Community Mental Health Australia
Community Mental Health Australia (CMHA) is a coalition of the eight state and territory peak community mental health organisations, established to provide leadership and direction promoting the benefits of community mental health and recovery services across Australia.
The coalition members of CMHA are:
Mental Health Coalition of South Australia
Mental Health Community Coalition of the ACT
Mental Health Coordinating Council NSW
Mental Health Council of Tasmania
Northern Territory Mental Health Coalition
Psychiatric Disability Services of Victoria (VICSERV)
Western Australian Association for Mental Health
The prime roles and purpose of CMHA are to:
- Provide a voice and represent the community managed mental health sector in national initiatives related to mental health and social inclusion initiatives
- Enhance the capacity of coalition members to represent, support and strengthen the non-government community mental health sector
- Collaborate to develop joint policy and advocacy papers that promote community mental health at national and state/territory levels
For information about the D2DL capacity building project, undertaken by CMHA, click here.