| Mercy Family Services, Queensland |
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Sponsored by the Brisbane Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy, our organisation was formed in 1996 following the amalgamation of three formerly separate Sisters of Mercy programs providing services for children and young people at St Vincent’s, Nudgee; Fatima, Toowoomba and The Peace Centre, Goodna. Since that time, we have focused on building a strong identity, promoting community relationships and strengthening partnerships with funding bodies to enable the delivery of high-quality services to clients. Services include assessment, counselling and support for children and families subject to statutory intervention, family- and residential-based alternative care programs, education and life skills training for young people subject to statutory child protection and youth justice orders, counselling and support to young homeless people, or young people who are at risk of becoming homeless, counselling and support for young people who are refugees with few family or cultural connections in the community, counselling, relationship education and skills training groups for men in families, and work skills training in preparation for employment for young people in recovery from drug and alcohol abuse. |
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| Salvation Army Moonyah |
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| Moonyah is the Brisbane centre for the Salvation Army Bridge Program, which provides treatment for alcohol, drug and gambling addictions. The detoxification unit has 12 beds and there are 78 beds for the Bridge Program, the program goes for 43 weeks.
The program assists clients to deal with the causes of their addictions. Life skills, work therapy and recreation are integrated into the program. Assessment for admission is available by appointment Monday to Friday from 8.00am to 4.00pm, there is no admission fee. |
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| Keep Yourself Alive |
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| Keep Yourself Alive was a comprehensive multimodal education and training program for general practitioners and health, welfare and education professionals in the recognition, assessment, counselling and postvention related to young poeple with suicidal behaviours. |
http://auseinet.flinders.edu.au/suiprev/resources/kya.php
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| Moodgym |
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| Self-paced software package designed to teach participants the relationship between thoughts and feelings as well as cognitive behavioural therapy |
http://moodgym.anu.edu.au
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| Centacare Toowoomba |
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Centacare Toowoomba offers counselling to all members of the community including individuals, couples, families and children. Family and workplace mediation is also available with Centacare's accredited mediators. The head office is situated in Toowoomba, with regional offices located in Warwick and the south west Queensland towns of Roma, Charleville, and Goondiwindi and extends to the surrounding areas. Our service offers: Personal Counselling, Relationship Counselling, Family Counselling, Child Counselling, Grief Counselling, Domestic Violence Counselling, Sexual Abuse Counselling and Mediation / Primary Dispute Resolution. Toowoomba office also offers Seasons Loss and Grief workshops, and Pre-marriage programs - weekend workshops and F.O.C.C.U.S.
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| Early Intervention in Youth Suicide Prevention |
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| This site contains an overview of the problem of youth suicide in Australia, as well as prevention of youth suicide. |
http://auseinet.flinders.edu.au/resources/auseinet/netter3/netter01.php
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| Project for Homeless Youth |
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| The Project for Homeless Youth offers crisis accommodation at Lawson House for homeless youth aged 12-15 years, medium term accommodation at Bannister House for young people aged 15-18 years. |
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| Anxiety support group |
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| The objective of the Anxiety Recovery Support Group is to provide people who experience anxiety with the guidance, methods and techniques that will allow them to significantly reduce and eventually overcome debilitating anxiety.
The support group is also a forum in which people can share their experiences and gain support from others who have had similar experiences.
The objective of the Social Anxiety Support Group is to allow people working through social anxiety to come together to share their experiences, to gain support from others who have had similar experiences, and to acquire new learning regarding how to overcome social anxiety and become more socially confident. |
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| Aboriginal Suicide is Different |
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| Aboriginal suicide has different wellsprings, histories, sociologies, patterns, and even rituals. It is qualitatively different, and needs to be viewed and responded to differently. We cannot regard this behaviour as merely a part of the national youth suicide problem. To do so will certainly obfuscate this particular issue, would probably bury it, and would culminate soon enough in a regret or lament that yet another costly national approach to "prevention" or alleviation had failed to "take" in Aboriginal communities. This document is a sociological discussion of aboriginal suicide. |
http://www.aic.gov.au/crc/reports/tatz/
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| logan beaudesert allied health |
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| Logan and Beaudesert Community and Allied Health Services include child health support for parents and infants, aged care, rehabilitation, school health, chronic disease care and support, child and adult therapy, social work and alcohol tobacco and other drugs service, mental health and oral health.
Services are also available at Beenleigh Community Health Services, 10 to 18 Mt Warren Boulevard, Mt Warren Park, ph 3290 9811 or fax 3290 9899. |
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| MICDA Inc. Community Housing |
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Provides medium to long term safe affordable housing to eligible individuals and families (13 properties including 1 property leased to Centacare for Disability Housing). |
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| nambour and district care |
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| Nambour and District Care provide assistance for people living in the Maroochy Shire who are assessed as eligible for Home and Community Care (HACC) services.
Services include
* Shopping Assistance
* Transport to medical appointments
* Centre based respite care
* Home based respite care
* Home modifications
* Carers Support Groups |
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| victims counselling |
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| The Victims Counselling and Support Services (VCSS) is provided by Relationships Australia and is funded through the Queensland Government Department of Communities for the people of Queensland.
VCSS provides a 24 hour telephone referral service and information line for those affected by crime. In addition, we provide a range of counselling and support services to assist people whose lives have been impacted by crime to try to resume their lives.
Counsellors are qualified and experienced in providing support to people affected by crime and have received training specific to VCSS. In addition, all services are provided under strict ethical and confidential guidelines ensuring the privacy of all who access the service.
Relationships Australia provides services in the following Queensland locations: Airlie Beach, Bowen, Bundaberg, Cairns, Caloundra, Gladstone, Gold Coast (Southport, Mermaid Beach, Palm Beach), Gympie, Hervey Bay, Ipswich, Logan, Mackay, Mt Gravatt, Noosaville, Redlands, Rockhampton, Spring Hill, Strathpine, Toowoomba, Townsville, West End and Windsor. |
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| southern cross |
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| Southern Cross Care Community Services was established with the prime objective to provide a comprehensive and integrated range of home care and support services to assist people to live independently in the community. Southern Cross Care Community Services works independently and in collaboration with many of the community groups to structure services that meet individual and family needs.
A range of services provided by Southern Cross Care Community Services include:
* Nursing Services:
General nursing all levels, palliative care, pre and post hospitalisation, wound care, continence management, case management and co-ordination of care.
* Personal Care Services:
Providing personal care for all activities of daily living, providing personal care for very complex and high care needs, providing personal care for all levels of disability.
* Home Help:
Domestic services, meal preparation, shopping and transport.
* Respite Services:
Services to support the family in caring for loved ones at home.
* Equipment - sales and hire, relief staff and support staff for other community agencies. Networking and resources services are also offered by Southern Cross Care Community Services.
Southern Cross Care Community Services provides the highest quality of service at the lowest possible cost. |
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| infant clinic |
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| The aim of the Infant Clinic is to provide parents and infants (birth to 2 years of age) with the opportunity to resolve early childhood difficulties by helping to identify and contain anxieties and stresses that inhibit growth and development. Sleeping, feeding, separation and other difficulties are common during this time.
The Infant Clinic can help families in this crucial period of child development. The Infant Clinic focuses on the parent-child relationship and helps to understand and explore the family's concerns.
The clinic has a part-time staff team consisting of professionals from different backgrounds with an interest in working with infants and parents. |
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| Cancer Support - Southside |
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| The Southside Cancer Support Group is a group of cancer patients who may be joined by family members and friends to meet regularly about common issues and to provide emotional and physical support to one another. The group does not target specific cancer patients and therefore membership is open to all cancer patients. |
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| Family and Community Services |
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| Lifeline Community Care provides support to Queensland through over 120 programs and services throughout the state.
These programs and services are offered at twelve Lifeline Centres in Queensland, located at Brisbane, Bundaberg, Caboolture, Cairns Region, Central Qld (Rockhampton), Darling Downs & South West Qld (Toowoomba), Fraser District (Maryborough/Harvey Bay), Gold Coast, Ipswich & West Morton, Mackay-Whitsunday, North Queensland (Townsville) and Sunshine Coast, as well as through the following services.
Families Plus: These programs work with children and families who have experienced harm or abuse. This includes programs which accept referrals from the Department of Child Services Queensland; shared family care, residential care, family therapy, parenting groups and in-home support, as well as women's refuges which respond to women and children who have experienced domestic violence and support accommodation service for families who are homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness.
Children's Services: Child care for preschool age children is provided. Care is provided for children in child centres as well as family day care. In addition to this, we provide support resources and training to Commonwealth approved child care services to assist them to include children with diagnosed disabilities and children undergoing assessment.
Disability Services: Support is provided for people with a disability, including residential lifestyle support, community linking and participation, community outreach, shared family care for children and young people with disabilities and support for families of a child with a disability.
Prisons - Counselling and support are given to prisoners and their families.
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| MICDA Inc. Home Skills Development Pilot Project |
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This pilot project aims to sustain tenancies by providing culturally appropriate home skills training to individuals and families 'at risk' of homelessness. |
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| Centacare Roma |
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Centacare Toowoomba offers counselling to all members of the community including individuals, couples, families and children. Family and workplace mediation is also available with Centacare’s accredited mediators. The head office is situated in Toowoomba with regional offices located in Warwick and the S/W Qld towns of Roma, Charleville and Goondiwindi and extends to the surrounding areas. |
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| MICDA Inc. Migrant Support |
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MCIDA Inc. Migrant Support assists new migrants and families in first five years of settlement with information and referral to services, e.g., AMEP, MICAL, Migrant Women's Group, Muslim Women's Group, Xstrata Welcome Group. Coordinates cross-cultural training and volunteer support. Interpreter and translator service available. |
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| Relationships Aust |
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| Relationships Australia is a community-based organisation that has no religious affiliation. Services may vary from centre to centre. Some programs are only partially funded by State and Federal Government and fees may be charged.
Relationships Australia offer the following services:
* Individual, couple and family relationship counselling and education including pre-marriage,
* Separation and mediation services,
* Gambling help service,
* Domestic and family violence prevention services,
* Victims counselling and support services 1300 139 703
* Rural family solutions (for rural and remote families),
* Aftercare Resource Centre (for former residents of State-run institutions),
* Children's Contact Service (Cairns and Townsville only),
* Contact Orders Program (South-East Queensland only).
Relationships Australia provides services in the following Queensland locations: Airlie Beach, Bowen, Bundaberg, Cairns, Caloundra, Gladstone, Gold Coast (Southport, Mermaid Beach, Palm Beach), Gympie, Hervey Bay, Ipswich, Logan, Mackay, Mt Gravatt, Noosaville, Redlands, Rockhampton, Spring Hill, Strathpine, Toowoomba, Townsville, West End and Windsor. |
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| Reach Out |
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| This document contains a range of information in mental illness and youth suicide, including depression and suicide and self-harm. |
http://www.reachout.com.au/default.asp?ti=72
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| Wahroonga Ciryar |
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We are a counselling and support service specifically for young people 13-21 years, who may be facing painful life problems or who could be at risk of self harm due to difficult issues in their lives. Service is free. |
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| MICDA Inc. Community Rent Scheme |
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Provides short to medium term transitional safe affordable housing to eligible individuals and families registered with the Queensland Department of Housing. |
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| Building capacity for life promotion: Technical report volume 1 - Evaluation of the National Youth Suicide Prevention Strategy |
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| The evaluation of the National Youth Suicide Prevention Strategy was conducted independently and published by the Australian Institute of Family Studies.
This volume, and the other four volumes comprising the evaluation report, were written by Penny Mitchell, Research Fellow attached to the Youth Suicide Prevention Project at the Australian Institute of Family Studies. The evaluation was carried out under the general direction of Judy Adams, Manager of the Youth Suicide Prevention Project at the Australian Institute of Family Studies. |
http://www.aifs.org.au/ysp/yspevaluation/evalrep2.html
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| Adracare |
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| ADRA is a community based organisation located throughout Queensland.
ADRA offers emergency food relief and referrals. Each centre has various other options available. |
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| ITAAS - Isa Tenant Advice & Advocacy Service |
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The Mt Isa Tenant Advice and Advocacy Service assists tenants with tenancy and accommodation information, advice and assistance in tenancy dispute resolution, community education and court support. |
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| Australian Health Map |
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| The Australian Health Map is a state-by-state guide to health resources, statistics and information. |
http://www.abc.net.au/health/healthmap/default.htm
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| Project Circuit Breaker |
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| Mission Australia's Project Circuit Breaker (PCB) is a free and mobile early intervention and intervention service. PCB offers support to families with young people (10 - 16 years old) on Brisbane's northside, who are experiencing conflict and who want to make changes to their lives.
The Queensland Department of Communities, through the Future Directions early Intervention and Prevention Initiative, funds the service. PCB's team has developed a wide range of collaborative partnerships in community and government to support our clients better. |
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| Carers Queensland |
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| Carers Queensland (also known as the Queensland Council of Carers) provides carers with information and services to support them in their caring role. We also work to increase awareness of carers and their issues. Carers provide unpaid support and assistance to a family member or friend who has a disability, physical or mental illness, or is frail aged. |
http://www.carersqld.asn.au/
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| Neami |
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| Neami is a community managed organisation that provides psychosocial rehabilitation, education, support and advocacy for people living with a psychiatric disability. |
http://www.neami.org.au/
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| Bereavement Information Pack for those bereaved by suicide or other sudden death |
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| Bereavement Information Pack for those bereaved by suicide or other sudden death published by the UK Royal College of Psychiatrists. |
http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/publications/gaskell/bereav/
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| Anglicare Mental Health Family Support Service - Winton |
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The Anglicare Mental Health Family Support Service provides support to youth and families within the Winton Shire who are having difficulties in their life or living situation. Clients may be referred by doctor, self, friends etc. Resource Type: Service |
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| National Mental Health Report 2004, Summary of changes in Australia’s Mental Health Services |
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| This eighth National Mental Health Report provides the latest data to give an update on progress made under the National Mental Health Strategy. It is the result of extensive work by many people who have
provided the data required to build a picture of the developments in Australia’s mental health services. |
http://qld.mentalhealth.org.au/news/items/2005/01/00542-upload-00001.pdf
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| Acro - General |
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| ACRO offers welfare and housing support for families, ER funding for rent relief, gas / electricity and food vouchers. Priority given to families of prisoners.
Clients should contact the Housing Support Worker on Tuesday or Thursday. |
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| SANE Helpline |
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| Established in 1998, the SANE Helpline provides information about symptoms, treatments, medications, where to go for support and help for carers. Easy to read pamphlets and other information are also sent out on request. |
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| Torture and Trauma: A Guide for Health Professionals |
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| An estimated 70% of refugees coming into Australia each year have suffered some form of torture or trauma. They are often seen by health care professionals, because of pressing medical problems and because they present with somatic symptoms which camouflage mental conditions. |
http://www.health.qld.gov.au/multicultural/cultdiv/pdf/trauma.pdf
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| The Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) |
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| The Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) is the US leading patient-directed organization focusing on the most prevalent mental illnesses – depression and bipolar disorder. The organization fosters an understanding about the impact and management of these life-threatening illnesses by providing up-to-date, scientifically-based tools and information written in language the general public can understand. DBSA supports research to promote more timely diagnosis, develop more effective and tolerable treatments and discover a cure. The organization works to ensure that people living with mood disorders are treated equitably. |
http://www.dbsalliance.org
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| Rates of Suicide in Australia |
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| This document provides information on suicide definitions, as well as suicide rates across age groups and gender, suicide in specific populations, and suicide methods. |
http://www.responseability.org/Jweb/J%20MIS%2011.htm
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| Community Health - Inala |
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| The services provided by the Inala Community Health Centre, QEII Hospital Health Service District, Queensland Health include dental health, family health services, mental health services, child health services, HACC, community health nursing services, alcohol and drug services, diabetes education and other health education, confidential counselling, General Practice, Indigenous Health services, developmental assessment and therapy services, physiotherapy, occupational therapy and podiatry. Referrals to self help groups and health welfare services are provided where appropriate.
The Inala Community Health Centre offers access to Home and Community Care (HACC) programs, which provide frail aged people, people with a disability and the carers of such people access to practical support services that assist them to continue living in their own home.
Developmental Assessment and Therapy Services are provided by a multi-disciplinary team providing assessment and intervention programs for children with developmental and learning problems, as well as support to their families. The service also provides educational programs within the community on issues related to child development.
Free general Dental treatment is available to eligible patients (Queensland residents with a health care card, pension card or seniors card).
The Centre provides a General Practice. It is unique in that the Practice is jointly managed by both the QEII District and the Centre for General Practice, University of Queensland. Primary services provided by the Practice include family medicine, emergency services, paediatrics/immunisation, antenatal care, pathology collection services, counselling, alcohol and drug (detox), home visits, clinical pharmacy consultations and counselling and education by nurses for diabetes, blood pressure, asthma and smoking
The Inala Community Health Centre also has access to interpreters and offers the services of general practitioners and a Spanish interpreter on Wednesdays 9.00 am to 12.00 noon, and the services of general practitioners and a Vietnamese interpreter on Tuesdays 9.00 am to 12.40 pm. |
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| Centacare Goondiwindi |
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Centacare Toowoomba offers counselling to all members of the community including individuals, couples, families and children. Family and workplace mediation is also available with Centacare's accredited mediators. The head office is in Toowoomba, with regional offices located in Warwick, Roma, Charleville and Goondiwindi. |
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| Youth suicide in Australia: a background monograph |
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| This publication outlines the serious public health issue of youth suicide in Australia. It has been compiled from existing published sources in English language journals and books over the last twelve years and from recent Australian data sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
You can view each section by clicking on the links below or you can download the entire document as an Acrobat PDF file.
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http://www.health.gov.au/hsdd/mentalhe/resources/nysps/toc.htm
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| National Framework for Implementation of the National Mental Health Plan 2003-2008 in Multicultural Australia |
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| This Framework, endorsed by the Australian Health Ministers’ Advisory Council National Mental Health Working Group after extensive consultation, responds to Australia’s multicultural community: a community where one Australian in three has a culturally and linguistically diverse ancestry. It complements existing mainstream mental health policy, focusing specifically on mental health issues for
people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and identifying specific areas for action for CALD communities in the future. |
http://www.mmha.org.au/Policy/framework.pdf/file_view
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| Y B Blue |
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| This document provides information on a range of issues relating to youth suicide. |
http://beyondblue.org.au/ybblue/
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| Child and youth mental health |
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| The Child and Youth Mental Health Service offers a free and confidential service specialising in the treatment of children and youth 0 to 18 years of age who have, or are at risk of developing, emotional disturbance or major mental illness. The service is also available to those who are suffering from trauma, living with family members who have a mental illness, and/or who are experiencing severe dysfunction at home or school.
A team of mental health professionals offers medical and psychiatric assessment of existing or possible mental health problems, design and implementation of therapy, case management, family and individual counselling, crisis intervention, and community liaison and education.
The full range of mental health problems is catered for including emotional disturbance, anxiety disorders, self esteem problems, eating disorders, social difficulties, psychiatric illness and family and other relationship problems.
For after hours treatment of an acute mental illness episode or psychiatric crisis contact the Accident and Emergency Department of the nearest Hospital. |
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| Victims Counselling and Support Services (VCSS) |
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| Victims Counselling and Support Services (VCSS) is managed by Relationships Australia Qld and is funded through the Queensland Government Department of Communities. The Victims Counselling and Support Services provides victims of crime with information and referrals to support services. |
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| Evaluation: A Guide for Good Practice |
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| This booklet is a practical guide to designing and
implementing evaluation for a wide range of promotion and prevention initiatives. The booklet outlines how people can work with each other,
their stakeholders, clients and community to develop relevant, affordable and achievable evaluations for their initiatives. It also demonstrates how these evaluation processes can become part of day to day practice. |
http://www.mentalhealth.gov.au/pdf/evaluation.pdf
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| Sibling Survivors of Suicide |
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| Sibling survivors are often called the forgotten mourners. When a sibling dies, those siblings left behind, no matter their ages, are considered secondary mourners to the parents and/or if the sibling who died had a spouse and children. |
http://www.siblingsurvivors.com/
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| Heartbeat Grief Support Following Suicide |
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| Heartbeat is a peer support group offering empathy, encouragement and direction following the suicide of a loved one. |
http://www.heartbeatsurvivorsaftersuicide.org
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| Suicide Prevention Communications Project |
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As part of Australia's National Youth Suicide Prevention Strategy (1995-1999), the Australian Institute of Family Studies was engaged by the Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care to address the information and communication needs of those involved in youth suicide prevention via the Communications Project
and to evaluate the Strategy.
The Communications Project has now been completed. This web site has been reviewed and revised, and except for the Links page, will no longer be updated. |
http://www.aifs.gov.au/ysp/
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