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Military and Emergency Services Health Australia is a not-for-profit collaborative research institute dedicated to delivering high quality research and programs to positively impact the mental health and wellbeing of our current and former military and emergency service personnel and their families.

Our Research

Promoting positive mental health in early career emergency services volunteers

Year Commenced April 2020

Accumulative stress response in female emergency service first responders

Year Commenced February 2018

After the Fires: Supporting the Ongoing Wellbeing and Resilience of Australia’s First Responders Following the 2019-20 Bushfires

Year Commenced June 2020

An evaluation of the use of service dogs as a treatment adjunct for PTSD

Year Commenced 2016

Art therapy for Defence and Emergency Service with Post Traumatic Stress (PTS)

Year Commenced February 2018

Rebuilding After the Summer Bushfires

Shane Leahy, a senior CFS volunteer, opens up about that harrowing night where he lost almost everything.

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Latest News

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$275,000 grant for life-changing program for service men and women

MESHA is thrilled to share a $275,000 commitment to support our service men and women access sport and exercise to aid their recovery and wellbeing.

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Remembrance Day 2024 VIP

Honouring our veterans: A morning of reflection and remembrance

More than 420 people paid their respects at MESHA’s 17th Annual Remembrance Day Breakfast at the Adelaide Convention Centre.

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Military and Emergency Services Health Australia’s Remembrance Day Breakfast 2024

Monday 11 November 2024

Join us as we honour the courage and sacrifice of our service men and women. Let us remember those who served, reflect on their experiences and together, be their Strength for Tomorrow.

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Art Therapy

World-first study explores the transformative power to heal

A world-first study has shown what many of us have always known: art has a transformative power to heal.

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