Over a lifetime, almost one in two Victorians will experience mental illness. This year, 1.3 million Victorians will face mental illness and half of those won’t get help.

The $20 million Mental Health and Other Drug Facilities Renewal Fund (MHAODFRF) provides government funding to Victorian public mental health and alcohol and other drug services so they can conti...

Construction on the $15.2 million Austin Health short stay observation unit and psychiatric assessment and planning unit project was completed in July 2016.

The $23.48 million Thomas Embling Hospital forensic mental health services expansion was completed in July 2019. It was designed to support more people at risk to access the mental health service...

The Thomas Embling Hospital has won the Mental Health Design award at the 2020 European Healthcare Design Awards.

The Victorian Government has invested in the mental health beds expansion program to deliver more acute mental health beds for Victorians.

10 October is World Mental Health Day and we’re sharing the work we do in supporting the mental health and wellbeing of all Victorians.

Seventeen health services will share in $9.3 million in funding to improve safety for patients in adult acute mental health inpatient units.

Seventy-six health services will share $160 million in funding to upgrade medical equipment and infrastructure at health services across Victoria.

We’re one step closer to providing 144 new mental health beds across Victorian public health services with a $492 million funding increase announced today.