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Check back here regularly to see the latest news relating to the NT mental health sector and spotlights on related services.


Australian Mental Health Prize
Nominations are now open! The Australian Mental Health Prize was established in 2016 by UNSW Medicine and Health through its School of Psychiatry, Australia’s pre-eminent psychiatric research department. It recognises Australians who have made outstanding contributions to either the promotion of mental health, or the prevention and treatment of mental illness. The Australian Mental Health Prize aims to: Acknowledge and recognise the important and ground-breaking work that man

NT Mental Health Coalition
4 days ago1 min read


Help shape a national mental health website to support First Nations communities
Finding North is a national mental health information website. It hosts stories from people with lived experience, plain-language information about mental health and wellbeing, guidance for navigating the mental health system, and a directory of services. They are seeking six people who are keen to help shape new mental health content on the Finding North website for First Nations communities. Opportunity details Payment: $60/hr Contract length: 13 months Location: Aust

NT Mental Health Coalition
5 days ago1 min read


New mental health research puts economic case behind psychosocial supports
New research shows psychosocial mental health supports deliver strong value and significant cost savings, but Australia has barely scratched the surface of measuring their true economic worth. Community Mental Health Australia (CMHA) engaged the Centre for Social Impact at the University of Western Australia (CSI UWA) to examine the economic evidence behind psychosocial support, the non-clinical, community-based programs that help people experiencing mental distress build the

NT Mental Health Coalition
6 days ago2 min read


A look at ermha365
ermha365 works with people with complex needs across the disability, mental health and justice sectors. They provide compassionate, trauma-informed wraparound NDIS Supported Independent Living services to some of our community’s most vulnerable people as they work their way through life’s challenges. Their teams are known for their experience working with people experiencing psychosocial disability, mental health conditions, social isolation, and transitioning through the jus

NT Mental Health Coalition
Jul 62 min read


Adolescent Patient Navigator Program
Meeting the complex needs of NT youth presenting to the Emergency Department. The Adolescent Patient Navigator program (ADNAV-ED) is a new enhanced model of care offered to young people in the Emergency Department (ED) at Royal Darwin Hospital. This is a pilot research project that is supported by the NT Government and Menzies School of Health Research. The project is a co-designed model of care (co-designed by young people) and is funded by a National Health and Medical Res

NT Mental Health Coalition
Jul 62 min read


The 2026-2027 Federal Budget papers put into focus something our sector has always known: that mental health and wellbeing are not built into clinics alone.
Media release prepared by Community Mental Health Australia (CMHA). The decisions in this budget about housing, employment, bulk billing, hospital funding and community infrastructure are mental health decisions, whether they are framed that way or not. A government that understands this is one we can work with. “Good economic policy is good mental health policy,” said Kerry Hawkins CEO of Community Mental Health Australia (CMHA). “When people have safe housing, economic

NT Mental Health Coalition
Jul 62 min read


Saltbush Low Intensity Mental Health Services
Saltbush Low intensity Mental Health Services (LIMHS) provides free counselling and psychosocial education to people in Darwin, Tennant Creek and Alice Springs. This support is available to people aged 15 and over with telehealth options also available to remote communities. LIMHS can support people who may be experiencing mild to moderate mental health concerns, which may include: life stressors grief and loss relationship challenges social isolation low mood anxiety other

NT Mental Health Coalition
Jul 61 min read
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