We provide support in the following areas:
- Mental Health triage, comprehensive assessment, and specialist consultation
- Acute care and intervention
- Physiological care management and therapeutic individual and family services
- Multi-disciplinary care (Social Workers, Psychology, Occupational Therapy, Speech Pathology Psychiatry) for the treatment of mental illness
- Collaborative care coordination with stakeholders
- Carer and family support
- Referrals to other services
Find out more about our services below.
Care in the hospital
We provide specialist, acute, inpatient mental health service for children, youth and young adults when hospital and more intensive mental health care is required.
Care in the community
We provide comprehensive mental health support within our community and outreach services. Support is provided for children and young people from 0 to 18 years old and for young adults from 18 to 21 years old. Our community teams are dedicated to working with young people and families, putting your best interests at the core of our work.
Multiple Child and Youth Mental Health Service (CYMHS) community teams have relocated
Gold Coast Heath’s Child and Youth Mental Health Service (CYMHS) is opening to children, young people and families at a new, purpose-built facility located within the Proxima Building at the Gold Coast Health and Knowledge Precinct from 25 February 2026.
From this date, all CYMHS services previously delivered at the Southport Health Precinct will cease. Please click on the relevant service links below to view updated location details.
CYMHS community teams providing Gold Coast–wide care will continue to operate across multiple locations, including the new Proxima facility, the Robina Health Precinct and the Head to Health Kids site in Nerang, depending on what best meets the needs of the child or young person.
This relocation is funded through the Mental Health Levy, enabling CYMHS to expand models of care, increase capacity and improve access.
Specialist care programs
Our early intervention or other specialist Child and Youth Mental Health Service programs may be offered for children or young people who have more specific mental health needs.
CYMHS Proxima is a new space designed for young people and families
The new 1,400 square-metre CYMHS facility has been created to feel calm, welcoming and supportive for children, adolescents and young adults up to 25 years of age.
The environment was designed in collaboration with clinicians, architects and young people with lived experience to ensure it feels safe, comfortable and easy to navigate.
Inspired by the Gold Coast
The interior design draws on familiar places across the Gold Coast – the coastline, river and hinterland.
These calming colours and natural textures help the space feel grounding, warm and connected to the community it serves.
What’s inside
The new CYMHS environment includes:
- Private therapy rooms
- Sensory and quiet spaces
- Youth-friendly waiting zones for different age groups
- Flexible rooms for groups, family sessions and creative activities
- Inclusive, accessible areas for young people and families.
