A National Combined Voice for Mental Health Consumers and Carers
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Submission to the Productivity Commission Inquiry into long term disability care and support August 2010 The Mental Health Council of Australia (MHCA) is the peak, national nongovernment organisation representing and promoting the interests of the Australian mental health sector, committed to...Read more
The NMHCCF has been working with researchers from Curtin University to review the direct, adverse effects of neuroleptic drugs (antipsychotics). The resulting Critical Literature Review and accompanying booklet for consumers and carers is being launched at the 2017 TheMHS Conference.Read more
The NMHCCF would like to congratulate the new Minister for Health on his appointment.Read more
The National Mental Health Consumer and Carer Forum is calling for the views of people with a lived experience of mental illness and those who care for them to be included in the proposed working groups following the release of the National Mental Health Commission's Review of Mental Health...Read more
The NMHCCF has welcomed the Government's response to the National Mental Health Commission's Review, and the corresponding mental health reform plan which aims to tailor services to the needs of the individual.Read more
The NMHCCF, together with researchers from Curtin University have today launched a Critical Literature Review and accompanying booklet for consumers, families and carers on the direct, adverse effects of neuroleptics (antipsychotics).Read more
The MOU commits the NMHCCF and AFDO to actively seek out opportunities for joint effort, co-production and cross-promotion of work, to support people with psychosocial disability, mental health issues and physical/intellectual disability and their carers.Read more
Psychiatric disorders in people with intellectual disability (ID) are 3-5 times more common than in the general population. These disorders are frequently not recognised or are misdiagnosed and therefore not treated appropriately.Read more
The 2014 Annual Issues Forum of the National Register and National Mental Health Consumer and Carer Forum was held in Sydney on 22 and 23 May 2014. The forum was attended by 65 consumer and carer participatnts and staff of the Mental Health Council of Australia (MHCA). The meeting saw an emphasis...Read more
This is a joint submission from the NMHCCF and Mental Health Australia to the Australian Law Reform Commission Issues Paper 44 - "Equality, Capacity and Disability in Commonwealth Laws".Read more
