Acronyms

Acronyms

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 

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