New report reveals deep mental health gaps across regional, rural and remote Queensland
New report reveals deep mental health gaps across regional, rural and remote Queensland
Mental Health Inquiry Must Focus on Prevention and Early Intervention
MEDIA RELEASE – Offering support to people early in their distress and actively supporting mental wellbeing across the Queensland population, must be the focus of the newly established Queensland Mental Health Select […]
Mental Health Inquiry must lead to meaningful reform
MEDIA RELEASE – Alternatives to hospital emergency departments, mental health support for people early in their episode of distress and a truly reformed system which is designed with people with lived experience […]
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 said if […]
Historic Mental Health Levy a Promising First Step
OPINION – Developing a dedicated funding source for mental health is a promising and crucial first step to transforming Queensland’s mental health sector, according to the Queensland Alliance for Mental Health. However, […]
Queenslanders Deserve More
The Queensland Alliance for Mental Health is concerned that funding for community mental health NGOs in Queensland trails far behind the national per capita average.“The sector needs a 48 per […]
The Complex Relationship between Mental Illness and Sexual Health
Recently, QAMH members at our Members Forum on 19 May heard from the Metro North Public Health Unit and the Sexual Health & HIV Service on the complex relationship between […]
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 […]
Budget Swerves Funding Cliff but Leaves Services Hanging
MEDIA RELEASE – Queensland’s peak body for community mental health organisations welcomes the continuation of funding for key mental health services in the Federal Budget. The $260.2 million in funding will […]