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Helping international students feel safe down under

26 February 2026

International students seeking guidance, information and access to sexual, mental and emergency health services can now do so easily thanks to a new website supported by Melbourne Sexual Health Centre.

emergency & trauma

mental health

sexual health

Humanity in mental health

6 November 2025

Alfred Health is strongly represented at this year’s Victorian Transcultural Mental Health (VTMH) Forum.

mental health

research & innovation

Exam stress: advice from those who’ve been there

27 October 2025

Leading experts in mental health and young people have some top tips to keep Year 12 students at their best as they begin studying for their final exams – with the advice not what you might expect.  

mental health

youth

youth mental health

Co-designed renovations unveiled at headspace Elsternwick

23 October 2025

It was a full house at the unveiling of new renovations at headspace Elsternwick, one of three centres run by Alfred Health.

mental health

youth mental health

Co-designed artwork adorning the walls at Wren

16 October 2025

Lived experience, participants and a beloved Australian artist have come together to beautify the walls of the Women’s Recovery Network (Wren), the inpatient mental health clinic for women run by Alfred Health and Ramsay Health.

mental health

women's health

Open Dialogue is transforming mental health care

2 October 2025

Victoria’s leading mental health services have embraced a pioneering therapeutic approach from overseas, marking a transformative shift in care across Australia.

mental health

youth mental health

New season of Extremely Human

3 July 2025

After a successful first season, new episodes of Discovery College's podcast Extremely Human are being released. 

mental health

youth mental health

‘Laughing gas’ to treat severe depression

7 May 2025

Researchers at The Alfred have opened the door to new avenues of research into the treatment of depression, after a clinical trial that used laughing gas to treat patients with severe depression had “beneficial and persistent antidepressant effects” on symptoms.

mental health

New partnership to support mental health in the CBD

2 May 2025

A dual general health and mental health clinic, operated in partnership between Co-Health, The Salvation Army and The Alfred, will transform how some of Victoria's most vulnerable people access lifesaving health care.

mental health

Alfred Health launches Ngamai Wilam: a state-of-the-art residential eating disorder treatment centre

28 April 2025

Victoria’s first state-wide, publicly funded residential eating disorder treatment centre is getting ready to open, following completion of the impressive home’s build.

mental health