Mental Health Care

Essence Health Services  offers treatment for people with mental illness, while community mental health services, private psychiatric services and other specialist clinics also offer a range of other options for people who need intensive treatment options. Mental health services for adults include:

• Public hospitals – providing treatment for voluntary and compulsory patients through ‘acute in-patient wards’
• Community-based services and teams -bridging the gap between in-hospital care and living in the community and include the Acute Community Intervention Service (ACIS), Community care units (CCUs), Prevention and Recovery Care services (PARCs) and outpatient clinical treatment
• Mental Health Community Support Services (MHCSS) – these are managed by non-government organisations and provide assistance with daily activities and help people with severe and enduring mental illness to live successfully in the community