Family and Carer Mental Health Program
Do you have patients who could benefit from a Family and Carer Mental Health Program? Mission Australia’s Family and Carer Mental Health Program (FCMHP) provides free support for families and carers of people with a mental illness. The program offers information, education and skill development to help carers fulfil their role while maintaining their own health
Confidential Medical Advice for Doctors
The Doctors’ Health Advisory Service (NSW) aims to ensure that every doctor, dentist, veterinarian or student in these professions has ready access to health care. The service offers a telephone helpline for personal and confidential advice for practitioners and students in NSW. Phone (02) 9437 6552. The helpline handles calls relating to stress and mental
New Telepsychiatry Service Now Available
Survey: Mental Health Services for Older People – Evaluating a Model of Care
Seeking General Practices to Trial a New Model of Mental Health Care
Pharmacists and GPs – Have Your Say on the National Expansion of My Health Record
Referrals Being Accepted Now for Grafton Adult Psychiatry Clinics
Support After Suicide Group in Lismore
Lifeline Northern Rivers is offering a Support After Suicide group in Lismore. The service will run from late September to mid-December 2017. The group aims to help people bereaved by suicide work through grief, manage emotions and better cope with everyday life. This will be an understanding, safe and confidential environment. It is often felt
NCPHN Funding for Youth Alcohol and Other Drugs Intervention Program in the Clarence Valley
North Coast Primary Health Network (NCPHN) is delighted to announce that The Buttery has been successful in tendering for funds to run an important alcohol and other drugs intervention program for young people in Grafton, Yamba and Maclean. The Buttery has received funding under the National ICE Action Strategy from the Commonwealth Government totalling just
Suicide Risk HealthPathway
“My life’s not worth living.” What do you do when you hear these words? Australia’s suicide rate is of major concern. From 2011-2015 the number of people who ended their own lives was 10,407. In NSW alone, a high proportion of suicide deaths recorded were between the ages of 20-29 years. The Suicide Risk HealthPathway
