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ACT Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Strategy
CHN and ACT Health are developing a joint ACT Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Strategy, to establish key principles and directions for mental health and suicide prevention activities over a 10-year period.
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Child and Youth Mental Health Sector Alliance
In 2023, CHN, the Office and the Youth Coalition established the Child and Youth Mental Health Services Alliance (the Alliance), after a co-development process with a range of stakeholders.
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Adult mental health centre
CHN funds mental health centres to address fragmentation in the mental health service system and enhance local service integration to offer a seamless care pathway for consumers to receive the right level of care, at the right time.
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Mental health services for young people: headspace
ACT headspace centres work to build the resilience of young people (12-25 years) by delivering effective youth mental health services in partnership with young people, their families and their local communities.
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headspace Early Psychosis Canberra
This program aims to reduce the incidence and severity of psychosis within the community through prevention, early detection and coordinated care delivery for young people aged 12-25
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Initial Assessment and Referral Program
IAR aims to support the primary care and mental health workforce to provide and improve access to tailored mental health care, in line with the stepped care approach to service delivery.
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Suicide Prevention
CHN has adopted a community-led and systems-based approach to building initiatives that respond to the specific needs of the ACT community, including targeting populations identified at risk of suicide or suicidal distress in our region.
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Mental health support: Next Step
Next Step is a mental health stepped care program which provides free and confidential Low and High Intensity psychological support services for people of all age groups.
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Mental health services for the LGBTIQA+ community: Inclusive Pathways
CHN commissioned Meridian to run the Inclusive Pathways program to provide high-quality and trauma informed evidence-based psychological therapies and psychosocial strategies to the LGBTIQA+ in the ACT.
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Support following a suicide attempt: The Way Back Support Service
CHN commissioned Woden Community Service (WCS) to deliver The Way Back Support Service (TWBSS) to support people in the first few months following a suicide attempt.
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Psychosocial support for people with severe mental illness
Through the Commonwealth Psychosocial Support Program, CHN has funded 3 services in the ACT to provide recovery-focused psychosocial supports to people living with severe mental health illness and issues.
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Safe Haven
Safe Haven is a free, walk-in, non-clinical, safe place, designed to be a comfortable space for people seeking connection and support, if they are experiencing emotional distress, mental health concerns, isolation and loneliness.
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