Mental Illness Fellowship Victoria

Mental Illness Fellowship Victoria (MI Fellowship) is a membership-based not-for-profit organisation working with people with mental illness, their families and friends to improve their well being. Key activities of MI Fellowship include advocacy, education and services that provide short to long term psychiatric care.

MI Fellowship is one of the largest member organisations of Mental Illness Fellowship of Australia.

History
The Mental Illness Fellowship was started as the Schizophrenia Fellowship of Victoria in 1978 by families of people with a mental illness. In 2001 it changed its name, and logo, to the Mental Illness Fellowship Victoria both to reflect the broader work of the organisation and to speak more directly on the impact of mental illness in people’s lives.

Activities
During Schizophrenia Awareness Week in May, MI Fellowship hosts the annual Bruce Woodcock lecture, which features guest speakers from around the world focusing on different issues relating to mental health.

In 2007, the guest speak will be Patrick Corrigan of the University of Chicago who will be focusing on the issue of stigma and mental illness

Links
Mental Illness Fellowship of Victoria

Mental Illness Fellowship of Australia

MI Fellowship Community Service Announcement narrated by Eric Bana