ABC Nightlife discusses the importance of independent but supported long-term accommodation for people with serious mental illness. The experience of providing residences that integrate social housing with support to provide long-term and individualised homes has enabled residents to thrive in Australia and overseas.
Philip Clark is joined by Professor Olav Nielssen, psychiatrist and professor of psychiatry at Macquarie University, who works with St Vincents Hospital in Sydney. Mark Heeney, psychiatrist and Executive Director of Housing Strategy, Mind Australia. Professor Allan Fels, former Chairman of the “Australian Competition & Consumer Commission”, whose eldest daughter Isabella was diagnosed with schizophrenia in her 20s. Allan worked to establish The Haven in 2011, then became Chair of the “Mind Australia” board from Brescia in Italy; we have a Professor of Psychiatry at the Catholic University in Milan and Head of a clinical research centre in Brescia.
