Programs & Services

Carers Forum - The Mental Health Council of Australia (MHCA)

The Carers Forum has hundreds of discussions on the carer experience. They're organised under these seven topics:

• Our stories
• Looking after ourselves
• Social Spaces
• Something’s not right
• What's new: services, research, technologies
• About the forum, including feedback and news
• Special Events

Carers Week - Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission

Client and Family Relations - The Royal Mental Health Care

Client and Family Relations listen to client and family feedback, help to resolve concerns and share feedback with staff to help improve care and services.

• Family Satisfaction Survey
• Concerns Management Process Survey
• Client and Family Feedback For

Consumers and Carers - The Mental Health Council of Australia (MHCA)

Consumer and carer promotes participation in all levels of decision-making is fundamental for the improvement of mental health services and crucial to improve the lives of people with a mental illness. It aims to promote the continued participation and engagement of consumers and carers in the development, implementation, delivery and evaluation of services is essential for mental health reform.

Counselling - AMI-Qiebec Action on Mental Health

Families and Friends of Psychiatric Survivors - Mindfreedom International

Mindfreedom International provides information that defines the role do parents, siblings, children, relatives, colleagues, friends on supporting psychiatric survivors. 

• Linda Mulinix on her daughter Michelle’s battle in the mental health system: Linda Mulinix is a mother of a psychiatric survivor, Michelle, who is 30 years old at the time Linda told her family’s story at the quarterly “Opal Network” meeting in Eugene, Oregon. MindFreedom Lane County is one of the sponsors in this coalition. 
• Linda Mulinix is mother of a psychiatric survivor Michelle: Linda Mulinix is the mother of thirty-year-old Michelle who has experienced abuse and neglect in the California mental health system. Linda told the family story at an Opal Network meeting in Eugene, Oregon.

Families Healing Together Scholarship Fund - The Foundation for Excellence in Mental Health Care

The Families Healing Together Scholarship Fund helps families for whom the cost of class registration is a barrier to accessing this life-changing recovery education and support. Families Healing Together is an online leader in the delivery of a new kind of mental health education, providing interactive, self-paced classes and a supportive community focused on recovery. Families Healing Together grew from the joint efforts of three organizations convinced of the healing power of community. The Foundation for Excellence in Mental Health Care, Family Outreach and Response, and PracticeRecovery and are dedicated to helping families recover from mental health challenges.

Families Healing Together is a dynamic, supportive online community of families healing together – exploring, sharing, listening, feeling, letting go, reclaiming hope, setting boundaries, and ultimately demonstrating the power of community to heal hearts and minds. Families Healing Together is an innovative program in its early years organized to meet this crucial need. It has immense growth potential. The organization currently offers online family recovery education that has supported families across the United States and in 9 countries on 4 continents. Initial evaluation of the course for outcomes and user satisfaction is very encouraging.

Family and Caregiver Schizophrenia Discussion Forum - Schizophrenia.Com

Family and Caregiver Schizophrenia Discussion Forum is a support and discussion forum for people who are family members or caregivers of someone who has have been diagnosed with schizophrenia, or who might have schizophrenia (or who have a closely related disorder or symptoms, or who suffer from hearing voices).

Family Peer Support - AMI-Qiebec Action on Mental Health

Grow Better Together - Grow Australia

Grow's Carer Program, Grow Better Together, encourages and supports caregivers of people experiencing mental illness. It utilises the same key elements of the Grow Program encouraging carers to further develop their own personal resources, friendships and supports to overcome barriers they experience as part of their caring role.

Online Learning - AMI-Qiebec Action on Mental Health

Parents and Families - Bringing Recovery Supports to Scale Technical Assistance Center Strategy

BRSS TACS provides access ccess resources for families and family-run organizations supporting behavioral health recovery and resilience for children, youth, and adults. Bringing Recovery Supports to Scale Technical Assistance Center Strategy (BRSS TACS) partners with the National Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health (NFFCMH), the National Family Dialogue on Substance Use Disorders, and others to support families of children, youth, and adults with behavioral health needs. BRSS TACS offers intensive, individualized technical assistance to help achieve goals and maximize impact. Subject matter experts can assist family-run organizations with developing:

• Organizational infrastructure
• Sustainability planning
• Leadership and succession planning
• Family peer support programs
• Examples of technical assistance include:
• Coaching, training, and intensive consultation
• Peer-to-peer connections
• Resource dissemination

BRSS TACS helps programs, organizations, and systems strengthen family engagement and voice. Our team includes family leaders with expertise in implementing models in a range of settings and can deliver consultation, resources, training, and facilitation

Respite - Mental Illness Fellowship of Australia (Northern Territory)

MIFA(NT) we recognise that carers need to have a break in order to recharge the batteries and be able to effectively look after someone with a mental illness. Their Carer Support Coordinators will talk with you about the best options for a break to suit your needs.

Karama Cottage offers respite accommodation for carers of people with mental illness and the people they care for. This elevated style house is located in Karama on a quiet street, offering a warm and welcoming guesthouse-like atmosphere designed to help guests relax. The house is close to shops, bus routes, bike tracks, Holmes Jungle Park and Crocodylus Park. Accommodation options vary according to the needs of the people requesting to stay at the house. Options include weekend breaks, overnight stays or longer breaks, and can also be regular planned stays or one offs. The options are as best tailored to the needs of the family as possible (however, options do not include crisis accommodation).

The Carers Forum - The Mental Health Council of Tasmania

The Carers Forum is a safe, anonymous community for the friends, family and carers of people living with mental illness, moderated 24/7 by mental health professionals. The Carers Forum has hundreds of discussions on the carer experience. They're organised under these seven topics:

• Our stories
• Looking after ourselves
• Social Spaces
• Something’s not right
• What's new: services, research, technologies
• About the forum, including feedback and news
• Special Events

Young Carers - AMI-Qiebec Action on Mental Health