Recent News
August 13, 2010
Check out these new interviews from MIFA member Schizophrenia Fellowship of NSW
Shine a light! Consumers speak at candlelight vigil
Adam Gould, speaking as a consumer of mental health services, gave a fantastic address to the Get Up! Mental Health Vigil in Adelaide on August 10th.
Why don't you read it?
August 9, 2010
MIFA supports GetUp! vigils
MIFA and our member organisations would like to throw our support behind GetUp! and their upcoming candlelight vigils for better mental health services in Australia.
You can visit the GetUp! website to find out more about this initiative and how you can get involved.
March 30, 2010
Dr Joanne Nicholson visiting for Schizophrenia Awareness Week
In just over a month MIFA's international guest speaker Dr Joanne Nicholson will be touching down in Sydney to start her whirlwind tour of Australia for Schizophrenia Awareness Week.
Dr Nicholson is well-renowned researcher from the University of Massachsuetts and expert on the issue of parents with a disability and will be talking about the need for more comprehesive "whole of person" care model when working with parents.
Over the past four years, Dr Nicholson and her team have been trialling a new model of care called Family Options which encourages mental health services to cooperate with social services to provide a more comprehensive model. Already her data is showing significant quality of life improvements for participating parents.
To find out more about Dr Nicholson's visit, keep watching the Schizophrenia Awareness Week page and talk to your local MIFA member organisation.
February 8, 2010
New MIFA site launched
The brand new MIFA site was launched today after several months of intense work and deliberation.
As well as looking cleaner and making it easier to find information about MIFA and our programs, the site will eventually also host several MIFA members websites as subsites.
The MIFA members taking part in the new site project are: Mental Illness Fellowship of West Australia, Mental Illness Fellowship of South Australia, Mental Illness Fellowship of Queensland, Mental Illness Fellowship of North Queensland,Mental Health Carers Northern Territory and ARAFMI Tasmania.
Look for their sites to go online shortly.
FIND YOUR MEMBER
The Mental Illness Fellowship of Australia has member organisations in states and territories around Australia, apart from the ACT
Click on your State above to view its website.
MIFA is a supporter of the Federal Government's National Compact on mental health.
LATEST NEWS
Shine a light! Consumers speak at candlelight vigil
Adam Gould, speaking as a consumer of mental health services, gave a fantastic address to the Get Up! Mental Health Vigil in Adelaide on August 10th.
Why don't you read it?
About MIFA
Mental Illness Fellowship Australia (MIFA) is a national body with state and territory member organisations providing services in all Australian states and territories.
MIFA is a non-government, not-for-profit, grassroots, self-help, support and advocacy organisation dedicated to helping people with serious mental illnesses, their families and friends.