immigration

In this Issue: The Road Ahead?; Mental Health in Immigration Detention Centres; Report Highlights Level of Stigma from Health Professionals; Why Don’t We Talk about Suicide?; A Foray into Social Media: Bumpy Beginnings; Centrelink, Human Services and DEEWR – an Update on Employment Participation and Mental Health; MHCA News and Updates; Our Consumer Place

A recent report that the company paid to provide mental health services in detention centres has admitted “that prolonged detention of asylum seekers has created high demand for psychiatric services which its staff can’t meet” is further evidence that the Government must urgently review the standards of mental health care in all immigration detention centres.

A recent report that the company paid to provide mental health services in detention centres has admitted “that prolonged detention of asylum seekers has created high demand for psychiatric services which its staff can’t meet” is further evidence that the Government must urgently review the standards of mental health care in all immigration detention centres.

Over 30 key health and mental health organisations and mental health advocates are demanding the Government urgently review the standards of mental health care in all immigration detention centres.

Following last night’s alarming look at life inside immigration detention centres on ABC TV ’s Four Corners, key health and mental health organisations and mental health advocates are demanding the Government urgently review the standards of mental health care in all immigration detention centres.

The lack of adequate mental health services for detainees at Christmas Island detention facilities has been highlighted by a report by the Commonwealth Ombudsman.