Services for people with severe mental illness
Medicare Mental Health Centres offers residents free, walk-in mental health support and advice.
Medicare Mental Health centres in the Brisbane north region
The centres are staffed by teams of highly qualified mental health professionals and people with lived mental health experience. No appointment or GP referral is required to access the free services that provide immediate, short and medium-term care to adults.
North Brisbane and Moreton Bay Medicare Mental Health Centres locations and operators
Caboolture: Operated by Stride
Strathpine: Operated by Neami
Redcliffe: Operated by Communify
Inner-North Brisbane (Lutwyche): Operated by Communify
Key features of the Medicare Mental Health Centres
- no requirement for appointments, referrals, or prior diagnoses
- services incur no out-of-pocket cost
- access to peer workers with lived mental health experience
- multidisciplinary teams of social workers and counsellors offering short and medium-term care.
Medicare Mental Health can connect you, or someone you care for, to mental health support.
The Medicare Mental Health phone service operates 8:30 am - 5:00 pm, Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays). Callers after hours will have the option to leave a message and receive a call back the next business day. Please note that Medicare Mental Health is not a crisis service.
Phone: 1800 595 212
For further information on the national Medicare Mental Health initiative, visit medicarementalhealth.gov.au.
