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        1. Commission welcomes new Community Advisory Council members
        2. Joint mental health commissions and leaders communique
        3. COVID-19 and the mental health positives
        4. Tam's Story
        5. $64 million to support community-based care in NSW
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      3. Videos
        1. Living Well Mid-Term Review: Lithgow High School (Nepean Blue Mountain...
        2. Gladesville Hospital Cemetery Memorial
        3. Promoting Mentally Healthy Cities - A talk by Dr. Arthur Evans
        4. Growing up digital: young people, technology and mental health
        5. Lerida House, Central Coast ARAFMI
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      4. Stories
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        1. Rob's Story
      5. Resources
        1. Living Well Mid-Term Review: Lithgow High School (Nepean Blue Mountain...
        2. Gladesville Hospital Cemetery Memorial
        3. Mental Health Matters Awards 2018
        4. PCLI Launch
        5. Promoting Mentally Healthy Cities - A talk by Dr. Arthur Evans
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      6. Projects
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        2. Community visits and sector reviews
        3. The Integrated Mental Health Atlas of Far West New South Wales
        4. NSW Synergy Pilot: an Integrated eMental Health Ecosystem
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        1. Comedy for a Cause - Schizophrenia Awareness Week
        2. Comedy for a Cause - Schizophrenia Awareness Week
        3. Free Online Recovery Support Group
        4. One Door Dorothy Art Competition
        5. World’s Largest Mental Health Awareness Lesson
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  • Lived experience
      1. News
        1. COVID-19 and the mental health positives
        2. Calling for Expression of Interest from Aboriginal artists or designer...
        3. Open for application: Grants to fund Lived Experience projects across...
        4. Minister for Mental Health launches the Lived Experience Framework
        5. New book on history and future of peer work in Australia
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      2. Videos
        1. Messages from mental health carers
        2. Zac Anderson at No Offence
        3. Stories from the front line: supporting the mental wellbeing of first...
        4. Lerida House, Central Coast ARAFMI
        5. Messages from mental health carers for: family and friends
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      3. Stories
        1. Kim's story
        2. My Pathway: Leisa Doherty
        3. My Pathway: Yvonne
        4. My pathway: Anne Steadman
        5. My pathway: Kris Havron
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      4. Navigating the NDIS
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        1. Lived experience at the heart of mental health reform
      6. Projects
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        5. Insights in Recovery – Translating lived experience of eating disorder...
      7. Images
        1. Share a Cuppa - Mental Health Month Morning Tea
        2. Black Hole Dog - artwork by Jennifer Whiteley
        3. A slide from De Backman-Hoyle's presentation
        4. Sandra McDonald addresses Caring Collective forum attendees
        5. Kathy Kelly addressing Caring Collective attendees
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      8. Online initiatives
        1. Consumer led research network
        2. Wellbeing Collaborative
        3. Peer Work Hub
      9. Resources
        1. Share a Cuppa - Mental Health Month Morning Tea
        2. Messages from mental health carers for: family and friends
        3. Messages from mental health carers for: general practitioners (GPs)
        4. Zac Anderson at No Offence
        5. Messages from mental health carers for: mental health workers
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      10. Events
        1. Comedy for a Cause - Schizophrenia Awareness Week
        2. Comedy for a Cause - Schizophrenia Awareness Week
        3. Project Air - A Personality Disorders Strategy
        4. Project Air - A Personality Disorders Strategy
        5. Carers Week Free Dental Exam, Clean and x-rays
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      11. Lived Experience Framework grants program
        1. Carer Insights
        2. Lived experience perspective of borderline personality disorder services in NSW
        3. Wrapped with Love: A Carer Guide to an Unexpected Journey
        4. Mad Studies
        5. Mental Health Recovery Tool
        6. Perinatal Lived Experience Workshops
        7. Rainbow Mental Health Lived Experience Network
        8. Parkes Mental Health and Drug and Alcohol Service Emergency Department Pathway
        9. Substance Use Treatment Program in a forensic hospital for people with mental health issues
        10. Building a culture of partnership between people with lived experience of suicide and researchers in suicide prevention
  • Wellbeing and preventing suicide
      1. News
        1. Launch of BEING Supported Mental Health Peer Support Line
        2. Joint mental health commissions and leaders communique
        3. COVID-19 and the mental health positives
        4. The Mental Health Commission of NSW welcomes the appointment of a Nati...
        5. Treating physical and mental health together – the CMO Connect project
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      2. Videos
        1. Message for World Suicide Prevention Day 2018
        2. Growing up digital: young people, technology and mental health
      3. Stories
        1. Katrina’s story
        2. Ginny's story
        3. Jason and Ken Zulumovski's stories
        4. Alison Hemsley's story
        5. Margaret Mulcahy's story
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        1. A Strategic Framework for Suicide Prevention in NSW
        2. Physical Health and Mental Wellbeing: Evidence Guide
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        5. Establishment of Community Wellbeing Collaboratives
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      8. Resources
        1. Journey of Wellbeing: A Preliminary Aboriginal Model of Care
        2. Literature Review: Aboriginal Social and Emotional Models of Care
        3. Suicide Prevention Framework: Overall Consultation Report
        4. Suicide Prevention Showcase
        5. Message for World Suicide Prevention Day 2018
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      9. Events
        1. Workplace Wellness Expo 2019
        2. Community Consultations - Central and Eastern Sydney Regional Mental H...
        3. 2018 NSW Aboriginal Mental Health & Wellbeing Workforce Forum
        4. Ahead for Business Event - Singleton
        5. Ahead for Business Event - Parramatta
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  • Living Well agenda
      1. Living Well Plan and Report 2014
        1. Actions for reform
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        3. The consultation process
        4. FAQs
        5. Supporting documents
        6. References
        7. Acknowledgements
        8. Taking on the challenge of change
        9. Living Well Domains
      2. Living Well Mid Term Review 2019-2020
        1. Central and Eastern Sydney
          • Key themes in Central and Eastern Sydney
        2. Western NSW
          • Showcasing: Experiences on the Road to Recovery
          • Showcasing: LikeMind Orange
          • Showcasing: The Grow Group Program
          • Showcasing: The Rural Adversity Mental Health Program App
          • Key themes in Western NSW
        3. Northern Sydney
          • Showcasing: Hearing Voices Recovery Support Group
          • Showcasing: Karrikin Youth mental health service
          • Showcasing: Northern Beaches Suicide Response
          • Showcasing: Plus Social
        4. Nepean Blue Mountains
          • Showcasing: Lithgow High School Wellbeing Centre
          • Showcasing: Cognitive remediation therapy for young people with psychosis
          • Showcasing: Consumer and Carer Council
          • Showcasing: The Resolve Program
          • Showcasing: Therapeutic Environments Capital Works Program at Nepean Hospital
        5. South Western Sydney
          • Showcasing: Arabic Mental Health Promotion Program
          • Showcasing: Integrated Sub-specialty Clinic in Tahmoor
          • Showcasing: No Wrong Door Initiative
          • Showcasing: Pasifika Interagency
          • Showcasing: ReFrame Youth Mental Health Service
          • Showcasing: Strengths Model Implementation in Community Mental Health Services
          • Showcasing: The Macarthur LGBTIQA+ Program
          • Showcasing: The Peer Supported Transfer of Care initiative
          • Key themes in South Western Sydney
        6. Western Sydney
          • Showcasing: Emergency Department Navigator
          • Showcasing: Gold Card Clinics
          • Showcasing: Mental Health Acute Assessment Team
          • Showcasing: PetSpace
          • Showcasing: Western Sydney Recovery College
          • Key themes in Western Sydney
        7. Hunter New England and Central Coast
          • Showcasing: Family Wellbeing Program
          • Showcasing: Police Ambulance Early Access to Mental Health via Telehealth
          • Showcasing: Horsetales
          • Showcasing: My Choice - Pathways to Community Living Initiative
          • Showcasing: Port Stephens Suicide Prevention Network
          • Showcasing: Youth Complex Mental Health Service
          • Showcasing: The Older Persons Peer Support Program
          • Key themes in Hunter New England and Central Coast
        8. South Eastern NSW
          • Showcasing: Active8 Physical Health & Wellbeing Program
          • Showcasing: Next Steps Suicide Prevention Aftercare Service
          • Showcasing: Peer Worker Networks in South Eastern NSW
          • Showcasing: Psychiatry Support Line for GPs
          • Showcasing: Safe Space
          • Key themes in South Eastern NSW
          • South Eastern NSW Consultation Summary
        9. North Coast
          • Showcasing: Circle of Security
          • Key themes in North Coast NSW
          • Showcasing: Bryon Bay Hearing Voices Group
          • Showcasing: Empowerment through Collaboration – Peer Worker Project
          • Showcasing: New Leaf Group
          • Showcasing: North Coast Collective
        10. Murrumbidgee
          • Dr Ho and Trauma Informed Care
          • Key themes in Murrumbidgee
          • Showcasing: Murrumbidgee Mental Health and Drug and Alcohol Alliance (the Alliance)
          • Showcasing: Settlement, Engagement and Transition Support Program
          • Showcasing: The Albury Project
      3. Health Literacy Initiative
        1. Workshop December 2019
  • Data and analysis
      1. Indicators at a glance
      2. Access to mental health services: Snapshot
      3. Disadvantage: Snapshot
      4. Patterns of treatment: Snapshot
      5. Psychological distress and health - interactive
      6. Suicide in NSW by Aboriginal status - interactive
      7. Suicide in NSW by age and gender - interactive
      8. Usage of mental health services and medications in NSW - detailed analysis - interactive
      9. Usage of mental health services and medications in NSW - overview - interactive
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        6. Gladesville Hospital Cemetery: An Overview
        7. List of names
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        1. Carer Insights
        2. Lived experience perspective of borderline personality disorder services in NSW
        3. Wrapped with Love: A Carer Guide to an Unexpected Journey
        4. Mad Studies
        5. Mental Health Recovery Tool
        6. Perinatal Lived Experience Workshops
        7. Rainbow Mental Health Lived Experience Network
        8. Parkes Mental Health and Drug and Alcohol Service Emergency Department Pathway
        9. Substance Use Treatment Program in a forensic hospital for people with mental health issues
        10. Building a culture of partnership between people with lived experience of suicide and researchers in suicide prevention
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  • Living Well agenda
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        1. Actions for reform
        2. Living Well Plan Downloads
        3. The consultation process
        4. FAQs
        5. Supporting documents
        6. References
        7. Acknowledgements
        8. Taking on the challenge of change
        9. Living Well Domains
      2. Living Well Mid Term Review 2019-2020
        1. Central and Eastern Sydney
        2. Western NSW
        3. Northern Sydney
        4. Nepean Blue Mountains
        5. South Western Sydney
        6. Western Sydney
        7. Hunter New England and Central Coast
        8. South Eastern NSW
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      3. Health Literacy Initiative
        1. Workshop December 2019
  • Data and analysis
      1. Indicators at a glance
      2. Access to mental health services: Snapshot
      3. Disadvantage: Snapshot
      4. Patterns of treatment: Snapshot
      5. Psychological distress and health - interactive
      6. Suicide in NSW by Aboriginal status - interactive
      7. Suicide in NSW by age and gender - interactive
      8. Usage of mental health services and medications in NSW - detailed analysis - interactive
      9. Usage of mental health services and medications in NSW - overview - interactive
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