Our health
Providing primary mental health care
Our PHN continues our commitment to ensuring people living in our region have access to primary mental health care services that are best matched to their individual needs.
During 2021-2022, we supported:
894
people access mental health nurse care and psychosocial support
4,248
culturally appropriate service contacts for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
901
people access low-intensity mental health services
297
people access
psychological therapies
Head to Health
In 2022, Darling Downs and West Moreton PHN joined the Head to Health network. Head to Health helps individuals navigate mental health, suicide prevention and alcohol and other drug services in the Darling Downs and West Moreton region. The service is a collaboration between the community, people with lived experience, the mental health sector, and the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care.
Darling Downs and West Moreton PHN is commissioning two Head to Health adult mental health centres, a centre in Ipswich and a satellite in Kingaroy. These centres will provide a safe and welcoming space for adults, their family and friends, who may be in distress or crisis, or need help finding the right mental health services for their individual needs.
The Head to Health phone line can also be accessed by consumers, their families, carers, GPs, service providers and other health professionals. A free call can be made to Head to Health on 1800 595 212 for advice and connection to the local mental health service or support that is right for the individual. The phone line, along with the future satellite and centre are all provided cost-free.
Low-intensity mental health services
Low-intensity mental health services support people with or at risk of mild mental illness. They are targeted at those with less severe mental health needs within a stepped care approach and provide a key service platform within stepped care.
Our 2021-2022 providers were:
Care for people needing moderate support
Targeted Psychological Therapies (TPT) provides psychological support to people with a mild to moderate mental health condition.
Our 2021-2022 providers were:
- Lumsden Psychology
- Barry Sheehan
- Lainie Nicholson
- Nadine Hinchcliff Therapy Services
- Rural Sky
- Searle Psychology and Mediation Services
- Creative Holistic Counselling
- Heather Linsley Psychology Services
- Mind Australia
- Gillian Bensley
- Centre for Healthy Living
- Lifeline Darling Downs and South West Qld
- Goolburri
- MindWare
- Therapy Pro
- Act for Kids
A stepped care approach to mental health service delivery
Our PHN continued to fund services for people with, or at risk of, a mental health condition through a stepped care approach. Stepped care ensures individuals can access primary mental health care services that are best matched to their individual needs.
Stepped care offers a flexible hierarchy of interventions, from the least (low-intensity services for people at risk of or experiencing mild mental health conditions) to the most intensive (high-intensity services for people with severe and persistent mental health conditions), matched to a person's need.
Stepped care ensures that people can access the most appropriate service at any given time and move through the continuum of care as their needs change.
Headspace
Headspace services aim to improve mental health outcomes for young people aged 12-25 years with or at risk of mild to moderate mental illness.
Headspace centres aim to be highly accessible, youth-friendly integrated service hubs that respond, at a minimum, to mental health, general health, alcohol and other drug and vocational concerns of young people.
The services aim to improve mental health outcomes by reducing help-seeking barriers and facilitating early access to services that meet the holistic needs of young people.
In 2021-2022, the Headspace centres in our region supported 2,136 young people and had 8,373 occasions of service.
Culturally appropriate support
Darling Downs and West Moreton PHN aims to address service gaps in the provision of psychological therapies for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations, with a specific component that will complement that link in with social and emotional wellbeing (SEWB) services, headspace, suicide prevention approaches and alcohol and other drug services.
Our 2021-2022 providers were:
Mental Health Nurse Care and psychosocial support
Mental Health Nurse Care is for people who are diagnosed with a severe and complex mental health condition in the Darling Downs and West Moreton region who are currently being managed in the primary care setting via a GP and/or psychiatrist.
People who are deemed eligible will receive mental health nurse services through a clinic setting or outreach model including clinical care coordination of services by a mental health nurse.
Our 2021-2022 providers were:
Psychosocial Support offers peer support for people who are diagnosed with a severe and complex mental health condition who are currently being managed in the primary care setting via a GP and/or psychiatrist.
People who are eligible will receive psychosocial services through a range of non-clinical supports which will be provided as individual or group modalities. These services build ability and skills to assist people to manage their mental health, improve relationships with family and others, and increase social and economic participation.
Our 2021-2022 providers were:
- Carbal
- Momentum
- Country Care Connections
- Impact Community Services
- HEalthWISE
- Stride
- Neami National
Suicide prevention services
Evidence and community-based suicide prevention activities are fundamental to support the wellbeing of people and ensure early identification of those at risk in the region. Specifically, these activities are designed to address the high levels of suicidal thoughts and suicide rates by encouraging and promoting a regional approach to suicide prevention which includes culturally appropriate community-based activities providing support for individuals after a suicide attempt and for other people at high risk of suicide.
Our 2021-2022 providers were:
Contact Us
P: 07 4615 0900
Darling Downs office
Level 1, 162 Hume Street (PO Box 81),
West Moreton office
Level 5, World Knowledge Centre, 37 Sinnathamby Boulevard, Springfield Central QLD 4300
Acknowledgement of Country
The Darling Downs and West Moreton PHN wishes to acknowledge Australia’s Aboriginal people as the Custodians of this land. We pay our respect and recognise their unique cultures and customs and honour their Elders past, present and emerging.
