A mental health nurse in Australia is recognised as either a registered nurse who holds specialist postgraduate qualifications in mental health nursing or a nurse who has been directly trained in psychiatry.

Occupational therapy (OT) is an integral part of mental health care that broadly assists people in the assessment, treatment and management of mental health concerns for the purpose of engaging in meaningful activity that promotes quality of life.

Mental Health Social Workers (MHSW) are an integral profession to promote recovery and restore personal and social well-being. Social work advocates for fairness, social justice, human rights and inclusion and is in high demand with mental health settings being historically the traditional setting in which they would be employed.

Psychologists are trained in the science of human behaviour, cognition, and emotion, and apply evidence-based methods to assess, diagnose, and treat a broad range of mental health conditions.