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Regional Queenslanders lacking specialist support are the focus of a new mental health support and suicide prevention provider in North Rockhampton.
Not-for-profit Selectability offers NDIS and clinical services, as well as certificate training and short courses.
At the official Rockhampton opening on Wednesday morning, attended by about 30 people, Selectability chair Tom Ryan said he was surprised at the demand for mental health support in the Beef Capital.
“The first thing we did was have a look and see, ‘Is there a need?” he said.
“We got a bit of a shock actually, to discover that there’s virtually no service.