QAMH Joins National Call for Urgent Action on Psychosocial Support
Ahead of next month’s Health Ministers Meeting, we’ve joined peaks across the country in urging governments to invest in psychosocial supports outside the NDIS. With nearly half a million Australians […]
QAMH Briefing Sent to Ministers Ahead of June Health Ministers Meeting
In preparation for the upcoming Health Ministers Meeting, QAMH last week dispatched a briefing to all Ministers calling for urgent action to address Queensland’s growing mental health crisis. The document […]
Reflections on the Peer Support Model
Member Showcase: Community in Action On a Thursday morning in Brisbane’s West End, I found myself sitting on a well-worn couch in the front room of a post war cottage. […]
New Peer Work Scholarships to Boost Community Mental Health Workforce
The Queensland Alliance for Mental Health (QAMH) is delighted to be part of a federally-funded program to increase the number of Mental Health Peer Workers. Peer Workers are a rapidly […]
Ready and Waiting in Hope
OPINION – When the Queensland Mental Health Select Committee inquiry into mental health was formed earlier this year, I shared my frustration at yet another inquiry. There had been so […]
Mental Health Reforms in Sight – But Where’s the Budget?
MEDIA RELEASE – The Queensland Alliance for Mental Health welcomes the significant reforms outlined in the final report of the Queensland Parliament’s Mental Health Select Committee. QAMH CEO Jennifer Black […]
Searching for Silver Linings
OPINION – It is easy to become despondent in these grim times. Uninspiring election campaigns, policies that fail to offer any transformational change, candidates that gloss over details in […]
Expression of Interest: QAMH Board
EXPRESSION OF INTEREST – Queensland Alliance for Mental Health (QAMH) is the peak body for community mental health organisations in Queensland. We are known and sought after to lead […]
Why isn’t there more in the budget for Mental Health?
MEDIA RELEASE – At a time of pandemic, rolling natural disasters and a housing crisis, why is the wellbeing of the nation not the number one priority for the […]
Mental Health Must be Part of Queensland Flood and Pandemic Recovery – If Not Now, When?
MEDIA RELEASE – The Queensland Alliance for Mental Health is calling for a whole-of-government approach to mental health supports in the wake of the SEQ floods and the COVID-19 pandemic. […]