The
Mental Illness Fellowship of Australia (formerly the Schizophrenia
Fellowships Council of Australia) represents people affected by severe mental illness.
MIFA was established as the
national body with state and territory member organisations
that run programs to support and represent people with a severe mental illness
and their carers.
The Mental Illness Fellowship of Australia is an incorporated
non-government, not-for-profit organisation with members in
all states and territories. More details here.
Mr Philip Mangano visiting Australia for Schizophrenia Awareness Week
MIFA is pleased to announce that our guest for Schizophrenia Awareness Wekk 2008 will be Mr Philip Mangano, Executive Director of of United States Interagency Council on Homelessness and one of TIME Magazine's 100 Most Influential People 2006.
Mr Mangano will be visiting many states of Australia and talking about issues surrounding people with a mental illness and housing - which our Australians Talk Mental Illness survey recently revealed as the most critical issue facing people with a mental illness.
While in Australia, Mr Mangano will be touring NSW, Canberra, Western Australia and South Australia.
For further details on Mr Mangano's visit in your area, contact your local MIFA member.
Submission to Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
A new submission has been uploaded to the MIFA website. The Literature Review into the Impact of Schizophrenia, Psychosis and Bipolar Disorder on the Workplace which was undertaken on behalf of the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations in July 2007 has now been issues for public release.
You can find out more by looking at the submissions page or by downloading the paper here.
MIFA e-newsletter launched
The first edition of the new-look MIFA e-newsletter for 2008 has now been released and sent to everyone on MIFA's newsletter database.
To start receiving MIFA's enewsletter, click here to subscribe.
Time to ENGAGE
The special election edition of ENGAGE is now out and can be downloaded here.
Previous editions of Engage are still available and can be downloaded from the archives.
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