Independent Mental Health Advocacy – Victorian Aboriginal Health Service

About this resource

This free card is for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who are receiving compulsory treatment or feel at risk of compulsory treatment.

It has information about two services that offer information and support:

• IMHA (Independent Mental Health Advocacy)
• Victorian Aboriginal Health Service

Free postcards about compulsory treatment and independent advocates are also available in Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Dari, English, Greek, Italian, Macedonian, Persian, Serbian, Spanish, Turkish and Vietnamese.

For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples there is also a free card with First Nations artwork.

We have posters you can download and print:

• Independent Mental Health Advocacy – Compulsory treatment poster
• Independent Mental Health Advocacy – How to get support poster
• Independent Mental Health Advocacy – Know your rights poster
• Independent Mental Health Advocacy – Know your rights poster with First Nations artwork
• Independent Mental Health Advocacy – Know your rights multilingual poster
• Independent Mental Health Advocacy – Victorian Aboriginal Health Service poster

You may also like to see our free resources Are you on a treatment order? and Going to a Mental Health Tribunal hearing.