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  • AAMH consortium partner St Vincent’s wins national award

    The Post-graduate Overseas Specialist Training (POST) Program, run by AAMH consortium partner St Vincent's Mental Health has been awarded this year’s prestigious St. Vincent’s Health Australia National Award for highest achievement in Community Service. This award was accepted on behalf of the... Read more

  • China Australia Partnership Story in Mental Health

    “We work now as one team, not Chinese not Australian but a team that understands each other’s strengths and needs and is focused on improving the lives of the most neglected in all populations - people with mental illness,” Professor Ma Hong, Executive Director, Institute of Mental Health, Peking... Read more

  • AAMH participates in high level Australia-China Health Dialogue

    Associate Professor Chee Ng, co-director at Asia Australia Mental Health was one of four Australian health experts invited to the China-Australia Health Policy Dialogue, hosted by the Ministry of Health China and the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, and supported by Ministry of... Read more

  • Hong Kong-Australia Training in Case Management

    Australian trainers Greg Miller and Kate Lheude delivered the 4th Multi-professional Case Management Program for Case Managers (Personalised Care Program for People with Severe Mental Illness) training program in November 2011. This two-week intensive course was delivered to 60 participants, whose... Read more

  • AAMH hosts 6 Australian Leadership Awards Fellows in 2011

    Asia Australia Mental Health was proud to be involved in Round 8 of the Australian Leadership Awards Fellowships (ALAF), where the Australian Government supports the building of essential people-to-people links to support development and foreign policy objectives. In 2011, funding from AusAID... Read more

  • Joint workshop for mental health promotion in China

    AAMH and key professionals in China have jointly held a three day workshop to begin work on developing capacity for mental health promotion across China. Mental Health promotion has become a major focus for China in its development of a comprehensive community mental health system.  This is part of... Read more

  • Director General of Health Services India, visits Melbourne

    Dr. R.K. Srivastava, Director General of Health Services, India, has visited Melbourne with a high level delegation from India. During their visit, the delegation visited key mental health services around Melbourne and built an understanding of the service delivery mechanisms used in Victoria and... Read more

  • Indonesian NGO and government partnerships for mental health

    In May 2011, key members of the only Indonesian carer and consumer group, The Indonesian Mental Health Association (known as Perhimpunan Jiwa Sehat - PJS), visited Melbourne. Travelling with representatives from the Social Affairs Ministry, this group visited Clarendon Community Clinic, Footbridge... Read more