(The artwork used on the front cover of the annual report been reproduced with the permission of the artist.)
The Mental Health Advocacy Service (MHAS) exists to amplify the voices and protect the rights of people using, and seeking to use, mental health services.
MHAS can assist all people on involuntary treatment orders, those referred for psychiatric examination, those subject to custody orders and required to undergo treatment, psychiatric hostel residents and some people who are voluntary patients.