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National Mental Health Reform
This link provides access to the 2011-2012 Health Budget for the Department of Health and Ageing for the financial year 2011-2012 and to associated media releases and fact sheets.
The Mental Health Services in Rural and Remote Areas (MHSRRA) program - Final Evaluation Report
The MHSRRA program was evaluated in 2009/10 by PricewaterhouseCoopers and a Final Report produced:
National mental health report 2010
This report, the eleventh in the series, presents the latest data on progress made under the National Mental Health Strategy.
The report provides a fifteen year view of trends and performance at the national and state and territory levels, over the period spanning the First, Second and Third National Mental Health Plans from 1993 to 2008. Extensive information is presented that describes changes in the resources and structure of mental health services in Australia since the commencement of the strategy.
Commonwealth Response to:The Hidden Toll: Suicide in Australia
Page currency, Latest update: 17 March, 2011
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