Who we are
The Mental Health Intellectual and Developmental Disability Service (MHIDDS) is a multidisciplinary team operating from a person-centred, inclusive and rights-based approach in line with Gold Coast Health values. MHIDDS aims to improve access to specialist assessment, intervention, advice and support for mental health consumers with complex presentations and intellectual and developmental disability (IDD) diagnoses.
What we do
We provide consumers and their families/carers with specialist support including assessment, advice and interventions. Based at Varsity Lakes Day Hospital, we aim to prevent chronic issues from unnecessarily progressing and to improve quality of care. We work in collaboration with referring teams, consumers, their support network and other mental health professionals to improve the mental healthcare outcomes for this cohort of consumers.
Who can access this service?
Our services are available to current patients of Gold Coast Health’s mental health services with complex needs associated with mental health and intellectual and developmental disabilities.
How to access this service
Current patients of Gold Coast Health’s mental health services can be referred by their treating teams to the MHIDD service.
Our location
Varsity Lakes Day Hospital
2 Lake Street
Varsity Lakes QLD 4227
