| AARN |
Association
for Australian Rural Nurses |
| ACOSS |
Australian
Council of Social Services |
| ACON |
AIDS
Council of NSW |
| ACPM |
Australian
College of Psychological Medicine |
| ACROD |
National
Industry Association for Disability Services |
| ADGP |
Australian
Divisions of General Practice |
| AGCA |
Australian
Guidance and Counselling Association |
| AHA |
Australian
Healthcare Association |
| AHCA |
Australian
Health Care Agreements |
| AHMAC |
Australian
Health Ministers' Advisory Council |
| AHPA |
Australian
Health Promotion Association |
| AICAFMA |
Australian
Infant, Child, Adolescent and Family Mental Health
Association |
| AIHW |
Australian
Institute of Health
and Welfare |
| AMA |
Australian
Medical Association |
| AMHCN |
Australian
Mental Health Consumer Network |
| AMHS |
Adult Mental
Health Services |
| AMWAC |
Australian
Medical Workforce Advisory Committee |
| ANZCMHN |
Australian
and New Zealand College
of Mental Health Nurses |
| AOD/A&OD |
Alcohol
and Other Drugs |
| APHA |
Australian
Private Hospitals Association |
| APHCAP |
Aboriginal
Primary Health Care Access Program |
| ATODS |
Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs Services |
| ARAFMI |
Association
of Relatives and Friends of the Mentally Ill |
| BOMHC |
Better
Outcomes in Mental Health Care |
| BWCC |
Brisbane
Women's Correctional Centre |
| CALD |
Culturally
and Linguistically Diverse |
| CAMHSAC |
West
Australian Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Services Advisory Committee |
| CCISC |
Comprehensive Continuous Integrated System
of Care |
| CCLCG |
Combined
Community Legal Centres Group |
| CDO |
CentreLink
Disability Officer |
| CoAG |
Council of
Australian Governments |
| COPMI |
Children
of Parents with a Mental Illness |
| CRS |
Commonwealth
Rehabilitation Service |
| CSHA |
Commonwealth-State
Housing Agreement |
| CTO |
Community
Treatment Order |
| CWCA |
Comprehensive
Work Capacity Assessment |
| DALY |
Disability-adjusted
life years |
| DEWR |
Department
of Employment and Workplace Relations |
| DIMA |
Department
of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (previously 'Department of Immigration and
Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs') |
| DoHA |
Department
of Health and Ageing |
| DPP |
Director
of Public Prosecutions |
| DSM-IVR |
Diagnostic
and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition |
| DSP |
Disability
Support Pension |
| DVA |
Department
of Veterans' Affairs |
| EACACOV |
Eastern
and Central Africa Communities of Victoria Inc |
| ESH |
Environmental
Safety and Health |
| FaCSIA |
Department
of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (previously 'Department of
Family and Community Services') |
| FASSTT |
Forum of
Australian Services for Survivors of Torture and Trauma |
| GCDC |
Gold Coast Drug Council |
| GLBT |
Gay,
Lesbian, Bi-sexual and Transgender |
| GP |
General
Practitioner |
| GVAMHS |
Goulburn
Valley Area Mental
Health Service |
| HASI |
Housing
and Support Initiative |
| HCRRA |
Health
Consumers of Rural and Remote Australia |
| HREOC |
Human
Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission |
| IHSS |
Integrated
Humanitarian Settlement Strategy |
| ICD-10 |
International
Classification of Diseases, 10th Edition |
| MBS |
Medical
Benefits Schedule |
| MHCA |
Mental
Health Council of Australia |
| MH-CCP |
Mental
Health-Clinical Care and Prevention |
| MHLC |
Mental
Health Legal Centre |
| NCOSS |
Council of
Social Service of New South Wales |
| NGO |
Non-government
Organisation |
| NHMRC |
National
Health and Medical Research Council |
| NMHR |
National Mental
Health Report |
| NMHS |
National
Mental Health Strategy |
| NNPPSCC |
National
Network of Private Psychiatric Sector Consumers and their Carers |
| NRHA |
National
Rural Health Alliance |
| OATSIH |
Office of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Health |
| OECD |
Organisation
for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| PACCOA |
Probation
and Community Corrections Officers’ Association Incorporated |
| PACFA |
Psychotherapy
and Counselling Federation of Australia |
| PANDA |
Post and
Antenatal Depression Association |
| PARC |
Prevention
and Recovery Care |
| PASTT |
Program of
Assistance to Survivors of Torture and Trauma |
| PBS |
Pharmaceutical
Benefits Schedule |
| PHC |
Primary
Health Care |
| PHICC |
Private
Health Insurance Complaints Commissioner |
| PHIO |
Private
Health Insurance Ombudsman |
| PILCH |
Public
Interest Law Clearing House |
| PND |
Postnatal
Depression |
| PSP |
Personal
Support Program |
| QPTA |
Queensland
Public Tenants Association Inc |
| RACGP |
Royal
Australian College
of General Practitioners |
| RANZCP |
Royal
Australian and New Zealand College
of Psychiatrists |
| RCNA |
Royal College
of Nursing Australia |
| SAAP |
Supported
Accommodation Assistance Program |
| SEWB |
Social and
Emotional Wellbeing |
| SPA |
Suicide
Prevention Australia |
| SRRP |
Specialist
Residential Rehabilitation Program |
| TPV |
Temporary
Protection Visa |
| VMIAC |
Victorian
Mental Illness Awareness Council |
| WAACHS |
Western
Australian Aboriginal Child Health Survey |
| WHO |
World
Health Organisation |
| YLD |
Years lost
due to disability |
| YLL |
Years of
life lost (due to mortality) |
| YSAS |
Youth
Substance Abuse Service |