Community mental health services

Adult Community Treatment Teams (CTT)

FHMHS has 5 community treatment teams:

• 3 of the teams are based in Melville, Cockburn and Fremantle.
• The Early Intervention Psychosis (EIP) Service provides assessment, support and intensive care coordination to consumers who have suffered their first episode of psychosis. It also provides group work for consumers and carers.
• The Assertive Community Treatment Team (ACTT) treats consumers with multiple complex needs, maintaining them in the community wherever possible. 

Adult Home Treatment Team (HTT)

This service provides high level, hospital standard mental health care daily to consumers in their home as an alternative to going to or staying in hospital. The service acts as a step between being admitted to hospital and community care.

Read more about this service.

Fremantle Older Adult Community Mental Health Service (FOAMHS)

FOAMHS is a specialist mental health service providing psychiatric assessment and treatment for older adults experiencing a mental health disorder. Read more about FOAMHS.

YouthReach South

This service aims to improve the function and quality of life for young people aged 13 to 24 years with mental health issues who live in the south metropolitan area and experience barriers to accessing mainstream services.

Read more about YouthReach South.

Other services

The Hampton Road Service provides community-based residential support, for up to 4 weeks, for adults experiencing significant functional deterioration as a result of their mental health. It operates as a step-up/step-down service, providing support for people who are at risk of becoming unwell and for people leaving hospital who need more intensive support before returning home

The Wellness Clinic is a nurse-led screening and assessment clinic based in the outpatient department. It focuses on the physical health and wellbeing of mental health consumers not actively engaged with primary care.

Outpatient clinics provide scheduled appointments with the multidisciplinary team. Appointments are for review, assessment and care planning.

The Integrated Therapy Services (ITS) provides a range of programs for consumers and carers promoting the development of living, interpersonal, recreation and vocational skills.

The Assessment and Treatment Team (ATT) is the first point of access to the community mental health service. It operates from 8am–10pm, providing specialist multidisciplinary community mental health assessment and treatment services for individuals with mental health issues aged 18–65 years.

Patients may be referred to ATT by their General Practitioners or other service providers

Referrals from health professionals

Self-referral

People who present  to the mental health service without a referral will be triaged by ATT before being treated or referred to other services. 

Carers have the main responsibility for care when service providers are not there. They are frequently responsible for providing care to consumers who are acutely unwell.

The mental health service:

• ensures that carers and the essential role they play is identified at first contact, or as soon as possible thereafter
• actively partners with carers to make sure that their family member or friend receives the best possible care.

Read more in our Information for carers guide (PDF 1.2MB).

Relevant information brochures for family, friends and consumers are also provided in inpatient areas.

In an emergency or crisis please dial 000 (triple zero) or visit your nearest emergency department.

Mental Health Emergency Response Line (MHERL)

Metro callers phone 1300 555 788 (local call)
Peel callers phone 1800 676 822 (free call)

Lifeline WA

131 114
24 hours a day / 7 day a week service

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