Mental Health Services was a government department responsible for the prevention and treatment of mental illness in Western Australia for the period 1 January 1954 until 1 July 1984.
1903 - 1934 Lunacy Department
1934 - 1954 Mental Hospitals Department
1954 - 1984 Mental Health Services
1984 - Health Department
Sources used to compile this entry: 'AU WA A126 - Mental Health Services', in State Records Office of Western Australia - Organisations & People, State Records Office of Western Australia, 2015, https://archive.sro.wa.gov.au/index.php/mental-health-services-au-wa-a126.
Prepared by: Debra Rosser
Created: 22 April 2013
Last updated: 17 October 2023
Cite this: https://www.findandconnect.gov.au/ref/wa/biogs/WE01005b.htm
First published by the Find & Connect Web Resource Project for the Commonwealth of Australia, 2011
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