to single parents with dependent children in order to produce favourable outcomes.
  
  
• Jigsaw Theatre Company
  Jigsaw Theatre Company creates professional theatre that engages and inspires audiences aged 4 to 18. Drawing on the creative talents of artists from around Australia, we constantly cross art-form boundaries. Our vision is to expand young people's perceptions and understanding of theatre, inspiring them to discover their own place in the performing arts landscape and empowering them as stakeholders in our society and art.
  
  
• Missionheart
  Missionheart is a Christian church that also runs a mission centre in the heart of the city of Canberra. Our aim is to be Jesus to the people of the city, whether that means helping to meet their physical, emotional, or spiritual needs. All our services are free and we reach the most isolated people groups; those struggling with addiction, the homeless, the mentally ill, disabled and generally very lonely people. We provide all the services that a Christian church would, but add to that free food, clothing, furniture, support groups, personal support, a drop-in centre, and a street team who go out on the streets to assist people.
  
  
• Reality Check (Mental Illness Education ACT)*
  Reality Check’s site offers useful and different information about mental illness and where young people can go for help in the ACT.
  
  
• Animal Liberation ACT
  Animal Liberation is an Australian animal rights organisation dedicated to ending all human activity that harms nonhuman animals and all anthropocentric and speciesist attitudes. As such, we act as a voice for the most exploited and vulnerable creatures on earth.
  
  
• Aleta (Toora Women inc)
  Outreach service for women - we support women, unaccompanied by children, leaving a SAAP (Supported Accommodation Assistance Program) program, to access and maintain independent housing, enhance knowledge and skills.
  
  
• Ahmadiyya Muslim Association of Australia
  The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is a religious organization, international in its scope. The Ahmadiyya Community was established in 1889 by Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835-1908) in a small and remote village, Qadian, in the Punjab, India. Ahmadi Muslims have earned the distinction of being a law-abiding, peaceful, persevering, and benevolent community. The motto of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is “Love for all, hatred for none”.
  
  
• Standard Chinese School of Australia
  Australian School of Contemporary Chinese (ASCC), which formerly traded as Standard Chinese School of Australia (SCSA), is an accredited and registered Specialist Education Provider in the ACT community. It caters for Chinese language classes for school-aged children including Prep, Primary, Secondary and College students, and adults as well. The school is recognised at Year 12 and Australian universities recognise its test results via the University Admission Index (UAI).
  
  
• (Mental Health) Consumer / Carer Caucus (Mental Health Community Coalition ACT)*
  The Consumer / Carer Caucus (the Caucus) is a unique group that sits within the structure of MHCC ACT. The Caucus works with the Board to ensure that the work of the organisation is informed by, and supportive of, the interests and views of Mental Health consumers and carers. The Caucus is made up of consumer and carer representatives, volunteers, and people who work in the capacity of paid consultants for government and community services.
  
  
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A.C.T.

• BlueBoard (Centre for Mental Health Research)
  BlueBoard is an online community for people suffering from depression or anxiety, their friends and carers, and for those who are concerned that they may have depression or anxiety and want some support. We hope that this bulletin board will enable people to reach out and both offer and receive help. The main thing we want you to know is that you are not alone!
  
  
• ACT Health (ACT Government)
  ACT Health sets health policy and plans the delivery of health services, while ensuring these services meet community needs. ACT Health also funds a range of non-Government organisations to provide vital healthcare services to the people of the ACT and surrounding region.
  
  
• Mental Health Council of Australia*
  Established in 1997, the Mental Health Council of Australia (MHCA) is the peak, national non-government organisation representing and promoting the interests of the Australian mental health sector, committed to achieving better mental health for all Australians. MHCA Members include national organisations representing consumers, carers, special needs groups, clinical service providers, public and private mental health service providers, researchers, and state/territory community mental health peak bodies.
  
  
• Mental Health ACT (ACT Health)*
  
  Mental Health ACT is a Government agency under ACT Health. We provide mental health services through our public facilities and through partnerships with community organisations.
  
  
• Mental Health Foundation ACT*
  
  The Mental Health Foundation ACT is a non government agency, established in 1984, with an innovative approach to the delivery of high quality services for people with a mental illness, an involvement in mental health promotion at the community level, and a strong commitment to effective consumer participation in all of its activities.
  
  
• MoodGYM (Centre for Mental Health Research)
  MoodGYM is a free, interactive Internet-based program, developed by the Centre for Mental Health Research (CMHR) at the Australian National University.
  
  
• Mental Illness Fellowship ACT*
  The Mental Illness Fellowship of the ACT (Australian Capital Territory), formerly Canberra Schizophrenia Fellowship, was formed in March 1980 by concerned relatives in response to the problems of families with a member who had a major psychiatric illness.
  
  
• Carers ACT
  
  Carers ACT provide information, counselling, education and support for people who have taken on caring responsibilities.
  
  
• Centre for Mental Health Research (Australian National University)*
  
  The aims of the Centre are to undertake research on the epidemiology of mental disorders, with particular emphasis on studies of relevance for public health and to provide a national source of expertise in this field.
  
  
• National Health and Medical Research Council
  NHMRC is Australia's peak body for supporting health and medical research; for developing health advice for the Australian community, health professionals and governments; and for providing advice on ethical behaviour in health care and in the conduct of health and medical research.
  
  
• Blue Pages (Centre for Mental Health Research)
  Blue Pages is a comprehensive online source of information about depression, compiled by the Centre for Mental Health Research (CMHR) at the Australian National University (ANU).
  
  
• OzHelp Foundation
  
  The OzHelp Foundation is a workplace based early intervention suicide prevention and social capacity building program.
  
  
• ACT Council of Social Service
  The ACT Council of Social Service Inc (ACTCOSS) is the peak representative body for not-for-profit community organisations, and disadvantaged and low-income citizens of the Australian Capital Territory.
  
  
• A.C.T. Disability, Aged and Carer Advocacy Service
  ADACAS is the A.C.T. Disability, Aged and Carer Advocacy Service - an independent advocacy organisation helping people with disabilities, older people and their carers.
  
  
• Richmond Fellowship of the ACT
  The Richmond Fellowship was founded in 1957 in Richmond, England, and has since grown into a worldwide network of support services for the disadvantaged in our community. As part of this international network, the Richmond Fellowship of the ACT provides a variety of facilities and services for adolescents and adults experiencing social and behavioural challenges, long-term unemployment and psychiatric disability, as well as counselling and support to their families.
  
  
• Youth Coalition of the ACT
  The Youth Coalition is the peak youth affairs body in the Australian Capital Territory and responsible for representing the interests of people aged between 12 and 25 years of age, and those who work with them.
  
  
• Public Advocate of the ACT
  The Public Advocate Act (2005) defines PA ACT clients as being children, young people and adults in the community who suffer from a condition or situation that makes them potentially vulnerable to abuse, exploitation or neglect.
  
  
• ACT Human Rights Commission
  The ACT Human Rights Commission promotes human rights and resolves complaints relating to discrimination, health services, services for older people, disability and children and young people.
  
  
• Legal Aid Commission (ACT)
  The Legal Aid Commission of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) is established under the Legal Aid Act 1977. The aim of the Commission is to work to inform people of their legal rights and obligations and to improve their access to the justice system.
  
  
• The Rainbow (Mental Health Foundation ACT)
  The Rainbow is a service provided by the Mental Health Foundation ACT and is a place for all mental health consumers to go and meet new people, learn new skills (computer, internet, art and craft, gardening and writing) or simply relax in a safe, friendly and respectful environment.
  
  
• 'The Wellbeing Manifesto' (The Australia Institute)
  Many Australians feel that the political system has let them down, and that governments are not responding to their real concerns. We seem to have lost sight of a vision for a better society and to have entrusted our future to wherever the market takes us. This website presents a new manifesto, one that takes as its starting point the belief that governments in Australia should be devoted to improving our individual and social wellbeing.
  
  
• Lifeline Australia
  Lifeline’s 13 11 14 service is staffed by trained volunteer telephone counsellors who are ready to take calls 24-hour a day, any day of the week from anywhere in Australia. These volunteers operate from Lifeline Centres in every State and Territory around Australia. Lifeline answers around 450,000 calls per year from people needing emotional support.
  
  
• Civil Liberties Australia
  We stand for people's rights, and go in to bat for everyone's civil liberties. We monitor police and security forces, and the actions and inaction of politicians. We review proposed legislation, to make it better, and keep watch on government departments and agencies. We work to keep Australia the free and open society it has traditionally been, where you can be yourself without undue interference from 'authority'.
  
  
• People With Disabilities ACT
  Originally formed as an arm of the Australia wide Disabled Peoples' International in 1981, PWD ACT has continued as a peak consumer body representing people with disabilities who live in the Australian Capital Territory.
  
  
• Women's Centre for Health Matters
  Women's Centre for Health Matters works to improve the health and wellbeing of all women in the ACT and region.
  
  
• Health Care Consumers' Association of the ACT
  The Health Care Consumers' Association provides a voice for consumers on local health issues.
  
  
• Migrant and Refugee Settlement Services of the ACT
  The Migrant and Refugee Settlement Services of the ACT's mission is to be a leader in provision of settlement and related services for migrants, refugees, and humanitarian entrants in the ACT and region, in a caring, supporting, and enabling way.
  
  
• Belconnen Community Service - Mental Health Services
  Belconnen Community Service is a not-for-profit organisation which was incorporated as a community service in 1975.  BCS provides a broad range of community programs in Belconnen and across the ACT.
  
  
• Woden Community Service
  Woden Community Service is a not-for-profit community-based organisation, providing a full range of human services to the public. Woden Community Service plays an active role in developing, supporting and maintaining the social and cultural diversity of the Woden community.
  
  
• Canberra Community Support Website
  This website is a free service, designed to promote support and awareness of Canberra Australia not-for-profit Community Support Organisations; whilst at the same time, providing a one-stop location for people who require assistance, to find the help they need!
  
  
• Communities@Work
  Communities@Work is the Regional Community Service for the Tuggeranong and Weston Creek regions of the Australian Capital Territory.
  
  
• CatholicCare Canberra
  Our Mission is to uphold the Catholic Church's belief in the dignity of each person. We aim to do this by: delivering services, advocating for those less advantaged and by assisting people to participate in the community.
  
  
• CARE Financial Counselling Service
  Care Inc. Financial Counselling Service is a community organisation set up to ensure low income consumers are treated fairly and to support them to overcome debt.
  
  
• ACT Mental Health Carers network
  The ACT Mental Health Carers network offers free information and support to carers. The group provides an opportunity for carers to meet and connect with other carers, who experience similar issues.
  
  
• Directory of Mental Health Services in the ACT (Mental Health Foundation ACT)
  This Directory lists all mental health services in the ACT and other services that may assist in recovery, resilience, support, maintaining wellbeing, improving quality of life and helping people to reach their potentials.
  
  
• Connections Volunteers
  Connections Volunteers links people living with a mental illness with volunteers who provide companionship and support.
  
  
• Relationships Australia (Canberra and Region)
  Relationships Australia is one of Australia’s largest community-based, not-for-profit organisations providing relationship support to people regardless of age, religion, gender, sexual orientation, lifestyle choice, or cultural or economic background.
  
  
• ACT Division of General Practice
  The Division is an independent organisation with a core focus to support general practitioners in their role of providing quality primary care to the Canberra Community.
  
  
• Families and Friends for Drug Law Reform
  Families and Friends for Drug Law Reform believes that prohibition laws are more the problem than the solution. It seeks laws and policies which will eliminate the deaths and minimise the health and social harm.
  
  
• Advocacy for Inclusion
  Advocacy for Inclusion - providing individual and systemic advocacy to improve life for people who have a disability.
  
  
• A.C.T. Mental Health (Treatment and Care) Act 1994
  An Act to provide for the treatment, care, control, rehabilitation and protection of mentally dysfunctional or mentally ill persons, and for related purposes.
  
  
• Welfare Rights and Legal Centre
  The Welfare Rights and Legal Centre is a free community legal service for low income earners in the Australian Capital Territory and its region.
  
  
• ACT Shelter
  ACT Shelter is an independent non-profit community organisation funded by the ACT Government to consult, represent and advocate housing issues on behalf of low to moderate income people in the ACT, and to report their views to government.
  
  
• Post and Antenatal Depression Support and Information
  PANDSI provides education, support, and information for families in the ACT region who are experiencing antenatal (AND) or postnatal (PND) depression.
  
  
• Crisis Assessment and Treatment Team
  Crisis Assessment and Treatment Team (CATT) provides a 24-hour, seven day a week service used for assessment and treatment of mentally ill people in crisis situations.
  
  
• Early Morning Centre in the City
  Early Morning Centre in the City - addressing issues of homelessness - a warm safe space and friendly people. The Early Morning Centre is open each week day: 7.30am to 8.30am  -  Free breakfast, 9.00am to 11.30am  -  Support and referral services, and provides: Office facilities - desk, phone, computer with Internet access, Post Office Box address and safe collection point for mail.
  
  
• The Canberra Hospital - Psychiatric Services Unit
  The Psychiatric Unit at The Canberra Hospital has 30 designated beds.
  
  
• Calvary Hospital - Ward 2N
  A 20 bed unit provides acute and sub-acute care services for people with a mental illness.
  
  
• Brian Hennessy Rehabilitation Centre
  Brian Hennessy Rehabilitation Centre provides supported accommodation for up to 20 people with varying mental health needs as well as rehabilitation, extended care, respite care and subacute facilities for residents.
  
  
• Calvary Private Hospital - Hyson Green
  Hyson Green is a modern 20 bed mental health facility, offering premier facilities including single rooms, single rooms with an ensuite, executive suite accommodation and a separately designed post natal depression suite. There are also consulting rooms, large dinning and lounge rooms, therapy rooms and recreational facilities.
  
  
• Respite (Residential and Structured Activities) Program (Mental Health Foundation ACT)
  The Respite (Residential and Structured Activities) Program is a program that hosts guests with a mental illness. The program operates from Warren I’Anson House and provides short-term respite accommodation with structured activities for up to three adults with a mental illness.
  
  
• Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health Services
  Winnunga Nimmityjah is an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service with a board comprising of 6 Aboriginal people elected by the community. ('Winnunga Nimmityjah' in Wiradjuri language means 'Strong Health'.)
  
  
• AFFIRM - The Australian Foundation for Mental Health Research (Centre for Mental Health Research)
  AFFIRM is a unique organisation in Australia in funding and advocating for the importance of mental health research. AFFIRM supports innovative research of the highest professional and ethical standard designed to further our understanding of mental health issues and develop practical and effective prevention and intervention programs to reduce their burden.
  
  
• headspace ACT
  headspace ACT is a youth mental health service that is a one-stop shop for young people aged 12-25 and their families to receive mental health and/or alcohol and other drug support in a youth-friendly environment.  Anyone can refer to headspace ACT - young people can refer themselves or can come through schools, general practitioners, parents, and service providers.  All young pople who come to headspace ACT will receive best-practice care in a youth-friendly environment.
  
  
• The Junction Youth Health Service
  The Junction is a Youth Health Service targeting young people, particularly homeless or otherwise at risk young people, operating out of the new Club 12/25 Youth Service in Civic.
  
  
• The ACT Community Coalition on Corrections
  The ACT Community Coalition on Corrections is a coalition of organisations and individuals that have an interest in corrections and particularly in the new ACT prison (the Alexander Maconochie Centre (AMC)), its operation and its performance.
  
  
• Work-Ways
  Work-Ways is a community based, non-profit employment agency which assists people who have a mental illness to obtain and keep employment.
  
  
• Computing Assistance Support & Education
  CASE is a non-profit organisation that was formed to assist Australian community organisations in making better use of information technology. We accomplish this through education, advocacy and technical support relevant to the specific needs of the community services sector.
  
  
• Stateline ACT (ABC TV)
  The best analysis of politics and insight into the issues that affect you locally. Colourful stories about people and places in your state.
  
  
• Inanna (Inanna Inc)
  The Inanna service is a service for women in distress with or without accompanying children. The Inanna service provides crisis and mental health respite accommodation, transitional housing support, outreach services and groups to women (with or without accompanying children).
  
  
• BrolgaNet (Centre for Mental Health Research)
  BrolgaNet is a network of people with an interest in: the involvement of consumers as active participants (not just passive 'subjects') in mental health research, and conducting research of high priority to mental health consumers.
  
  
• e-hub: e-mental Health Research & Development (Centre for Mental Health Research)
  e-hub is an initiative of the Centre for Mental Health Research at the Australian National University. e-hub develops and evaluates depression and anxiety based websites that deliver psycho-education, psychological interventions, and clinical and consumer networking.
  
  
• e-couch (Centre for Mental Health Research)
  e-couch provides evidence-based information about emotional problems (including depression and anxiety disorders) and teaches strategies that may help you to prevent problems and understand yourself better.
  
  
• MulgaNet (Centre for Mental Health Research)
  MulgaNet is a network for information and resource sharing for individuals involved in all aspects of the provision of mental health care and prevention of mental health problems in rural Australia, including mental health professionals, GPs, nurses, allied health professionals, community workers, researchers, and those working closely with clinicians in rural communities.
  
  
• Open Family Australia
  Open Family Australia provides outreach support and services to young people at-risk.  It has been working since 1978 with some of Australia's most marginalised youth, linking them to the services they require and helping them to reconnect to their family and community.
  
  
• Sing Australia
  Sing Australia Pty Ltd was established in 1985 by Colin Slater OAM, an accomplished singer and singing teacher, to promote singing, Australian compositions, and Australian artists. High among the organisation's priorities has been the encouragement of people to sing using a unique style of teaching for large groups.
  
  
• Mental Health Council of Australia - Publications
  Publications about MHCA and Mental Health in Australia.
  
  
• ACT Mental Health Tribunal
  The Tribunal hears applications for orders for the treatment and care of people who may be suffering from a mental illness or mental dysfunction. The Tribunal may also consider applications for the release of people involuntarily detained under emergency detention and care as well as applications for the administration of convulsive therapy.
  
  
• Directions ACT
  Directions ACT strives to reduce the harms associated with alcohol and/or other drugs by the provision of information and education, clean injecting equipment, practical health interventions, counselling, referral, support and detoxification services.
  
  
• Disability Discrimination Legal Service
  The Disability Discrimination Legal Service (DDLS) provides advice and assistance to people who have experienced discrimination on the basis of disability.
  
  
• The Australia Institute
  The Australia Institute is an independent public policy research centre funded by grants from philanthropic trusts, memberships and commissioned research.
  
  
• The Canberra Times
  Canberra's main newspaper. Searchable classifieds, entertainment guides, news, sport, weather, local links and information.
  
  
• Koomarri
  Koomarri is the leading service provider for people with a disability in Canberra and the surrounding NSW districts. Koomarri supports people with a disability to lead full and abundant lives through achieving and maintaining employment, and by living and participating in their communities.
  
  
• Marymead Child and Family Centre
  Marymead Child and Family Centre is a local community-based child and family service. We work to preserve and support families, and care for children and young people who can't be at home.
  
  
• Havelock Housing Association
  Havelock Housing Association is a community managed non-profit organisation providing long term housing for low-income earners.
  
  
• Law Students for Social Justice (Australian National University)
  Law Students for Social Justice (LSSJ) is a non-partisan group which is based at the Australian National University. The objective of the society is to foster a culture of social awareness among law students. We promote critical thinking and facilitate constructive discussion on issues of social justice otherwise marginalised by a traditional legal education. We have regular meetings and undertake a number of projects on a wide variety of social justice issues.
  
  
• Anglicare - Youth and Family Services
  Anglicare - Youth and Family Services responds to needs within our community by the provision of quality care.
  
  
• Strength Advocacy Independence Life Skills (SAILS) program (CatholicCare Canberra)
  The Strength Advocacy Independence Life Skills (SAILS) program is a mental health outreach program that provides individual support to consumers both men and women between the ages of 18 - 65 years experiencing the effects of a mental health condition, who live in the ACT. SAILS focuses on supporting the individual to achieve their chosen goals, with a focus on resilience and a belief in the rights and responsibilities of an individual.
  
  
• Karinya House
  The vision of Karinya House is to be a dynamic, compassionate organisation providing professional care and support for women in need during and after their pregnancy.
  
  
• Toora Women inc.
  Toora Women Inc is a not-for-profit, feminist organisation, committed to the empowerment of women through the provision of a range of supported accommodation, and alcohol and other drug support services in the ACT.
  
  
• Adult Children of Alcoholics - Canberra
  A twelve-step self-help group of women and men who grew up in alcoholic or dysfunctional homes.
  
  
• Samaritan House
  Offers short-term accommodation and assistance for men over the age of eighteen.
  
  
• Christians for an Ethical Society
  We are an ecumenical, mainstream organization, established in 2008.  We aim to strengthen social justice and ethical structures in Australia;  to promote social justice as a core Christian value;  and to further public education on ethics, current social justice issues and the Christian perspective on them.
  
  
• St Vincent de Paul Society - Canberra / Goulburn Archdiocese
  The St Vincent de Paul Society is not a welfare organisation. It is a Catholic not-for-profit charitable organisation that undertakes good works in its local community. Its history is one of service to the disadvantaged based on a foundation of spirituality.
  
  
• Lifeline Information Service - Self-help tool kits (Lifeline Australia)
  These self-help tool kits are designed by mental health professionals and offer information and advice on a range of mental health and help seeking topics. This information may be useful to you or someone you know.
  
  
• Leisure Program A.C.T. (Belconnen Community Service)
  Leisure Program is a recreational activity and support program co-located in the Belconnen and Tuggeranong Community Centres. It offers support for people with mental health issues to attend a range of recreational, fitness, art and sporting classes.
  
  
• Open Art A.C.T. (Belconnen Community Service)
  The Open Art Program is inclusive and is open to people who have good mental health as well as those experiencing mental health issues. Running integrated classes helps to educate the community, reduce isolation and break down stigmas around mental health.
  
  
• Canberra & Queanbeyan Attention Deficit [Hyperactivity] Disorder Support Group (ADDACT)
  The Canberra & Queanbeyan ADD Support Group (ADDACT) is a member of SHOUT Inc (Self Help Organisations United Together).  [SHOUT was established in 1981, during the International Year of the Disabled. SHOUT Inc brings together self-help groups who are made up of people who share the same predicament, concern, or life experience.]
  
  
• Dietitians Association of Australia
  The Dietitians Association of Australia is the leading nutrition organisation in Australia. It is the national Association of the profession, with branches in each State and Territory.
  
  
• Solace A.C.T.
  Solace is a self-help group for people whose partners have died. The meetings of Solace are designed to offer support and encouragement to those who grieve over the death of their partner.
  
  
• 'Picking Up The Peaces'
  PUTP is a community group passionate about raising awareness of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
  
  
• Canberra Rape Crisis Centre
  Sexual assault counselling for women and children.
  
  
• Service Assisting Male Survivors of Sexual Assault
  SAMSSA is a support service for male survivors of sexual assault and child sexual abuse.
  
  
• Medicines Australia
  Medicines Australia represents the innovative medicines industry in Australia. Our member companies comprise more than 80 percent of the prescription pharmaceuticals market, and are engaged in the research, development, manufacture, supply and export of prescription medicines.
  
  
• Voluntary Euthanasia Society of New South Wales
  The aim of the Voluntary Euthanasia Society of New South Wales is to promote legislation which, with the proper safeguards, entitles any person suffering severe pain or distress, with no reasonable prospect of recovery, to a painless, medically assisted and dignified death in accordance with his or her expressed wish and direction.
  
  
• Consumers Health Forum of Australia
  The Consumers Health Forum of Australia Inc (CHF) is the national voice for health consumers. As an independent member-based non-government organisation, CHF helps shape Australia’s health system by representing and involving consumers in health policy and program development.
  
  
• School of Psychology (Australian National University)
  The ANU School of Psychology offers a range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses that give our students world-class education and training in a variety of areas of psychology. Our programs cover the broad spectrum of the scientific study of human behaviour.
  
  
• Chief Minister, ACT - Latest Media Releases
  Jon Stanhope, Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory.
  
  
• Tandem
  Tandem is a primary provider of respite, personal care, and social support to more than 600 children, young people, and adults with disabilities, people with mental illness, frail older people, and their families and carers living in the ACT community.
  
  
• Centre for Applied Psychology (University of Canberra)
  The skills you gain during a Psychology degree will always be useful. It doesn’t matter where you want to go in your working life, you can’t go wrong with a Psychology degree from UC.
  
  
• Depression and Anxiety Consumer Research Unit (Centre for Mental Health Research)
  The Depression and Anxiety Consumer Research Unit (CRU) serves as a bridge between consumers and researchers, and undertakes a high quality program of research focused on the priorities and needs of mental health consumers in the community.
  
  
• Raja (Inanna Inc)
  The Raja service provides crisis accommodation, transitional housing support, and groups to families (in all their diversity) who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.
  
  
• ACT Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD) Sector (Youth Coalition of the ACT)
  This website aims to provide information about, and be a central contact point for the ACT AOD Sector.
  
  
• Alcohol and Drug Foundation ACT
  The Alcohol and Drug Foundation ACT (ADFACT) aims to reduce the impact of substance use in our community through treatment, education, support, and research.
  
  
• Eating Disorders Foundation of the ACT
  The Eating Disorders Foundation of the ACT (EDFACT) was officially launched in September 2008. EDFACT hopes to become an advisory body to the government in regard to eating disorder treatment in the ACT, as well as offering support and advocacy to those with eating disorders, their families and friends, and supporting professionals.
  
  
• ACT Department of Disability, Housing, and Community Services (ACT Government)
  The ACT Department of Disability, Housing, and Community Services has responsibility for a wide range of human services functions in the ACT, including multicultural affairs, community services, older people, women, public and community housing services and policy, children, youth and family support services and policy, disability policy and services, therapy services, Child and Family Centres, the ACT Government Concessions Program, homelessness, community engagement, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs, and community disaster recovery.
  
  
• ACT Department of Justice and Community Safety (ACT Government)
  The ACT Department of Justice and Community Safety comprises several agencies and is responsible for a wide range of activities and services in the areas of justice, the law, emergencies, commercial practices, and government elections.
  
  
• ACT Department of Education and Training (ACT Government)
  The ACT Department of Education and Training delivers high quality education services through government schools; registers non government schools; and administers vocational education and training in the ACT.
  
  
• ACT Chief Minister’s Department (ACT Government)
  The ACT Chief Minister’s Department leads the ACT Public Service and provides strategic advice to the ACT Government on policy development, service delivery, and whole of Government issues.
  
  
• Ageing Research Unit (Centre for Mental Health Research)
  The Ageing Research Unit (ARU) encompasses a range of research projects concerned with ageing and development over the lifespan that are conducted in The Australian National University's Centre for Mental Health Research.
  
  
• Family and Community Health Research Unit (Centre for Mental Health Research)
  The Family and Community Health Research Unit (FaCHRU) is involved in a range of research projects concerned with: (1) the impact of family and community circumstances on health (especially mental health and wellbeing) and, conversely, (2) the impact of ill health on family and community participation and quality of life.
  
  
• ACT Transcultural Mental Health Network
  The ACT Transcultural Sector is a community group made up of people who are interested in transcultural mental health issues. The sector is guided by the Transcultural Management Network who are a smaller group of key players across the government, community, and cultural sectors. The main focus of the network and sector is to disseminate information, provide advice on policy and planning of services, and support research.
  
  
• Australian General Practice Network
  Australian General Practice Network (AGPN) is the new name of the Australian Divisions of General Practice (ADGP) which was established in 1998 as the peak national body representing 119 divisions of general practice and their state-based organisations across Australia. We are the largest voice for general practice in Australia with over 95 per cent of Australia's GPs members of their local division. The Network delivers local heath solutions through general practice.
  
  
• Mentalympians.tv
  Mentalympians.tv was launched officially on 5 March 2009 at the International Initiative for Mental Health Leadership in Brisbane, Australia. This website aims to stimulate discussion, collaboration, and planning as well the design and development of a 'community channel', a multimedia website to be operated by individuals with experience of mental illness through a global network of mental health consumer groups.
  
  
• National Mental Health Consumer and Carer Forum
  The National Mental Health Consumer and Carer Forum is the combined national voice for mental health consumers and carers participating in the development of mental health service and sector development in Australia. The NMHCCF was set up in 2002 by the Australian Health Ministers Advisory Council, Mental Health Standing Committee and is funded by contributions from each state and territory and the Australian Government. (While we are auspiced by the Mental Health Council of Australia, we are the independent voice of consumers and carers.)
  
  
• National Register of Mental Health Consumers and Carers
  All members of the National Register of Mental Health Consumers and Carers have experience working as a representative and have undergone training in leadership, advocacy, policy development, communication, and a range of other relevant topics. Members have the skills and expertise to meet the needs of organisations requiring a consumer or carer representative that can work effectively at the national level. (The National Register of Mental Health Consumers and Carers is now an ongoing project at the Mental Health Council of Australia, and members will receive training through an annual two-day workshop.)
  
  
• Find Thirty
  For adults, at least 30 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity on most days of the week is needed for good health. And the great news is you don't need to do the 30 minutes all in one go. Three lots of 10 minutes is just as beneficial and might be easier to fit into your day.
  
  
• Day to Day Living Program - Southside ACT (Belconnen Community Service)
  This service offers support to people experiencing severe and persistent mental illness. D2DLiving staff aim to create a welcoming environment for clients to improve their daily living skills while engaging in social, recreational, and educational activities.
  
  
• Day to Day Living Program - Canberra City (Schizophrenia Fellowship of NSW)
  The Day to Day Living in the Community Program (D2DL) recognises that people with a mental illness are often faced with significant challenges when reconnecting to their social and community networks both during and after recovery. The D2DL Program offers a friendly and positive environment in which those with a mental illness can engage in their choice of "drop in" facilities and support; or activities and groups that encourage scoialisation, development of useful life skills, and educational and supportive groups. Staffs at D2DL sites encourage active participation of members in activities and groups and encourage engagement of those who "drop in".
  
  
• Messengers (Tuggeranong Arts Centre)
  Tuggeranong Arts Centre's multiple award-winning Messengers Program has operated since 2000. The Program works with every ACT Government high school to promote youth resilience through art, drama, dance, film, and writing workshops. Participants work with artists, professional tutors, and members of their peer groups to create work which is relevant to them.
  
  
• ACT Critical Incident Stress Management
  ACT CISM is a not-for-profit community association in the Canberra region that provides information, referrals, and support in critical incident stress management and related fields. Our association has a special interest in pre-crisis preparation: including mental health promotion in stress, critical incident stress and trauma.
  
  
• Pegasus - Riding for the Disabled ACT
  Pegasus Riding for the Disabled of the ACT is a not-for-profit community organisation that provides equestrian activities for people with a disability.
  
  
• Noah’s Ark Resource Centre
  Noah's Ark has been operating in Canberra for over 30 years. We offer a variety of services for families and their children including: a Toy Library with over 4000 quality toys and educational resources.
  
  
• Mobile Intensive Treatment Team North (MITT North)
  The Mobile Intensive Treatment Team North (MITT North) is a mobile community and home based collaborative model of treatment that delivers service to consumers who are experiencing severe and enduring mental illness in the community. MITT (North) is based at Belconnen Health Centre and covers all of North Canberra.
  
  
• Mobile Intensive Treatment Team South (MITT South)
  The Mobile Intensive Treatment Team South (MITT South) is a mobile community and home based collaborative model for the provision of early intervention in first onset psychosis. MITT (South) is based at Phillip Health Centre and covers all of South Canberra.
  
  
• Calwell Community Centre
  The Calwell Community Centre conducts courses, information seminars, and displays reflecting our local community interests. The Calwell Community Centre offers a range of activities and regularly surveys residents to determine interest and needs.
  
  
• Canberra After Suicide Support (CASS)
  Canberra After Suicide Support (CASS) is a self-help group, organised by people who have experienced the consequences of the suicide death of someone close to them.
  
  
• Canberra Rape Crisis Centre (CRCC)
  Sexual assault counselling for women and children.
  
  
• Communities@Work
  Welcome to Communities@Work. We are a diverse, community-based organisation caring for people in all stages of life. Communities@Work is a not-for-profit company endorsed to receive tax-deductable donations. We are managed by an experienced Board of community volunteers and a team of skilled and professional staff. We deliver quality community services of social value and practical benefit.
  
  
• Community Options
  Community Options’ vision is for older people, people with disabilities and their families and friends to live good and full lives. We believe that this can be achieved through the person continuing to be a contributing and valued member of their community. To do this we aim to support people to maintain relationships, roles and connections to enhance the opportunities for people to enjoy life.
  
  
• Domestic Violence Crisis Service
  The objects of the Domestic Violence Crisis Service are to address violence and abuse in personal relationships and to promote respect and fairness in personal relationships. The Domestic Violence Crisis Service recognises that the majority of people subjected to violence and abuse in personal relationships are women and children, and that children are particularly vulnerable. The Domestic Violence Crisis Service operates within a framework that emphasizes human rights and social justice and gives priority to personal safety.
  
  
• ParentLink
  ParentLink is designed to increase parents' confidence and skills by supporting and linking them with a network of information, ideas and community services. ParentLink uses a community education approach that targets parents, aiming to provide easily accessible and up-to-date information about parenting issues and family support systems in the community. The program works in partnership with the community, other government departments and the business sector, using a community education approach through a range of multimedia initiatives.
  
  
• Toora House
  Toora House provides accommodation to women (unaccompanied by children) who are in crisis. Offers a comfortable, safe, secure and accessible residential environment, staffed 24 hours per day.
  
  
• Victims of Crime Assistance League (VOCAL)
  VOCAL is an organisation which provides assistance to victims of crime. VOCAL A.C.T has been providing support for victims of crime since 1988. It was founded by eight survivors who, through their own traumatic experience, understand the plights of victims of crime (victims supporting victims).
  
  
• Volunteering ACT
  Volunteering ACT - as the Peak Body for Volunteering activity in the ACT and wider Canberra region - promotes and facilitates appropriate volunteer effort to meet current and emerging community needs.
  
  
• Beacon (Centre for Mental Health Research)
  Beacon is a portal to health online applications for mental and physical disorders. A panel of health experts categorise, review and rate websites. These ratings are provided to you by Beacon along with the link to the site and information about how you can get access. Improve your health by undertaking programs that have been found to work! (Beacon is an initiative of e-hub at the Centre for Mental Health Research at the Australian National University.)
  
  
• 'Be (YOU)nique' (YWCA Canberra)
  Be (YOU)nique is a booklet about body image and self-esteem which was developed and produced by a group of young women and supported by the YWCA of Canberra. This positive, fresh and funky booklet is a collection of stories, experiences and insights. Be (YOU)nique provides a safe space for young women to explore, recognise and nurture their inner knowledge, strength and beauty.
  
  
• Disability ACT (ACT Department of Disability, Housing and Community Services)
  The role and responsibility of Disability ACT is to plan, develop strategic policy, allocate funding and provide and monitor services for people with disability in the ACT and the families that care for them. These activities are undertaken within the broader departmental framework and in accordance with the Vision and Values statement.
  
  
• Women With Disabilities ACT (WWDACT)
  Women With Disabilities ACT is a peer support and systemic advocacy group of women with disabilities who live in the ACT and region.
  
  
• Companion House - assisting survivors of torture and trauma
  Companion House works with people who have sought refuge in Australia from persecution, torture, and war related trauma. We work with people who are newly arrived and longer term settlers. We work with adults, young people, and children. Most of the people we work with are asylum seekers or from a refugee background. We are a non-profit community-based organisation.
  
  
• Rooftop Foundation Inc.
  The need for more affordable housing stock and for existing rental housing stock in the ACT region to be more affordable is becoming ever more pressing. Organisations that specialise in providing such housing are doing what they can to improve this situation but are limited by funding constraints. Public housing provided by the ACT Government is also limited. The issue of providing more affordable housing and to house the homeless has become a national priority under the Rudd Government and this gave rise to the establishment of the Rooftop Foundation Incorporated in January 2009.
  
  
• ACT Office of Multicultural Affairs (ACT Department of Disability, Housing and Community Services)
  The Office of Multicultural Affairs provides strategic advice to the Minister for Multicultural Affairs on issues affecting people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. The aim of this advice is to promote multiculturalism in the ACT - multiculturalism is the right of all Canberrans to express and share their cultural heritage within the Territory's legal and social frameworks and to contribute to, and participate in, all levels of public life without prejudice or discrimination.
  
  
• ACT Multicultural Directory (ACT Office of Multicultural Affairs)
  This directory includes information on multicultural organisations, clubs, the multicultural calendar, ethnic schools, multi-faith and specific aged related services.
  
  
• Moments of Truth
  Moments of Truth is a program of multidimensional courses aimed at improving mental and physical well-being and sustainable pleasure in life. Experiencing a 'moment of truth' can be the catalyst for breaking free from negative patterns.
  
  

Australia

• Mental Health and Well being
  
  This website will help you to find information on the Australian Government's role and contributions to mental health reform activities in Australia.
  
  
• Health Insite
  
  Through this site you will find a wide range of up-to-date and quality assessed information on important health topics such as diabetes, cancer, mental health and asthma.
  
  
• Mental Illness Education Australia
  
  Mental Illness Education Australia (MIEA) is a non-government national organisation that aims to promote greater understanding of mental health issues, particularly among young people, their teachers, school counsellors and the wider community.
  
  
• SANE Australia*
  
  SANE Australia is a national charity working for a better life for people affected by mental illness – through campaigning, education and research.
  
  
• Mind Matters Magazine
  
  Work towards a healthy mind and a healthy lifestyle with Mind Matters Magazine, which will be a positive, factual magazine about mental health.
  
  
• Mental Health Association of New South Wales [New South Wales]
  
  The Mental Health Association NSW Inc is a non-government organisation and registered charity funded by Northern Sydney Area Health. Members are people who are interested in mental health issues.
  
  
• Mind Matters
  
  A resource and professional development program to support Australian secondary schools in promoting and protecting the social and emotional wellbeing of members of school communities.
  
  
• Reach Out!
  Reach Out! is a web-based service that inspires young people to help themselves through tough times. The aim of the service is to improve young people’s mental health and well being by  providing support information and referrals in a format that appeals to young people.
  
  
• Multicultural Mental Health Australia
  
  Multicultural Mental Health Australia (MMHA) provides national leadership in mental health and suicide prevention for Australians from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds.
  
  
• University of Adelaide Library - Mental Health Consumers (and Carers) Information Links
  
  This page has lots of links to places all over the web. This particular page has relevance to consumers and consumer information, though they have many other topics, such as aboriginal mental health, child or adolescent mental health, art therapy and much more.
  
  
• Australian Mental Health Consumer Network
  
  The AMHCN is a nationwide network of consumers of mental health services.
  
  
• depressionServices.org.au
  depressionServices.org.au is a service portal that offers a diverse range of interactive human services utilising online technologies for Australians living with depression to help improve their mental health and wellbeing.
  
  
• Fyreniyce
  
  This page is dedicated to those who suffer from bipolar disorder. It offers a range of information about current research, treatment and diagnosis in the form of a virtual community.
  
  
• Depression and Mood Disorders Association of New South Wales [New South Wales]
  
  This site is here to inform and help people with depression or mood-disorders, their family and friends.
  
  
• Schizophrenia Research Institute
  The Schizophrenia Research Institute is a non-profit, NHMRC-accredited, independent research institute undertaking world-class studies to understand the causes of schizophrenia.
  
  
• 'Duty to Care - preventable physical illness in people with mental illness' (2001)
  This study was able to determine the extent to which users of mental health services (who comprise 8% of the population of Western Australia) have different rates of physical illness compared to the general population for the period 1980–1998.  The study compared deaths, the total number of cancers that were diagnosed and hospital admission rates in people with mental illness with the general population.
  
  
• Black Dog Institute
  The Black Dog Institute is an educational, research, clinical and community-oriented facility dedicated to improving the understanding, diagnosis and treatment of mood disorders.
  
  
• New South Wales Consumer Advisory Group - Mental Health Inc [New South Wales]
  The New South Wales Consumer Advisory Group - Mental Health Inc (NSW CAG) is a state-wide, incorporated, non-government organisation that provides an ongoing mechanism for mental health Consumer and Carer participation into policy and service development, implementation and evaluation.
  
  
• Hearing Voices Network Australia
  HVNA seeks to offer support to voice hearers, consumers and to mental health workers across Australia who are seeking to work with the Hearing Voice movement approach.
  
  
• 'The Wellness Guide – a resource to support the recovery journey' (Sydney West Area Health Service – Mental Health Network)
  A guide for people with mental illness, their families, and carers, developed in consultation with people who experienced a mental illness.
  
  
• Beyond Bars Alliance
  The Beyond Bars Alliance (BBA) is a coalition of community and church organisations, activist groups, academics and individuals with an interest in social justice. The purpose of the alliance is to promote social justice solutions to a range of criminal justice system issues with a particular focus on finding alternatives to imprisonment. It also aims to dispel common myths about 'law and order'.
  
  
• Alcohol and other Drugs Council of Australia
  The Alcohol and other Drugs Council of Australia (ADCA) is the peak, national, non-government organisation representing the interests of the Australian alcohol and other drugs sector, providing a national voice for people working to reduce the harm caused by alcohol and other drugs.
  
  
• 'Smoking and Mental Illness: Costs' (SANE Australia)
  A study commissioned from Access Economics by SANE Australia shows that people with a mental illness now make up almost 40% of smokers, receive little or no support to quit and pay a terrible cost for this neglect.
  
  
• GROW Australia
  GROW is a community of persons working towards mental health through mutual help and a 12 step program of recovery.
  
  
• New South Wales Institute of Psychiatry - consumer pages*
  The New South Wales Institute of Psychiatry (NSWIOP) is a major provider of continuing professional education in mental health in Australia.
  
  
• Mental Health National Outcomes and Casemix Collection
  This site aims to support the implementation of routine consumer outcome measurement in Australia's public mental health sector. The purpose of outcomes measurement is to improve the quality of mental health services through better understanding and use of information about the outcomes for consumers of mental health services.
  
  
• Auseinet - Australian Network for Promotion, Prevention and Early Intervention for Mental Health
  The key focus of the Australian Network for Promotion, Prevention and Early Intervention for Mental Health (Auseinet) is to assist a range of sectors to implement mental health promotion and illness prevention approaches in their respective settings.
  
  
• Australian e-Journal for the Advancement of Mental Health
  AeJAMH is a forum for advancing promotion, prevention and early intervention (PPEI) approaches to mental health. It is a peer reviewed, online, open access journal.
  
  
• Auseinetter
  Auseinetter is the newsletter of The Australian Network for Promotion, Prevention and Early Intervention for Mental Health (Auseinet). This newsletter is distributed three times annually.
  
  
• The Big Issue Australia
  The Big Issue Australia is an organisation that helps people to get back on their feet – particularly people who are experiencing homelessness and long-term unemployment. The key project is a current affairs and entertainment magazine, The Big Issue. It is sold on the streets by vendors who keep half the $5 cover price.
  
  
• Australian Council of Social Service
  The Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) is the peak council of the community services and welfare sector. Established in 1956, ACOSS is the national voice for the needs of people affected by poverty and inequality.
  
  
• Mental Health Legal Centre [Victoria]
  The Mental Health Legal Centre provides a free and confidential legal service to anyone who has experienced mental illness in Victoria where their legal problem relates to their mental illness.
  
  
• Response Ability
  Response Ability aims to support the tertiary education of selected professionals, to better prepare them for roles in mental health promotion and suicide prevention, or in raising awareness about these issues. (The name Response Ability derives from the concept of helping people to develop the ability to respond to certain situations they will encounter in their professional roles.)
  
  
• Hunter Institute of Mental Health
  The Hunter Institute of Mental Health is a business unit of the Mental Health Services in the Hunter New England Area Health Service. The mission of the Hunter Institute of Mental Health is to promote mental health and to improve the outcomes for people with mental illnesses.
  
  
• Even Keel bipolar disorder support association
  Our aim at Even Keel is to offer friendship, understanding, information and a sense of hope to people living with Bipolar Disorder or related disorders. Also to educate people & thus remove the stigma associated with mental illness. We also welcome family, friends and other interested community members.
  
  
• 'Not For Service: Experiences of Injustice and Despair in Mental Health Care in Australia' (2005) (Mental Health Council of Australia)
  Despite 12 years of national effort, this report captures the persisting, distressing and daily experiences of inadequate mental health and community care. It details personal stories of people with mental illness, and their families and carers. Such stories are often excluded from other national reports.
  
  
• 'Report of the National Inquiry into the Human Rights of People With Mental Illness' (1993) (the 'Burdekin Report') (Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission)
  The Inquiry played an important role in raising awareness about the human rights of Australians affected by mental illness. The Inquiry highlighted the extent of mental illness in the community and the need for more concerted government action in this area.
  
  
• Australian Human Rights Commission
  Our goal is to foster greater understanding and protection of human rights in Australia and to address the human rights concerns of a broad range of individuals and groups.
  
  
• Merinda Epstein – a consumer activist’s guide to mental health in Australia
  My aims with this website include exposing some of the myths around mental illness, the social stigma attached to treatment, and the political and bureaucratic machinations of funding and treatment.
  
  
• National Standards for Mental Health Services
  These standards can be used to develop new services, a guide to service enhancement and continuous quality improvement, a tool to inform consumers and carers about what to expect from a mental health service and as a check list for service quality. They can also assist consumers and carers to participate in a service's planning, development and evaluation processes.
  
  
• 'National Survey of Young Australians 2007' (Mission Australia)
  Mission Australia’s sixth National Survey of Young Australians has again unearthed a wealth of valuable information. It offers an opportunity to explore what is happening in the lives of young Australians and provides some rare insights into what they value and what is of most concern to them.
  
  
• Beyond Blue: the national depression initiative*
  beyondblue is a national, independent, not-for-profit organisation working to address issues associated with depression, anxiety and related substance misuse disorders in Australia.
  
  
• headspace
  headspace is Australia's National Youth Mental Health Foundation. The headspace mission is to deliver improvements in the mental health, social wellbeing and economic participation of young Australian’s aged 12-25. To this end, headspace aims to be the focal point for youth mental health issues across the country.
  
  
• Mensline Australia
  Mensline Australia is the national telephone support, information and referral service for men with family and relationship concerns.
  
  
• Australian Story (ABC TV)
  The program aims to present a varied and contrasting picture of contemporary Australia and Australians from many different perspectives and to contribute to the wider spectrum of coverage of issues and individuals.
  
  
• The Mental Health Services Conference (TheMHS)
  TheMHS is a learning network for improving mental health services in Australasia. TheMHS primary purpose is to organise educational forums that bring together all people interested in the provision of Mental Health Services. The annual conference moves around the major cities of Australia and New Zealand each year. The Summer Forum is organised in a holiday-friendly site each January.
  
  
• Mental Health Coordinating Council [New South Wales]
  The Mental Health Coordinating Council (MHCC) is the peak body for non-government organisations (NGOs) working for mental health throughout New South Wales (NSW). MHCC's membership includes NGOs, both specialist and mainstream, and other bodies interested in mental health.
  
  
• Psychiatric Disability Services of Victoria (VICSERV) [Victoria]
  Psychiatric Disability Services of Victoria (VICSERV) Inc. is the peak body for Psychiatric Disability Rehabilitation and Support Services in Victoria, Australia. Our member agencies in Victoria, Australia provide housing support, home-based outreach, psychosocial and pre-vocational day programs, residential rehabilitation, mutual support and self help, employment, training and support, carer education, respite and advocacy.
  
  
• Department of Health and Ageing - Mental Health (Australian Government)
  Information on initiatives to build the capacity of the mental health care system to ensure that Australians with mental illness, and their families and carers, have access to quality health and support services to meet their needs.
  
  
• Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs - Mental Health (Australian Government)
  FaHCSIA will deliver three significant mental health measures to increase the level of social support and community based care. These services will be provided to people with a mental illness or intellectual disability and their families and carers.
  
  
• Royal Australian College of General Practitioners - Mental Health
  This section brings together a range of information of interest to general practitioners which relates to mental health.
  
  
• 'Angels and Demons' (Enough Rope - ABC TV) (2008)
  What does it feel like to lose your mind and can you get it back again? In seeking to answer these questions, Andrew Denton journeys into the world of mental illness, a world that's often-invisible because - in our fear - we choose to look away. Angels and Demons provides a rare insight into the experiences of those with mental illness. Himself deeply confronted, Andrew also finds the possibility of a better life for people often dismissed as beyond hope.
  
  
• 'The Kit - a guide to the advocacy we choose to do'
  A resource kit for consumers of mental health services and family carers, to assist them in developing their advocacy skills.
  
  
• Australian Mental Health Services Reference Guide
  The Australian Mental Health Services Reference Guide is a starting point for people seeking mental health resources in Australia. It is a compilation of contact details from organisations in Australia that are dedicated to providing mental health services and information.
  
  
• Mental Health First Aid
  Mental Health First Aid is an award winning training program for members of the public in how to support someone in a mental health crisis situation or who is developing a mental disorder.
  
  
• MindBodyLife
  This website is presented as a source of information on ways to enhance physical wellbeing - especially for people living with a mental illness and for the people who care about them.
  
  
• ORYGEN Youth Health
  ORYGEN is a unique organisation made up of a specialist youth mental health service, a research centre and a range of education, training, advocacy and health promotion activities.
  
  
• Mission Australia
  Mission Australia is an empowering and compassionate community service organisation. We have been helping to transform the lives of Australians in need for almost 150 years.
  
  
• Justice Action Australia
  Justice Action is a community-based organisation comprising criminal justice and prison reform activists. We are prisoners and ex-prisoners, lawyers, academics, victims of crime, and community members. We believe that meaningful change depends upon community responsibility and free access to and exchange of information as the basis for understanding and action.
  
  
• Living Is For Everyone
  The Living Is For Everyone (LIFE) website is a world-class suicide and self-harm prevention resource. Dedicated to providing the best available evidence and resources to guide activities aimed at reducing the rate at which people take their lives in Australia, the LIFE website is designed for people across the community who are involved in suicide and self-harm prevention activities.
  
  
• Brain and Mind Research Institute (University of Sydney)
  The University of Sydney's Brain and Mind Research Institute is a unique institute devoted to the investigation and treatment of diseases of the brain and mind.
  
  
• Inspire Foundation
  The Inspire Foundation is a national non-profit organisation established in 1996 with a mission to create opportunities for young people to change their world. Our vision for Inspire is to have a global impact on young people’s mental health and wellbeing.
  
  
• Our Community
  Our Community is a world-leading social enterprise that provides 15 Knowledge Centres – spanning all aspects of running a community group and comprising a range of resources, training, advice and tools – for Australia’s 700,000 community groups and schools, as well as practical linkages between the community sector and the general public, business and government.
  
  
• Our Consumer Place
  We are a consumer-run mental health resource centre that offers information and advice to individuals and groups who are providing consumer developed initiatives (CDIs).
  
  
• Changing Minds
  Changing Minds aims to promote positive mental health and wellbeing by inspiring you with action based ideas to encourage you to promote mental wellbeing in your own life and in the lives of others. Even the smallest of steps can make the biggest changes to the way that you think and feel. So start changing minds today!
  
  
• Early Psychosis Prevention and Intervention Centre (ORYGEN Youth Health)
  EPPIC is a specialist early psychosis clinical program within ORYGEN Youth Health. EPPIC aims to facilitate early identification and treatment of psychosis and therefore reduce the disruption to the young person’s functioning and psychosocial development.
  
  
• RecLink
  RecLink is a not-for-profit charitable organisation dedicated to advocating for and improving access to sporting and recreational opportunities for disadvantaged people and the benefits which flow from this, such as community connectedness and improved health and well being.
  
  
• The Butterfly Foundation - supporting Australians with eating disorders
  The Butterfly Foundation was founded in August 2002 by Claire Vickery who found many 'gaps' in the public health system for those suffering from eating disorders. The Foundation is a community based charitable organisation that supports eating disorder sufferers and their carers through direct financial relief, advocacy and lobbying, awareness campaigns, health promotion and early intervention work and professional training in primary and secondary schools.
  
  
• Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention (Griffith University)
  Located at Griffith University’s Mt Gravatt campus, the Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention is at the forefront of national and international suicide research. The Institute conducts research in all aspects of suicide prevention and manages the Queensland Suicide Register. Apart from research activities, AISRAP provides education and training for health and allied professionals.
  
  
• At Ease (Department of Veterans’ Affairs)
  At Ease is the new mental health literacy package produced by the Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA) which aims to encourage the veteran community to recognise possible signs, take appropriate action and assume more responsibility for their own health and wellbeing using the tag line: At Ease – Recognise, Act, Maintain.
  
  
• All in the Mind (ABC - Radio National)
  All in the Mind, presented by Natasha Mitchell, is Radio National's weekly foray into all things mental – a program about the mind, brain, and behaviour. From dreaming to depression, addiction to artificial intelligence, consciousness to coma, psychoanalysis to psychopathy, free will to forgetting – All in the Mind explores the human condition through the mind's eye.
  
  
• The Health Report (ABC - Radio National)
  The Health Report appeals to both specialist and mainstream audiences by applying a broad definition of 'health', and seeing health and medicine within social, scientific, and political contexts. The Health Report is a valued information source for professionals and students in the medical and health professions, as well as attracting a sizeable audience of general listeners seeking jargon-free, easy-to-understand information and analysis on health and medical matters.
  
  
• Life Matters (ABC - Radio National)
  Life Matters is a unique daily interview program about social change and day-to-day life. Richard Aedy talks with the main people behind our social policies—from workplace reform to education, health, family relationships, and social change. Specialist producers monitor developments in these fields to bring you the most up-to-date information, as well as personal stories which will move and inspire you.
  
  
• 'Glimpses - a compilation of uncensored real life experiences with mental illness'
  'Glimpses' is a living manuscript containing invaluable insight into the lives of people with a mental illness or experience as their carer. Contributors tell about the lead up to diagnosis, dealing with MH Services, medication issues, identifying triggers, working towards recovery and coping strategies. Their desire is to increase understanding and reduce stigma surrounding mental illness is the motivating factor behind sharing such personal and sometimes painful stories.
  
  
• 'Want to be Active? - Physical Activity and Depression / Anxiety' (Beyond Blue)
  Physical activity can contribute both to the prevention and treatment of depression and anxiety.
  
  
• 'Physical Activity and Depression' (Heart Foundation)
  Accumulating evidence suggests that regular physical activity is effective in preventing and managing depression (as well as other chronic diseases, including cardiovascular disease and diabetes).
  
  
• NSW Centre for Eating and Dieting Disorders
  The NSW Centre for Eating and Dieting Disorders (CEDD) is an academic and service support centre based in Sydney, Australia resulting from a collaboration between the University of Sydney and Sydney South West Area Health Service.  It is funded by the Mental Health and Drug & Alcohol Office, NSW Department of Health.
  
  
• The Australian and New Zealand Obesity Society
  The Australian and New Zealand Obesity Society (formally known as the Australasian Society for the Study of Obesity  or ASSO) was established in 1991. It is a scientific organisation of medical practitioners, dietitians, scientists, and other health care professionals interested in obesity research, treatment, or public health initiatives directed at the prevention of obesity.
  
  
• Anxiety Disorders Alliance - Anxiety Disorders Support and Information
  The Anxiety Disorders Support and Information (ADSI) is a program of the Mental Health Association NSW Inc.
  
  
• Hope for Life - suicide prevention and bereavement support (Salvation Army)
  We understand grief and loss, daily Salvation Army Officers, counsellors, and Chaplains provide words of comfort, support, and encouragement to people whose lives have been devastated by the loss of a loved one. But we can all do more.
  
  
• StigmaWatch (SANE Australia)
  SANE StigmaWatch monitors media portrayals of mental illness and suicide, to ensure they are accurate and respectful. It takes the media to task when these topics are covered inaccurately or irresponsibly, and – through the ‘Good News’ area – congratulates them on good coverage.
  
  
• Get On Top
  This site is a youth mental health website, which has facts about mental health and the issues young people might face.
  
  
• healthdirect Australia
  healthdirect Australia is a 24-hour telephone health advice line staffed by Registered Nurses to provide expert health advice.
  
  
• Youth Pathways (Australian Government - Department of Education, Employment, and Workplace Relations)
  Youth Pathways - Helping young people stay in education aims to assist those young people aged 13-19 who are most at risk of not making a successful transition through school and from school to reach their full potential by keeping them engaged or re-engaging them with education or training. The expansion of Youth Pathways (to improve its capacity to keep young people with mental health issues in education) forms part of the Commonwealth's component of the Council of Australian Governments' (COAG) National Action Plan on Mental Health 2006-2011.
  
  
• Community Mental Health Australia*
  Community Mental Health Australia (CMHA) is a new national alliance between the state and territory peaks that aims to support a better national understanding of mental health community services.
  
  
• Victorian Mental Illness Awareness Council (Victoria)
  The VMIAC is a Victorian not-for-profit organisation whose purpose is to provide support, advocacy and referrals to people who are experiencing, or have experienced in the past, emotional or mental distress. The VMIAC also provides information and education about mental health services to consumers of mental health services and the wider community
  
  
• Mental Illness Fellowship Victoria (Victoria)*
  The Mental Illness Fellowship is Victoria's leading membership-based not-for-profit organisation working with people with mental illness, their families and friends to improve their well being. Join us and help to end the stigma.
  
  
• Queensland Alliance [Queensland]
  The Queensland Alliance is a Non-Government Organisation (NGO), which has grown to over 200 members in the past decade. The Queensland Alliance represents the Mental Health Community Sector who meet the needs of people who experience mental illness disability, including consumer groups, family and carer groups and non-government community-based service providers across Queensland. It strives to promote, strengthen and develop the growth of non-government, community-based, recovery-oriented responses to the needs of people who experience mental illness in Queensland.
  
  
• Wings of Care (Kanfei Chesed) Inc [Victoria]
  "Wings of Care" - Kanfei Chesed Inc, established in March 2000, is a voluntary not-for-profit organisation consisting of a committee of enthusiastic members of the Jewish community in Melbourne, dedicated to helping the plight of people with a mental illness and their families.
  
  
• Back from the Brink
  This is a website of hope and dedicated to helping you overcome depression. I decided to start this site after overcoming a five year depression my psychiatrist described as the worst he had ever treated. One thing I have learnt is that we only start getting better when we begin taking responsibility for our recovery by helping ourselves and others. I now know that depression can lead to blessings. My aim is to create a community where those who have recovered can help those still suffering. (Graeme Cowan)
  
  
• HealthRight - promoting physical health for mental health [Western Australia]
  The HealthRight Project 2006-2008 was developed to address the health inequities for people with mental illness in Western Australia, via multi-level strategies to engage them in visiting their General Practitioner and address lifestyle risk factors. (The project is facilitated by the University of Western Australia School of Community, Culture, and Mental Health Unit and funded by the Office of Mental Health.)
  
  
• Public Interest Advocacy Centre [New South Wales]
  The Public Interest Advocacy Centre is an independent, non-profit legal and policy centre. PIAC makes strategic interventions in public interest matters to foster a fair, just, and democratic society and to empower citizens, consumers, and communities.
  
  
• Tasmanian Mental Health Consumer Network [Tasmania]
  The Tasmanian Mental Health Consumer Network (TMHCN) is an organisation of consumers, for consumers, with our vision for the future being that of vibrant and effective advocacy and leadership, by and with, Tasmania’s mental health consumers. The TMHCN exists to improve mental health services, community attitudes, and the quality of life of mental health consumers.
  
  
• The Salvation Army (Australia Eastern Territory: NSW, ACT, Qld)
  It has been said The Salvation Army offers caring support for every problem “from the cradle to the grave.” Our services are as wide-ranging and diverse as the areas of need in the community, like an umbrella over Australia’s social problems. Because we have such tremendous scope in our service provision, each program is able to link with other services in the network, thus enhancing our capacity to help those in need.
  
  
• Department of Health and Ageing (Australian Government)
  The Department of Health and Ageing has a diverse set of responsibilities, but throughout there is a common purpose, which is reflected in our Vision statement: Better health and active ageing for all Australians. We aim to achieve our Vision through strengthening evidence-based policy advising, improving program management, research, regulation and partnerships with other government agencies, consumers, and stakeholders.
  
  
• Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (Australian Government)
  The Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA) is the Australian Government's principal source of advice on social policy and is responsible for about a quarter of the government's budgetary outlays.  FaHCSIA works in partnership with other government and non-government organisations in the management of a diverse range of programs and services designed to support and improve the lives of Australians.
  
  
• Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (Australian Government)
  The Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations is the lead government agency providing national leadership in education and workplace training, transition to work and conditions and values in the workplace. We work in collaboration with the states and territories and have offices and agencies throughout Australia and overseas allowing an active, national and client-focused approach to how we work with you. We are committed to providing easy and informative access to our services and support programs and work directly with our clients and stakeholders to ensure expectations are met.
  
  
• Attorney-General's Department (Australian Government)
  The Australian Government Attorney-General's Department serves the people of Australia by providing essential expert support to the Government in the maintenance and improvement of Australia's system of law and justice and its national security and emergency management systems. The Department is the central policy and coordinating element of the Attorney-General's portfolio for which the Attorney-General and Minister for Home Affairs are responsible. The mission of the Attorney-General’s Department is: achieving a just and secure society.
  
  
• A.W.A.R.E. Dogs Australia (Assisting Wellbeing Ability Recovery and Empowerment)
  A.W.A.R.E. Dogs' main focus is to make groundbreaking changes for people living with mental health and other developmental issues. Towards this, A.W.A.R.E. Dogs works in collaboration with many organisations of all types to put our dynamic program for assistance dogs into place. (A Mental Health Assistance Dog (MHAD) is a dog individually trained to work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual disabled by mental illness.)
  
  
• Queensland Transcultural Mental Health Centre [Queensland]
  Our mission is to work in partnership with mental health services, ethnic communities, and other agencies to improve the quality, accessibility, and appropriateness of services and promote the mental health and wellbeing of culturally and linguistically diverse communities in Queensland.
  
  
• NSW Transcultural Mental Health Centre [New South Wales]
  The Transcultural Mental Health Centre (TMHC) is an acknowledged leader in clinical consultation and assessment, transcultural mental health promotion, prevention, and early intervention, publication and resource development, and education and training.
  
  
• Eating Disorders Australian National Network (EDANN)
  Eating Disorders Australian National Network (EDANN) is a national collaborative venture with a current membership representing more than 40 leading organisations in the field of eating disorders. EDANN members are recognised nationally and internationally as leaders in research, clinical practice and consumer representation.
  
  
• Australian and New Zealand Art Therapy Association
  The professional body representing art therapists in Australia and New Zealand.
  
  
• Australian Creative Arts Therapy Association
  The Australian Creative Arts Therapy Association (ACATA) is a national, non-profit organisation that maintains professional standards for the practise of creative arts therapy. ACATA provides professional representation, support, and communication networks for its members. ACATA aims to forge links between creative arts therapists and the broader community.
  
  
• Schizophrenia Fellowship of NSW [New South Wales]
  The Schizophrenia Fellowship of NSW Inc. is committed to improving the circumstances and welfare of people living with mental illness, their relatives and carers, and professionals working in the area.
  
  
• Anxiety Online
  Anxiety Online is a consumer resource that offers free educational information about the anxiety disorders. In mid 2009, we will offer an internet-based treatment service for people with anxiety disorders. This service is provided by the National eTherapy Centre (NeTC) at Swinburne University of Technology and funded by the Federal Department of Health and Ageing.
  
  
• Act-Belong-Commit [Western Australia]
  Act-Belong-Commit is a community-based health promotion campaign that encourages people to take action to improve their mental health and wellbeing. (This evidence-based campaign was developed primarily from research undertaken by Curtin University into people’s perceptions of mental health and the behaviours they believed protected and promoted good mental health. The campaign is directed by Mentally Healthy WA at Curtin University, and implemented through health services, local governments, women’s health services and not-for-profit groups.)
  
  
• One in Five - helping hands for mental illness
  We are a group of friends whose lives have been significantly affected by an affliction affecting one in five Australians - mental illness. One in Five is a not-for-profit organisation that relies on financial sponsorship from organisations and individuals. It is staffed wholly by volunteers dedicated to: generating greater awareness of mental illness, and raising funds for research on the prevention and treatment of mental illness. Our ultimate dream is for Australia to become None in Five.
  
  
• Itsallright (SANE Australia)
  Itsallright is a website where you can read the diaries of four teenagers, based on real stories, as they deal with the challenge of living with mental illness in their family. It also has useful Factsheets and Podcasts and provides an online information and referral service on mental illness including schizophrenia, depression and anxiety disorders.
  
  
• The Benevolent Society
  The Benevolent Society works with individuals and communities in metropolitan, regional and rural New South Wales and in South East Queensland. We believe that building stronger communities is the best way to reduce social and economic disadvantage. Our purpose is to create caring and inclusive communities and a just society. We also have a proud tradition of creating new lines of thought, activity and methods of intervention to tackle the social issues facing Australia.
  
  
• 'Mental Health Services in Australia 2006-07' (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare)
  'Mental Health Services in Australia 2006-07' is the eleventh in the series of AIHW's comprehensive annual reports on the characteristics and activity of Australia's mental health services, and the availability of mental health resources. Details from a wide range of data sources for the 2006-07 period, and where available 2007-08, are presented, as are changes over time. Expenditure on state and territory mental health services increased by an annual average of 5.6% (adjusted for inflation) between 2002-03 and 2006-07, to $3,040 million. In 2007-08 there were 20 million mental health-related prescriptions subsidised by the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (and for veterans), accounting for just over one in ten of all prescription claims, costing over $700 million.
  
  
• The Happiness Institute - applying the principles of positive psychology
  With the aim of teaching as many people as possible to be happier, The Happiness Institute offers a range of services based on extensive research, particularly from the growing field of positive psychology. (Positive psychology is one of the fastest growing and most exciting areas of health and well-being and is based on the premise that it is not enough just to manage stress and depression.)
  
  
• R U OK?
  R U OK? is an organisation committed to the prevention of suicide. We want to inspire all Australians to recognise they can make an immediate impact on our country’s shockingly high suicide rate by simply connecting with their friends, colleagues and loved ones. A lack of connection is a major contributing cause of many social issues, particularly suicide.
  
  
• Mental Health Council of Tasmania [Tasmania]
  The Mental Health Council of Tasmania (MHCT) is the peak body representing the interests of non-government mental health consumer organisations, carer organisations, and service provider organisations. We provide a public voice for people affected by mental illness and the organisations in the community sector that work with them. We advocate for effective public policy on mental health for the benefit of the Tasmanian community as a whole.
  
  
• Movember Australia
  Movember is an annual, month-long celebration of the moustache, highlighting men’s health issues, specifically prostate cancer and depression in men.
  
  
• Mental Health at Work
  Mental Health at Work (mh@work) is an international organisation aimed at improving the wellbeing and productivity of people and workplaces. By partnering with business, we mentor workplaces to create mentally healthy, resilient and supportive workplaces through an innovative range of educational tools and services.
  
  
• 'State of Australia's Young People - a report on the social, economic, health and family lives of young people' (Australian Government - Office for Youth)
  This report presents a comprehensive picture of how young Australians are faring. The report’s findings were based on national data sources, existing literature, stakeholder interviews and focus groups with young people.
  
  
• Fourth National Mental Health Plan: an agenda for collaborative government action in mental health 2009-2014
  On Friday 13 November 2009, the Australian Health Ministers' Conference (AHMC) launched the "Fourth National Mental Health Plan: an agenda for collaborative government action in mental health 2009-2014". This plan is the product of twelve months of development work including a comprehensive stakeholder consultation process. Endorsement of the plan represents commitment by all governments to implementation of the following vision for mental health set out in the National Mental Health Policy 2008: “… a mental health system that enables recovery, that prevents and detects mental illness early and ensures that all Australians with a mental illness can access effective and appropriate treatment and community support to enable them to participate fully in the community.”
  
  
• Centre for Clinical Interventions (CCI) [Western Australia]
  The Centre for Clinical Interventions (CCI) is a specialist state-wide program that is administered through North Metropolitan Health Services in Western Australia. We conduct clinically applied psychosocial research and provide training and supervision for various psychological interventions. We also offer a clinical service for adults suffering from anxiety, mood and eating disorders.
  
  
• myDr.com.au
  myDr provides comprehensive Australian health and medical information, images and tools covering symptoms, diseases, medicines and treatments, medical tests and health and fitness. Plus you can search for doctors and other healthcare professionals.
  
  
• 'Shut Out: the experience of people with disabilities and their families in Australia' (National People with Disabilities and Carer Council)
  The report provides detail on the key barriers and issues facing people with a disability, their families and carers and highlights the solutions offered by the submissions. The report also compares the level of interest against a range of themes and issues that have emerged and identifies the existing strategies that submissions suggest are working well.
  
  
• Australian Human Rights Commission - Disability Rights
  The Australian Human Rights Commission leads the implementation of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992. This Act makes disability discrimination unlawful and aims to promote equal opportunity and access for people with disabilities. The Commission also has major responsibilities under the international Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
  
  
• Social Firms Australia (SoFA)
  Social Firms Australia (SoFA) is a not-for-profit organisation developing social firms in Australia. SoFA is committed to improving the quality of life as well as the social and economic integration of Australians living with a psychiatric disability.
  
  
• Social Ventures Australia (SVA)
  Social Ventures Australia (SVA) works with innovative non-profit organisations to increase their growth and impact to drive transformational social change. Established in 2002, SVA was created by and has the ongoing support of some of Australia’s most well-known non-profit and philanthropic organisations.
  
  
• People with Disability Australia
  People with Disability Australia Incorporated (PWD) is a national peak disability rights and advocacy organisation. Its primary membership is made up of people with disability and organisations primarily constituted by people with disability. PWD also has a large associate membership of other individuals and organisations committed to the disability rights movement. PWD was founded in 1981, the International Year of Disabled Persons, to provide people with disability with a voice of our own. We have a cross-disability focus - we represent the interests of people with all kinds of disability. PWD is a non-profit, non-government organisation.
  
  
• Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA)
  Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA) is the peak organisation for women with all types of disabilities in Australia. It is an organisation made up of women with disabilities and associated organisations. (The national secretariat is located in Tasmania, the island State of Australia.) WWDA is run by women with disabilities, for women with disabilities. It is the only organisation of its kind in Australia and one of only a very small number internationally. WWDA is inclusive and does not discriminate against any disability.
  
  
• Social Inclusion (Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet)
  The Australian Government’s vision of a socially inclusive society is one in which all Australians feel valued and have the opportunity to participate fully in the life of our society.
  
  
• Children of Parents with a Mental Illness (COPMI)
  The overall aim of the Australian COPMI initiative is to promote better mental health outcomes for children (0 - 18 years) of parents with a mental health problem or disorder.
  
  
• COMIC (Children of Mentally Ill Consumers)
  COMIC was formed at a forum held on 18 February 2000, and is comprised of a group of adult children who share a common interest for children of mentally ill consumers. The group shares a common perception of the past failure by the mental health services to acknowledge them as children with unique needs and offer support. COMIC also acknowledges that there has been a lack of assistance for ill parents and their families.
  
  
• Reach Out Pro
  Reach Out Pro provides access and advice for health care professionals on a range of technologies and online resources that can be used to enhance the effectiveness of psychosocial support and mental health care provided to young people.
  
  
• KidsMatter
  KidsMatter aims to improve the mental health and wellbeing of children, reduce mental health problems amongst children, and achieve greater support for children experiencing mental health difficulties, and their families.
  
  
• blueVoices (beyondblue)
  blueVoices is a national reference group for beyondblue made up of people who are experiencing or have had depression, anxiety, perinatal depression, bipolar disorder and other related illnesses and their carers or primary support people.
  
  
• CAN Mental Health [New South Wales]
  The Consumer Activity Network (Mental Health) Inc., known as CAN Mental Health, is a consumer organisation run by people with lived experience of mental illness for people living with mental illness.
  
  
• Post and Antenatal Depression Association inc (Panda) [Victoria]
  PANDA is a Victorian, not-for-profit, self-help organisation that was formed in 1985 to provide confidential information, support and referral to anyone affected by post and antenatal mood disorders, including partners and extended family members. PANDA also produces and distributes accurate information about post and antenatal mood disorders to health professionals and the wider community.
  
  
• Private Mental Health Consumer Carer Network (Private Mental Health Alliance)
  The Private Mental Health Consumer Carer Network (Australia) is dedicated to effective consumer and carer participation as the driving force in all elements of change in private sector mental health services.
  
  
• Better Health Channel [Victoria]
  The Better Health Channel website was founded in 1999 by the Victorian Government, Australia as a consumer health information website for the Victorian community. It is now Australia's most popular health and medical website. The site’s aim has always been to provide free health and medical information in an easy to understand format and language.
  
  
• Western Australian Association for Mental Health [Western Australia]
  WAAMH is the peak mental health representative body in Western Australia for non-government not-for-profit agencies.
  
  

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• Online Dictionary of Mental Health
  
  This page is a database of books on mental illness with reviews and customer ratings. You can search here for a particular topic to do with mental illness and it will bring back a list of the associated literature.
  
  
• 'Friendship and Mental Health' (Mental Health Foundation) [U.K.]
  Friendships are vital for good mental health. But our new research reveals that in reality it can be difficult for people with mental health problems to maintain their friendships. It can also be tough for friends of people with mental health problems to know how to support them.
  
  
• Internet Mental Health
  
  This site aims to improve understanding, diagnosis and treatment of mental illness.
  (This site also provides information about well-researched treatments and online diagnosis. However, these diagnoses are not certain. If you have any serious worries, we suggest you see your doctor.)
  
  
• World Federation for Mental Health
  
  The World Federation for Mental Health is the only international, multidisciplinary, grassroots advocacy and education organization concerned with all aspects of mental health.
  
  
• Geðrækt - the Icelandic mental health promotion project [ICELAND]
  The main goals of Geðrækt are to enhance mental health preventions and promotion throughout the society with education. The aim is to raise awareness of mental health, emphasising that everybody possesses a form of mental health.
  
  
• Balance magazine [CANADA]
  Balance magazine is published 3-times per year by the Canadian Mental Health Association-Calgary Region to educate the public about mental health and wellness, as well as break through stigma by highlighting stories of courage and hope.
  
  
• Dr. Ivan's Depression Central
  
  This site is Internet's central clearinghouse for information on all types of depressive disorders and on the most effective treatments for individuals suffering from Major Depression, Manic-Depression (Bipolar Disorder), Cyclothymia, Dysthymia and other mood disorders.
  
  
• Depression and Related Affective Disorders Association
  
  DRADA is a community organisation whose mission is to alleviate the suffering arising from depression and bipolar illness by assisting self-help groups, providing education and information, and lending support to research programs.
  
  
• Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
  
  DBSA aims to educate that all depressive and manic-depressive illness are treatable medical diseases, as well as foster self-help, improve access to care, and advocate for research to eliminate these illnesses.
  
  
• Highland Users Group [Scotland, U.K.]
  The Highland Users Group (HUG) is a network of users of mental health services who live in the Highlands. Our main aim is to improve the way in which we, as users of mental health services, are treated by campaigning to improve the rights, services and treatments of people with mental health problems.
  
  
• 'Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General' (1999) [U.S.A.]
  The first Surgeon General's Report on this important health topic, asserts that mental illness is a critical public health problem that must be addressed by the Nation.
  
  
• Mind (National Association for Mental Health) [U.K.]
  Mind is the leading mental health charity in England and Wales.
  
  
• National Institute of Mental Health [U.S.A.]
  The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is the largest scientific organization in the world dedicated to research focused on the understanding, treatment, and prevention of mental disorders and the promotion of mental health.
  
  
• Mental Health Commission [NEW ZEALAND]
  Following the enactment of the Mental Health Commission Act 1998, the Commission was established as an autonomous crown entity providing independent advice to the Minister of Health on matters relating to mental health.
  
  
• World Health Organization - Mental Health
  WHO is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries and monitoring and assessing health trends.
  
  
• National Alliance on Mental Illness [U.S.A.]
  NAMI is the National Alliance on Mental Illness, the nation’s largest grassroots organization for people with mental illness and their families. Founded in 1979, NAMI has affiliates in every state and in more than 1,100 local communities across the country. NAMI is dedicated to the eradication of mental illnesses and to the improvement of the quality of life for persons of all ages who are affected by mental illnesses.
  
  
• 'In the red: debt and mental health' (Mind) [U.K.]
  Our research shows that debt is not just a financial problem but can have a serious impact on a person's mental health in terms of anxiety and stress, depression, self-harm and suicidal thoughts, as well as adding to wider social exclusion problems.
  
  
• Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law [U.S.A.]
  Legal advocacy for the civil rights and human dignity of people with mental disability.
  
  
• Mental Health Today [U.K.]
  The monthly magazine that brings you news, views, in-depth analysis, research and best practice in mental health and social care today.
  
  
• Canadian Mental Health Association [CANADA]*
  The Canadian Mental Health Association is a nation-wide, charitable organization that promotes the mental health of all and supports the resilience and recovery of people experiencing mental illness.
  
  
• Canadian Mental Health Association - Calgary Region [CANADA]
  As part of a leading national organization, the Canadian Mental Health Association - Calgary Region has been at the forefront of mental health for more than 50 years. We focus on proactive education around the importance and prevalence of mental health issues, and positive ways of managing them, including knowing when and where to turn for help.
  
  
• Visions journal [CANADA]
  Published quarterly, Visions is a nationally award-winning journal which provides a forum where many perspectives on mental health and addictions issues can be heard.
  
  
• Canadian Mental Health Association - BC Division [CANADA]
  The Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), BC Division exists to promote the mental health of British Columbians and support the resilience and recovery of people experiencing mental illness.
  
  
• 'The New Mental Health Act: An Easy Read Guide' [Scotland, U.K.]
  An easy read short introduction to the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003.
  
  
• Mental Health Foundation [U.K.]*
  Founded in 1949, the Mental Health Foundation is a leading UK charity that provides information, carries out research, campaigns and works to improve services for anyone affected by mental health problems, whatever their age and wherever they live.
  
  
• Happiness magazine [U.S.A]
  Happiness! Joy! Contentment! These can be yours! Discover how you can be happy in your day to day life. Enjoy yummy recipes and fun puzzles like Sudoku, too.
  
  
• Top Tips for Positive Mental Health (wellscotland.info) [Scotland, U.K.]
  Staying mentally healthy isn't just about treating illness – far from it! There are lots of things we can do to help prevent ourselves getting ill in the first place, and plenty more we can try if we (or those around us) do encounter problems. So, to get you started, we've put together these Top Tips for Positive Mental Health. Don't keep them under your hat either – tell your family, friends and colleagues. Everyone should know this stuff!
  
  
• Well? magazine [Scotland, U.K.]
  Well? is the bi-annual magazine on improving mental health and wellbeing in Scotland.
  
  
• 'Honouring the Past, Shaping the Future - 25 Years of Progress in Mental Health Advocacy and Rights Protection' (2008) [Ontario, CANADA]
  The Psychiatric Patient Advocate Office celebrated its 25th anniversary with the release of a special report. The report features over 120 articles by a wide range of contributors on the progress made in mental health advocacy, rights protection, social and economic advances, and the mental health system over the past 25 years.
  
  
• Network magazine [CANADA]
  Network is the Canadian Mental Health Association-Ontario's popular magazine that brings together different perspectives on issues important to everyone with an interest or involvement in community mental health.
  
  
• bp magazine [U.S.A.]
  Four times annually, bp is filled with articles by and about personalities who share the issues of living with bipolar disorder. Each magazine contains hints on thriving, enjoying life and eating well. Plus, pages of news, research and how to get better care.
  
  
• esperanza magazine [U.S.A.]
  esperanza's primary purpose is to create a community among and empower people who live with anxiety and depression.
  
  
• Moods magazine [CANADA]
  Moods is devoted to supplying those suffering from mood disorders and comorbid illnesses (such as addictions, anxiety, eating disorders and borderline personality disorder) with useful information in lay person terms, while also diminishing the stigma attached to mental illness.
  
  
• Like Minds, Like Mine [NEW ZEALAND]*
  Like Minds, Like Mine is a public health funded project to reduce the stigma of mental illness and the discrimination that people with experience of mental illness face everyday in the community.
  
  
• wellscotland.info [Scotland, U.K.]*
  wellscotland.info is a site dedicated to positive mental health.  It is full of ideas and suggestions for enhancing a healthy mind.
  
  
• Geriatric Mental Health Foundation [U.S.A.]
  The Geriatric Mental Health Foundation was established by the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry to raise awareness of psychiatric and mental health disorders affecting the elderly, eliminate the stigma of mental illness and treatment, promote healthy aging strategies, and increase access to quality mental health care for the elderly.
  
  
• Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health [U.K.]
  The Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health works to improve the quality of life for people with mental health problems. We carry out research, policy work and analysis to improve practice and influence policy in mental health as well as public services.
  
  
• 'see me' Scotland [Scotland, U.K.]
  The 'see me' campaign was launched in October 2002 to challenge stigma and discrimination around mental ill-health in Scotland.
  
  
• 'Take It From Us' radio show [NEW ZEALAND]
  This award winning access radio show is funded by the Like Minds, Like Mine programme. Mental health issues from discrimination to recovery - it’s all on "Take it from Us", a radio programme hosted by people with experience of mental distress.
  
  
• Mental Health Primary Care in Prison [U.K.]
  Welcome to the Mental Health Primary Care in Prison website: a guide to mental ill health in adults and adolescents in prison and young offender institutions.
  
  
• Scottish Recovery Network [Scotland, U.K.]
  The Scottish Recovery Network are working to raise awareness of recovery from long term mental health problems, to develop our understanding of the things that help people recover and stay well and to build capacity for recovery around Scotland.
  
  
• Web of Happiness
  The happiness resource on the World Wide Web. For all happiness related information, coaching, books, courses and workshops, speakers, inspirational quotes, training, personal development, articles. Everything aimed at contributing to your being genuinely happy, achieving your potential and living a fulfilled life.
  
  
• Mental Fitness Tips (Canadian Mental Health Association) [CANADA]
  Here are some simple ways to practice mental fitness.
  
  
• 'Breakdown: Canada's mental health crisis' (The Globe and Mail) [Ontario, CANADA]
  A week-long series that examines the toll that mental illness takes on Canadians, their families and their colleagues, and on the nation's economy and health-care resources.
  
  
• National Empowerment Center [U.S.A.]
  Recovery is real and this website is filled with practical information that will help you recover if you have been labeled with a mental illness.
  
  
• Ron Coleman Voices [U.K.]
  Ron Coleman has been active in the field of mental health since 1991, when affecting his own recovery from mental illness, he used his experiences to develop his ideas for recovery centered treatment of others. Since then he has went on to write numerous books and papers on the subject and was influential in the development of the Hearing Voices Network in the UK.
  
  
• Canadian Mental Health Association, Ontario [CANADA]
  Canadian Mental Health Association, Ontario is committed to improving the lives of people with mental illness and their families, and to the promotion of mental health for all Ontarians.
  
  
• Intervoice - The international community for hearing voices
  The network focuses on facilitating relevant assistance and solutions that improve the life of voice hearers in the knowledge that these methods have been co-developed by voice hearers and professionals.
  
  
• One in Four magazine [U.K.]
  One in Four, the aspirational magazine for people with mental health difficulties, those who know them, and the community at large, launched as a national quarterly magazine in the summer of 2008. The glossy, full colour, lifestyle magazine carries a mixture of articles, news, and information written predominantly by people with mental health difficulties, for people with mental health difficulties.
  
  
• Platform [NEW ZEALAND]
  Platform exists to give voice to the non-government organisations (NGOs) that provide health and disability services in communities throughout New Zealand. Platform members have a commitment to mental health and work collaboratively to find solutions that work for people and support New Zealand to provide leading edge mental health services.
  
  
• 'Food and Mental Health' (Mental Health Foundation) [U.K.]
  A campaign to change behaviour to increase the use of diet in the care, treatment, and promotion of mental health.
  
  
• Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand [NEW ZEALAND]
  The Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand's work focuses on making mental health everybody's business. What we do is diverse and expansive, with campaigns and services that cover all aspects of mental health and well-being. We take a holistic approach to mental health, promoting what we know makes and keeps people mentally well. We provide free information and training, and advocate for policies and services that support people with experience of mental illness, and also their families/whanau and friends.
  
  
• Mental Health America [U.S.A]
  Mental Health America (formerly known as the National Mental Health Association) is the country’s leading nonprofit dedicated to helping ALL people live mentally healthier lives. With our more than 320 affiliates nationwide, we represent a growing movement of Americans who promote mental wellness for the health and well-being of the nation – everyday and in times of crisis.
  
  
• 'Down, but not out' (Age Concern) [U.K.]
  'Down, but not out' is our campaign to improve the quality of life of older people with depression.
  
  
• 'Alcohol and Mental Health' (Mental Health Foundation) [U.K.]
  Our report focuses on the powerful links between alcohol and mental health, and adds to the debate about why people drink alcohol. We want individuals to think about why they drink and how alcohol affects their emotional and mental well-being. We are calling on Government to change alcohol and mental health policy and practice.
  
  
• International Association for Suicide Prevention
  IASP is dedicated to preventing suicidal behaviour, to alleviate its effects, and to provide a forum for academians, mental health professionals, crisis workers, volunteers and suicide survivors.
  
  
• 'Exercise and Depression' (Mental Health Foundation) [U.K.]
  The Mental Health Foundation calls for patients with depression to be offered exercise on prescription. Substantial evidence shows that exercise therapy can be an effective treatment for depression.
  
  
• 'Anger and Mental Health' (Mental Health Foundation) [U.K.]
  Boiling Point - a campaign on anger and mental health. Our report says that problem anger is not a mental illness in itself, but many of the everyday tools used in mental health - such as talking therapies - can be applied to help people cope better with anger.
  
  
• National Resource Center on Psychiatric Advance Directives [U.S.A.]
  Psychiatric advance directives are relatively new legal instruments that may be used to document a competent person’s specific instructions or preferences regarding future mental health treatment.  Psychiatric advance directives can be used to plan for the possibility that someone may lose capacity to give or withhold informed consent to treatment during acute episodes of psychiatric illness.
  
  
• 'How to look after your Mental Health' (Mental Health Foundation) [U.K.]
  Think about how you look after your mental health in 2008. Mental health is about the way you think and feel and your ability to deal with ups and downs. It’s important to take care of yourself and get the most from life. We have put together 10 top ways to look after your mental health, but we also want you to tell us how YOU look after your mental health.
  
  
• Your Mental Health [IRELAND]
  This website has been developed as part of the ‘Your Mental Health’ awareness campaign, which aims to improve awareness and understanding of mental health and well-being in Ireland.
  
  
• NGOIT (Platform) [NEW ZEALAND]
  NGOIT is the brand used to identify information collection projects that are developed, managed and governed by Platform on behalf of the NGO sector. The information collected is shared and used in many ways that increase understanding about community organisations that are providing services to people with experience of mental illness and their families.
  
  
• Malaysian Mental Health Association [MALAYSIA]
  The Malaysian Mental Health Association (MMHA) is a non-profit voluntary organisation managed by an elected committee of interested persons and professionals in the community.
  
  
• Choose Life [Scotland, U.K.]
  Choose Life is Scotland's national strategy and action plan to prevent suicide.
  
  
• 'The Art of Conversation' (Choose Life) [Scotland, U.K.]
  This page contains a booklet named 'The Art of Conversation - a guide to talking, listening and reducing stigma surrounding suicide'.
  
  
• Singapore Association for Mental Health [SINGAPORE]
  Singapore Association for Mental Health was established in December 1968 to promote mental wellness and to empower people with mental illness in rebuilding their lives. It is a voluntary welfare organisation (non-government and non-profit), which seeks to promote the social and mental well-being of the people of Singapore.
  
  
• beat - Beating Eating Disorders [U.K.]
  beat is the leading UK charity for people with eating disorders and their families. (beat is the working name of the Eating Disorders Association, and we continue to build on the strong foundations of the past 18 years of work.) beat's vision is simple: Eating Disorders will be Beaten.
  
  
• Active Minds [U.S.A.]
  Active Minds is the only organization working to utilize the student voice to change the conversation about mental health on college campuses. Through campus-wide events and national programs, Active Minds aims to remove the stigma that surrounds mental health issues, and create a comfortable environment for an open conversation about mental health issues on campuses throughout North America.
  
  
• Shift [England, U.K.]
  Shift is an initiative to tackle stigma and discrimination surrounding mental health issues in England. Our aim is to create a society where people who experience mental health problems enjoy the same rights and opportunities as other people.
  
  
• SANE [U.K.]
  SANE was established in 1986 to improve the quality of life for people affected by mental illness.
  
  
• Rethink [U.K]
  Rethink, the leading national mental health membership charity, works to help everyone affected by severe mental illness recover a better quality of life.
  
  
• PLUS [Scotland, U.K.]
  PLUS is the local mental health service user forum covering Perth & Kinross.
  
  
• American Association of Suicidology [U.S.A.]
  The goal of the American Association of Suicidology (AAS) is to understand and prevent suicide.
  
  
• Lexicon: International Media Guide for Mental Health (World Federation for Mental Health)
  This Lexicon is designed to be a useful and helpful resource for editors, journalists, and other people in the media who want to address the important challenges and opportunities in reporting mental health issues. The media have a significant role to play in providing accurate and fair representations of mental illness. We hope the Lexicon will help the media fulfill this role by providing up-to-date terminology, facts, and statistics that reflect the spectrum of mental health issues.
  
  
• Mayo Clinic [U.S.A.]
  Mayo Clinic is a not-for-profit medical practice dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of virtually every type of complex illness.
  
  
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration - National Mental Health Information Center [U.S.A.]*
  SAMHSA works to improve the quality and availability of substance abuse prevention, alcohol and drug addiction treatment, and mental health services.
  
  
• To Write Love on Her Arms [U.S.A.]
  To Write Love on Her Arms is a non-profit movement dedicated to presenting hope and finding help for people struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury and suicide.  TWLOHA exists to encourage, inform, inspire and also to invest directly into treatment and recovery.
  
  
• Mental Illness: What A Difference A Friend Makes [U.S.A.]
  This site is here for people living with mental illness—and their friends. You'll find tools to help in the recovery process, and you can also learn about the different kinds of mental illnesses, read real-life stories about support and recovery, and interact with the video to see how friends can make all the difference.
  
  
• Friendships Count [U.S.A.]
  Friendships Count is an anti-stigma public service campaign aimed at teens. The campaign takes the message of empathy to teens via a Web site and a music video that is posted on YouTube. It also includes bookmarks and posters that will be distributed at area schools.
  
  
• Compeer Inc. [U.S.A.]
  Compeer Inc. is an international, non-profit organisation that helps adults and children overcome the devastating effects of mental illness, such as loneliness, isolation, and low self-esteem – through the power of friendship. Our volunteer-based programs and services, which serve as a complement to therapy, provide supportive friendships for people in mental-health care – helping them on their recovery journey.
  
  
• Making And Keeping Friends - a self-help guide (SAMHSA) [U.S.A.]
  Having good friends is especially helpful when you are going through any kind of hard time: experiencing anxiety or panic attacks, depression, phobias, or delusional thinking; living with a serious illness or disability; having major surgery; having a loss in your life; or just being under a lot of stress. At times like these, good friends and supporters can make all the difference.
  
  
• Recovering Your Mental Health - a self-help guide (SAMHSA) [U.S.A.]
  It is important for mental health consumers to take part in all aspects of their own care and to have the tools and knowledge to do so. It is our hope that this booklet will provide self-help skills and strategies to assist people with mental health problems to achieve new levels of stability, recovery, and wellness.
  
  
• Bodywhys [IRELAND]
  Bodywhys is the Irish national charity, which offers support, information, and understanding for people with eating disorders, their families and friends.
  
  
• Colie's Closet [U.S.A.]
  Colie's Closet is a nonprofit organisation providing financial assistance for professional treatment of depressed and suicidal individuals. The organisation is composed of teenagers and young adults working together to further the understanding and treatment of depression and the prevention of suicide. (Money will be raised through the sale of gently used clothing. Proceeds will be used locally for education and treatment of depression and suicide prevention.)
  
  
• Eating Disorders Association of New Zealand [NEW ZEALAND]
  EDANZ is an incorporated society established to provide support and education for parents and caregivers of people with eating disorders. The society was established in September 2007 by a group of Auckland parents who all have children with eating disorders. The group was prompted to form EDANZ because of the shortcomings they have experienced in the services and support on offer for eating disorder sufferers and their families.
  
  
• Stand to Reason [U.K.]
  Stand to Reason is a service-user led organisation that intends to work with and for people with mental ill health in the way that Stonewall has for gay people: raising the profile, fighting prejudice, establishing rights, and achieving equality. We are committed to fighting discrimination and stigma, challenging stereotypes, and changing attitudes.
  
  
• Time to Change [England, U.K.]
  Time to Change is England's most ambitious programme to end discrimination faced by people who experience mental health problems. (Other anti-discrimination programmes have measured their ability to change public attitudes around mental health, but we are the first to aim to change behaviour. We will measure our success by evaluating our impact on the experience people actually have of discrimination.)
  
  
• Mental Health Media [U.K.]
  All too often people with experience of mental distress are misunderstood, labelled and denied the opportunities that others take for granted. At Mental Health Media we know that the most powerful way to challenge this prejudice is to help them get across the real story about mental health, change media representations, and lead the fight against discrimination. We’re developing and delivering a range of projects which aim to educate and give people the tools and skills to take action. And we work with journalists and broadcasters to inform their coverage of mental health issues.
  
  
• Mental Health Shop (Rethink) [U.K.]
  Mental Health Shop is part of the charity Rethink.  It aims to provide a single source of information (leaflets, books, videos, DVDs etc) on severe mental illness and other mental health problems.
  
  
• National Mental Health Awareness Campaign [U.S.A.]
  NMHAC, a nationwide nonpartisan public education campaign, was launched as part of the 1999 White House Conference on Mental Health organized by Tipper Gore. It has a two-pronged goal: encourage people to identify, discuss, and seek help for mental health problems; and create a more accepting environment for them to do so. (Both the 1999 Surgeon General's Report on Mental Health and President Bush's New Freedom Commission Report in 2002 identify stigma as a primary reason that people do not seek the mental health services they need.)
  
  
• 'Mental Health in Parliament' (All-Party Parliamentary Group on Mental Health) [U.K.]
  A report launched by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Mental Health in July 2008 shows that one in five MPs surveyed has had experience of a mental health problem but fears disclosing this because of the stigma and discrimination associated with mental health issues. The report makes a number of recommendations.
  
  
• Gofal Cymru [Wales, U.K.]
  Gofal Cymru has been working for 18 years in Wales to provide support and assistance for people with mental illnesses to enable them to manage their mental health, overcome stigma, and live independently.
  
  
• Open Up (Mental Health Media) [U.K.]
  Open Up is a grassroots network of people with experience of mental distress, working together towards a world without mental health discrimination. We bring people together through networking, mentoring and training activities to share their ideas, resources and experiences.
  
  
• JAMI - The Jewish Association for the Mentally Ill [U.K.]
  JAMI is the only Jewish charity concerned exclusively with mental illness, with the impact it has on the lives of those who suffer from it, including their families and all who care for them. JAMI was founded in 1989 by parents, relatives and friends of people with mental ill health. It offers a range of culturally specific services for Jewish people who have a severe and enduring mental illness. The charity is recovery orientated and is committed to working alongside statutory services to provide a high quality community-based service which enables people to maximise their potential and take control of their own recovery.
  
  
• Depression Alliance [U.K.]
  Depression Alliance is the leading UK charity for people with depression. We work to relieve and to prevent this treatable condition by providing information and support services to those who are affected by it via our publications, supporter services, and network of self-help groups for people affected by depression. A user-focussed organisation, we have offices in England and a sister charity in Scotland.
  
  
• SAMH (Scottish Association for Mental Health) [Scotland, U.K.]
  SAMH, Scotland’s leading mental health charity, works to support people who experience mental health problems, homelessness, addictions, and other forms of social exclusion. We provide direct services, including accommodation, support, employment, and rehabilitation, and actively campaign to influence policy and improve care services in Scotland. We are committed to the principles of recovery and user involvement.
  
  
• Post Natal Depression Ireland [IRELAND]
  Initially called the Post Natal Distress Support Group, Post Natal Depression Ireland was founded in Cork, Ireland in 1992, its aim to provide support, help, and friendship to those suffering from Post Natal Depression.
  
  
• Aware - helping defeat depression [IRELAND]
  Aware is a national voluntary organisation providing support through depression. The organisation undertakes to create a society where people with depression are understood and supported, are free from stigma, and have access to a broad range of appropriate therapies to enable them to reach their full potential.
  
  
• Eating Disorder Networks [U.K.]
  We aim to help those whose lives are affected by Eating Problems. We believe in enabling and empowering people to manage their recovery, and we are motivated to inform and educate people to seek help at the earliest instance to make recovery more successful.
  
  
• Headstrong - Youth Mental Health Ireland [IRELAND]
  Headstrong is a new initiative working with communities in Ireland to ensure that young people aged twelve to twenty-five are better supported to achieve mental health and well-being. Our vision is to ensure that young people are better supported in their mental health and well-being needs as they journey into adulthood.
  
  
• Institute of Psychiatry (King’s College, London) [England, U.K.]
  The Institute of Psychiatry is a postgraduate institute of the University of London and, since August 1997, a school of King’s College London. Opened in 1923, it is the only postgraduate institution in the United Kingdom devoted to the study and practice of psychiatry and related disciplines.
  
  
• World Health Organization - Health Topics - Mental Health
  Mental Health refers to a broad array of activities directly or indirectly related to the mental well-being component included in the WHO's definition of health: "A state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease". It is related to the promotion of well-being, the prevention of mental disorders, and the treatment and rehabilitation of people affected by mental disorders.
  
  
• Star Wards [U.K.]
  Star Wards is a project which works with mental health trusts to enhance mental health inpatients’ daily experiences and treatment outcomes. We discover, celebrate, share, publicise, and inspire excellence in inpatient care. (Our members use and adapt our resources to stimulate and structure therapeutic and enjoyable daily programmes for inpatients in the full range of wards including elderly, rehab, learning disability, and secure.)
  
  
• Lawyers Overcoming Depression Inc. (LODI) [U.S.A.]
  Lawyers Overcoming Depression Inc. (LODI) was created in 2008 to provide lectures, presentations, and seminars to national, statewide, and local bar associations,law schools, lawyer organisations, and the general public interested in the topic of depression in the legal profession.
  
  
• No Kidding, Me Too! [U.S.A.]
  No Kidding, Me Too! is a nonprofit organisation comprised of entertainment industry members united in an effort to educate Americans about the epidemic related to brain dis-ease in all forms. Through this enlightenment we will teach those suffering from it, and their loved ones who are victims of it, to talk about it openly. The goal is to tear this stigma out of the closet so these people will be surprised to find millions of others like themselves and say, "No Kidding, Me Too!"
  
  
• The Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness [U.S.A.]
  The Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness is a non-profit organisation working to prevent eating disorders and promote a positive body image, free from weight preoccupation and size prejudice. The Alliance offers educational presentations, cutting-edge information and referral, training, advocacy, support and mentoring services.
  
  
• American Art Therapy Association [U.S.A.]
  The American Art Therapy Association (AATA) is an organisation of professionals dedicated to the belief that the creative process involved in art making is healing and life enhancing.
  
  
• Men Get Eating Disorders Too [U.K.]
  'Men Get Eating Disorders Too' is a website and publicity campaign that aims to raise awareness of eating disorders in men, so men can seek support. We do this by providing  information and advice on eating disorders (bulimia, anorexia, and binge eating disorder), including associated exercising disorders. We are based in Brighton, East Sussex (United Kingdom) although we have a national presence and user network.
  
  
• Live Your Life Well (Mental Health America) [U.S.A.]
  The non-profit Mental Health America has been working for 100 years to promote well-being for all Americans. Now we have put together the 10 Tools to Live Your Life Well. Based on extensive scientific evidence, these tools can help you relax, grow and flourish. They can help you Live Your Life Well.
  
  
• Blue Wave [CANADA]
  It's the goal of Blue Wave to bring mental health issues to the forefront, talk about them, understand them, and change them. Whether you're suffering yourself or know someone who is, the change starts with YOU. The Blue Wave Movement is about increasing awareness, finding solutions, fostering hope, and ending the stigma.
  
  
• 'Breakdown: Mental Illness and Justice' [U.S.A.]
  In the latter 20th century, the deinstitutionalization movement swept most of the mentally ill out of large institutions and into the community, where they were supposed to receive care that was less restrictive, more humane and more effective. While this has worked for some, others became 'frequent fliers' - law enforcement slang for those people trapped in a vicious circle of mental wards, homelessness or cheap boarding houses, and jail. The South Florida Sun-Sentinel's four-part series examines the scope of the problem faced by the criminal justice and mental health systems, and proposes ways to stop the turning of this costly and harmful revolving door.
  
  
• Working for Wellness [U.K.]
  Workingforwellness.org.uk has been developed by the London Mental Health and Employment Partnership in order to provide Londoners with a “one stop shop” reference service to the latest up to date information, knowledge and intelligence on mental health and employment.
  
  
• 'Exercise and Mental Health' (Mental Health Foundation) [U.K.]
  Find out how exercise and physical activity can keep you mentally well. Looking after your wellbeing helps you get the most out of life. Exercise and physical activity play a crucial role in how you feel about yourself and life. Whatever your age, the benefits of an active lifestyle can soon be felt.
  
  
• No Longer Lonely - online social community for adults with mental illness [U.S.A.]
  We are a welcoming community that understands the trials and pitfalls of managing a mental illness. Find friends or seek romantic relationships knowing that everyone on this site has some form of mental illness.
  
  
• NAMI StigmaBusters (National Alliance on Mental Illness) [U.S.A.]
  NAMI StigmaBusters is a network of dedicated advocates across the country and around the world who seek to fight inaccurate and hurtful representations of mental illness. Whether these images are found in TV, film, print, or other media, StigmaBusters speak out and challenge stereotypes. They seek to educate society about the reality of mental illness and the courageous struggles faced by consumers and families every day. StigmaBusters' goal is to break down the barriers of ignorance, prejudice, or unfair discrimination by promoting education, understanding, and respect.
  
  
• National Coalition of Mental Health Consumer/Survivor Organizations [U.S.A.]
  The National Coalition of Mental Health Consumer/Survivor Organizations works to ensure that people who have experienced severe emotional distress have a major voice in the development and implementation of health care, mental health, and social policies at the state and national levels. The Coalition advocates for mental health policies that promote full participation and integration in the community and end discrimination.
  
  
• 'What works for you?' (Mental Health Foundation) [U.K.]
  It can be hard to know what to do when someone you work with is going through a tough time or has a mental health problem. But knowing how to support your colleague can make a huge difference to how they cope. This booklet outlines how you can help and suggests where to go for further advice.
  
  
• 'Is fear holding you back?' (Mental Health Foundation) [U.K.]
  Fear and anxiety are part of the mind and body's natural response to threats or thoughts that something bad might happen. Usually they last for a short time and then pass. But sometimes they last longer and you can get stuck with them. We want to tell as many people as possible that help is available and that you don't need to suffer in silence.
  
  
• 'The truth about self-harm' (Mental Health Foundation) [U.K.]
  The booklet is for anyone who wants to understand self-harm among young people - why it happens, how to deal with it, and how to recover from what can be become a very destructive cycle. (It has been written by the Mental Health Foundation and Camelot Foundation.)
  
  
• 'Whatever Life Brings' (Mental Health Foundation) [U.K.]
  This booklet outlines for parents and carers the things that keep children and young people in good mental health and suggests what can help when children are troubled. It describes the mental health problems that can affect children and young people and outlines the help that is available.
  
  
• 'Breaking Through' (The Globe and Mail) [Ontario, CANADA]
  While mental-health problems are often seen as a life-long affliction, the vast majority of people who get sick from mental illness, like those with physical illnesses, recover. In this new series on mental health issues, we explore the various paths to recovery.
  
  
• 'After a Suicide' (Scottish Association for Mental Health) [Scotland, U.K.]
  The After a Suicide pamphlet hopes to show Scots that there is life after a suicide in the family. It has been written by the Scottish Association for Mental Health and funded by Choose Life, the Scottish Government's national action plan to prevent suicide. (The organisation hopes to reduce suicides in Scotland by 20 per cent by 2013.)
  
  
• It’s a Goal! [U.K.]
  Down? Depressed? Feel like life has left you on the bench? Why not get yourself on an It's a Goal! self development programme near you? It's a Goal! is an eleven-week programme which uses football metaphors to help you become the best that you can be.
  
  
• UN Enable - Promoting the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
  The United Nations Programme on Disabilities works to assist in the promotion of effective measures for prevention of disability, rehabilitation, and the realization of the goals of full participation of disabled persons in social life and development, and of equality.
  
  
• SZ magazine [CANADA]
  Launched in 1994, SZ Magazine is the brainchild of Bill MacPhee, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia at the age of 24. Today, SZ Magazine has a combined (Canadian and U.S.) circulation of 70,000 and has been recognized with several media and mental health awards. The magazine reaches not only people with schizophrenia and their families, but doctors, government representatives and mental health professionals as well.
  
  
• Mental Health Rights Coalition [Ontario, CANADA]
  The Mental Health Rights Coalition (MHRC) was formed in 1991 by a group of consumer/survivors who were concerned about Ontario's move toward de-institutionalization in the absence of adequate and appropriate community supports and services.
  
  
• Bamford Review of Mental Health and Learning Disability [Northern Ireland, U.K.]
  The Bamford Review is the first comprehensive review of policy, services, and law for people with mental health needs or learning disability in Northern Ireland.
  
  
• American Civil Liberties Union [U.S.A.]
  The ACLU is our nation's guardian of liberty, working daily in courts, legislatures and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country.
  
  
• Centre for Suicide Prevention (CSP) [CANADA]
  The Centre for Suicide Prevention (CSP) is an education centre specialising in curriculum development; training programs; library and information services. The purpose of the Centre is to inform and equip people with additional knowledge and skills in the prevention of suicide.
  
  
• One in Five [Nova Scotia, CANADA]
  One in five people experience a mental illness every year. That's roughly 200,000 Nova Scotians. The system to support these citizens and their loved ones is not working - and we have been silent for too long. This site is for everyone who wants to lend their voice to the growing number of citizens calling for the development of a strategy for mental health in Nova Scotia.
  
  
• Bring Change 2 Mind [U.S.A.]
  BringChange2Mind.org is a not-for-profit organization created by Glenn Close, the Child and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation (CABF), Fountain House, and Garen and Shari Staglin of IMHRO (International Mental Health Research Organization). The idea of a national anti-stigma campaign was born of a partnership between Glenn Close and Fountain House, where Glenn volunteered in order to learn about mental illness, which both her sister and nephew suffer from. This is the first effort of this magnitude in U.S. history.
  
  
• Universal Rights Network
  Created to promote the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
  
  
• Something Fishy
  We are dedicated to raising awareness about eating disorders... emphasizing always that eating disorders are NOT about food and weight; they are just the symptoms of something deeper going on, inside. Something Fishy is determined to remind each and every sufferer of anorexia, bulimia, compulsive overeating and binge eating disorder that they are not alone, and that complete recovery is possible.
  
  
• Oklahoma Mental Health Consumer Council [Oklahoma, U.S.A.]
  We are an agency of mental health consumers working together to empower all consumers to create and enhance lives of meaning, purpose, and value.  We seek an end to the stigma of mental illness by manifesting the strength of character it took us to survive and thrive.  We believe in supporting the personal growth of all consumers through education, advocacy, compassion and empathy. OMHCC assists consumers of mental health services to have a responsible and productive life through education, advocacy, peer support, and training.