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.

Victoria’s best health services, including Ambulance Victoria, have been honoured at the 15th Victorian Public Healthcare Awards.

Young people needing mental health treatment and support will soon benefit from a new $11.9 million youth prevention and recovery care service (YPARC) in Parkville.

The Mental Health and Alcohol and Other Drug Facilities Renewal Fund provides grants for facility and equipment upgrades, improving safety and quality of care for Victorians in need.

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 Victorian Government is investing more than $52.1 million in the Regional alcohol and drug residential rehabilitation services - Stage 2 and 3.

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 Victorian Government is investing $11.9 million in the new North West Metropolitan Youth Prevention and Recovery Care (YPARC) centre.

The $1.5 million Portland Community Mental Health Centre opened in December 2020.

Works are progressing on the new $1.5 million community mental health centre in Portland.