Our clinic
The Queensland Centre for Intellectual and Developmental Disability clinical service (QCIDD) moved under Mater in 2018 and was renamed the Mater Intellectual Disability and Autism Service (MIDAS).
We recently launched a new part of our service called The Queensland Centre of Excellence in Intellectual and Developmental Disability – Mental Health (QCE IDD MH). This Centre of Excellence has the job increasing the capacity of the health workforce to provide better health care for people with intellectual and developmental disability. The QCE IDD MH is funded by Queensland Health. It is part of the new Better Care Together services in Queensland Health mental health services. It also included funding for new intellectual and developmental disability mental health teams across Queensland, and a funding boost for own clinical service.
All of our services fall under our new name – the Queensland Centre of Excellence in Autism and Intellectual Disability Health (QCEAIDH).
Our Clinic
QCEAIDH provides a specialist outpatient service located at Mater Hospital South Brisbane for patients with diagnosed or suspected Intellectual Disability and/or Autism and complex support needs that are referred by their GP, specialists or Queensland Mental Health Service for additional health assessment and advice. These services are provided by our clinic, formerly known as MIDAS, and a new part of service, the Queensland Centre of Excellence in Intellectual and Developmental Disability – Mental Health (QCE IDD MH). The outpatient clinic is also a teaching clinic, attended by students, trainees and qualified staff who want to improve their knowledge and skills in this area.
Our clinical team include psychiatrists, a general practitioner, a visiting rehabilitation medicine physician, nurses, psychologists, an occupational therapist, a speech pathologist and a social worker.
As our clinical service is provided under Mater, you can view further details about our serviceson their website:
You can view our referral criteria here.
We also offer private psychology services – you can view the details here.
For more information on how to find the clinic, we made a video showing how to get to the clinic or you can contact us.