Feature articles

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The Crossing: Vic unions’ bid for AOD worker rehab facility

04 April 2022

Around one in 20 Australians is living with harmful substance use. For these people, one of the harshest realities is that treatment almost inevitably results in loss of employment, with most treat...

Lee-Anne Carter, Mental Health Victoria Board Member

Lived Experience drives MHV's first Aboriginal Director

18 January 2022

Lee-Anne Carter doesn’t take her appointment to the Mental Health Victoria Board lightly. As Director — Statewide Community Justice Programs at Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service (VALS), she has se...

Spotlight: Youth mental health in rural and regional Victoria

06 December 2021

It was your typical “tree change”. Bernard Galbally was working in the music industry in inner city Melbourne, but the avid bushwalker longed to be closer to nature. So he moved with his wife and t...

Eating disorders and early intervention in a time of COVID

27 October 2021

The mental health impacts of COVID-19 have been extensive and tangible. The impacts on those with eating disorders are no exception.

Kris O'Brien holding a chainsaw as he esponds to the storm damage in Victorian regional communities during the pandemic.

Recovery and resilience after disaster

14 October 2021

People respond to disasters in many varied ways. Kris O’Brien, Statewide Coordinator of Mental Health Victoria’s Lived Experience Peer Cadet Program, has witnessed this firsthand.

Mental Health Victoria acknowledges the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as traditional custodians of the land on which it operates. We pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging, and value the rich history, unbroken culture and ongoing connection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to country.

Mental Health Victoria acknowledge those people touched directly and indirectly by mental health vulnerabilities, trauma, suicide and neurodiversity, and their families, kin, friends and carers. We acknowledge the ongoing contribution of those people in the mental health sector.

Mental Health Victoria values diversity. We advocate for a safe and inclusive society for all people, regardless of their ethnicity, faith, disability, sexuality, or gender identity, and uphold these values in all we do.