ACT-ing Upstream: Taking a strategic approach to mental health promotion and prevention in the ACT

In 2024, the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Health Directorate commissioned Prevention United to provide a paper that explored the creation of a systematic Mental Health Promotion and Prevention (MHPP) approach, with unique consideration of the ACT context.

The broad purpose of this document, ACT-ing Upstream: Taking a strategic approach to mental health promotion and prevention in the ACT, is to empower all sectors in the ACT to collaborate in improving the mental health and wellbeing of Canberrans.

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The paper was launched at a webinar on 31 January 2025, which included the following expert speakers:

Suzanne Dick - CEO, Prevention United
Dr Sarah Miller - Coordinator-General, Office for Mental Health and Wellbeing, ACT
Erin Barry - Director, Policy and Advocacy, Youth Coalition of the ACT
Prudence Slaughter – CEO, Mental Illness Education ACT

A video of the webinar is available here.