Media Releases: Lived Experience
Calls for consumer and carer participation in new national multicultural mental health project
24 July 2024
Mental Health Australia together with the Federation of Ethnic Communities’ Councils of Australia (FECCA) is calling on consumers and carers from multicultural communities to join an advisory group th…
Read moreMental Health Australia Media Release: Mental Health Australia welcomes Government’s $7.5m investment for lived experience leadership
30 January 2023
Mental Health Australia has commended the Federal Government’s announcement that it will invest $7.5 million to establish two independent national mental health lived experience peak bodies.
Read moreNew report highlights level of stigma from health professionals, December 2011
23 December 2011
A study by the Mental Health Council of Australia (MHCA) has revealed that the levels of stigma experienced by mental health consumers seeking treatment from mental health and other health professiona…
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