APROTCH provides rehabilitation, including vocational, educational, recreational and individual support designed to meet the specific needs of adults experiencing a mental illness.

Programs include:
-- Art Group
This groups offers consumers the opportunity to work at their own ability levels and experiment with paints, pastels and charcoal.  The group is run by a volunteer artist.
For adults 16 - 64 years with a mental illness
-- Leisure Skills
This group is for high energy people who enjoy participating in sport.  The group plays basketball, cricket, goes swimming, bushwalking and usually has a yearly trip to an MCG football match.
For adults 16 - 64 years with a mental illness.
-- Guitar Group
This group is available for beginers to advanced. Lessons are geared to the participants level of expertise.
For adults 16 - 64 years with a mental illness.
-- Drop In
Drop In is encouraged when structured programs are not available.
For adults 16 - 64 with a mental illness.
-- Newsletter Group
Basic IT skills are required to contribute to our own newsletter 'Momentum'.
For adults 16 - 64 with a mental illness.
-- Get Fit and Stay Fit
Get Fit and Stay Fit program gives participants the opportunity to try various forms of sporting activities with the option for ongoing participation. For adults 16 - 64 with a mental illness.
-- Furniture Restoration
The members of this group are able to restore either their own pieces of furniture or work on a group project.  Consumers have creative control over their own furniture and are also able to learn to French Polish.
For adults 16 - 64 years with a mental illness.
-- Woodwork
A  woodwork group where people are able to make various items which they can then take home.  People are able to use scrap wood available to make CD racks, magazine holders, chopping boards and key holders.
For adults 16 - 64 years with a mental illness.
-- Gardening Group
A group learning skills for gardening, including vocational skills and rotates around the homes of group members as requested.
For adults 16 - 64 years with a mental illness.

Area Serviced
City of Ballarat, Shires including Moorabool, Golden Plains and Hepburn.

Initial Contact
Reception

Additional Information
8:30.00 am - 5.00 pm, Mon - Fri, 5338 4500 for enquiries & appointments ww.biga

Ballarat Community Health - Lucas

This is a community-focused team which provides specialist mental health services for people aged 26-64 years. The aims of treatment are to teach  consumers the skills necessary to help their recovery from mental health disorder so that they can return to their pre-illness level of functioning.

Ballarat Mental Health Services

Ballarat Health Services Mental Health Services, is a recovery-orientated mental health service that provides a comprehensive range of internationally recognised, evidence-based and 'best practice' treatments to clients and their families. Services are open to people of all ages who have, or are at risk of developing, mental health problems.
 
Anyone can contact Mental Health Services if they are worried about their own changes in mood, ideas or behaviour, or someone else living in the region.
 
For information and/or referral please use the 1300 number 24 hours a day, seven days a week at local call cost

For urgent issues requiring an emergency response please call 000

Boundless Minds Therapy

Dr Sandra Lorensini - Psychologist

Ballarat Health Services - Eastern View Community Care Unit

Adult mental health services (16–64 years)
Adult mental health services are aimed primarily at people with serious mental illness or mental disorder who have significant levels of disturbance and psychosocial disability due to their illness or disorder. Commonly, these people have a diagnosed major mental illness (such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder), but the target group also includes some people with severe personality disorder or other conditions (such as severe anxiety disorder), and those who present in a situational crisis that may lead to self-harm or inappropriate behaviour towards others.  The distinguishing factor is the level of severity of the disturbance, impairment and risk (acute or chronic).

Bendigo Health Psychiatric Service operates an 'integrated' model of community mental health service provision for persons between 16 - 64 years. This means that rather than having discreet teams for: Triage, Crisis Assessment; Mobile Intensive Treatment; and Case Management services, clinicians rotate through the four functions.

Services to the local area include: 
 
-- Assessment and referral to: acute inpatient; residential and non-residential rehabilitation; and other generic health services 

-- Case management 

-- Crisis assessment and treatment 

-- Mobile intensive support

-- Clinical interventions and treatments.


Additional important components of the services are:
 
-- Mental health education to carer and community groups 

-- Mental health promotion 

-- Consultation and liaison with other health workers and agencies 

-- Outreach to smaller, more remote centres.


Contact: Entry to this service is via the 24 hour Regional Triage Service.  For information, advice or an assessment contact the 24 hour Regional Triage Service - 1300 363 788.

Bendigo Health - Community Mental Health Services, Maryborough

Bendigo Health Psychiatric Services are provided to all age groups and in a variety of clinical settings.  An extensive network of community mental health services based in five towns throughout the Loddon Campaspe Southern Mallee region supports patients, carers and families.

Bendigo Health Psychiatric Services has regional teams located the towns below. They can be contacted directly on the following telephone numbers during business hours:

-- Bendigo (03) 5440 6500 

-- Swan Hill (03) 5036 1900 

-- Echuca (03) 5480 7419

-- Castlemaine (03) 5472 4122

-- Maryborough (03) 5461 0400

-- Kyneton (03) 5421 2100


The clinicians working in these teams provide a full range of service from assessment to long term case management. There are clinicians attached to each team who work in each of the age specialities of aged persons mental health, adult mental health and child and adolescent mental health, thereby providing a full range of community services across the life span.

Public clinical mental health services are aimed primarily at people with more severe forms of mental illness or disorder (psychotic and non-psychotic), whose level of disturbance or impairment prevents other services from adequately treating or managing them.

Three main program areas deliver clinical mental health services, reflecting the different needs of people across the lifespan. They are:
• child and adolescent (0–18 years)
• adult (16–64 years)
• aged persons (65 years or older).

Maple Tree Counselling

Bendigo Health - Community Mental Health Services, Castlemaine

Bendigo Health Psychiatric Services are provided to all age groups and in a variety of clinical settings.  An extensive network of community mental health services based in five towns throughout the Loddon Campaspe Southern Mallee region supports patients, carers and families.

Bendigo Health Psychiatric Services has regional teams located the towns below. They can be contacted directly on the following telephone numbers during business hours:


-- Bendigo (03) 5440 6500 

-- Swan Hill (03) 5036 1900 

-- Echuca (03) 5480 7419

-- Castlemaine (03) 5472 4122

-- Maryborough (03) 5461 0400

-- Kyneton (03) 5421 2100


The clinicians working in these teams provide a full range of service from assessment to long term case management. There are clinicians attached to each team who work in each of the age specialities of aged persons mental health, adult mental health and child and adolescent mental health, thereby providing a full range of community services across the life span.

Public clinical mental health services are aimed primarily at people with more severe forms of mental illness or disorder (psychotic and non-psychotic), whose level of disturbance or impairment prevents other services from adequately treating or managing them.

Three main program areas deliver clinical mental health services, reflecting the different needs of people across the lifespan. They are:
• child and adolescent (0–18 years)
• adult (16–64 years)
• aged persons (65 years or older).

After Hours Telephone for crisis calls only:  24 hour Regional Triage Service 1300 363 788
All Intake for serious mental health conditions is via:  the single point of entry - 24 hour Regional Triage Service  1300 363 788.
Community Mental Health Services Office Hours: Monday to Friday, 9am - 5pm, except for public holidays.

Our hours of operation vary depending on the psychologist and the practice at which you wish to see them. Please ensure you confirm where the one you wish to see is located and on which days they are available by checking our website, or calling the listed contact number between normal business hours, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, Monday to Saturday.

Ranges Psychological Services - Kyneton

Bendigo Health - Community Mental Health Services, Kyneton [formerly Oliver House]

Bendigo Healths Psychiatric Services are provided to all age groups and in a variety of clinical settings.  An extensive network of community mental health services based in five towns throughout the Loddon Campaspe Southern Mallee region supports patients, carers and families.

Bendigo Health Psychiatric Services has regional teams located the towns below. They can be contacted directly on the following telephone numbers during business hours:


-- Bendigo (03) 5440 6500 

-- Swan Hill (03) 5036 1900 

-- Echuca (03) 5480 7419

-- Castlemaine (03) 5472 4122

-- Maryborough (03) 5461 0400

-- Kyneton (03) 5421 2100


The clinicians working in these teams provide a full range of service from assessment to long term case management. There are clinicians attached to each team who work in each of the age specialities of aged persons mental health, adult mental health and child and adolescent mental health, thereby providing a full range of community services across the life span.

Public clinical mental health services are aimed primarily at people with more severe forms of mental illness or disorder (psychotic and non-psychotic), whose level of disturbance or impairment prevents other services from adequately treating or managing them.

Three main program areas deliver clinical mental health services, reflecting the different needs of people across the lifespan. They are:
• child and adolescent (0–18 years)
• adult (16–64 years)
• aged persons (65 years or older).

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