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There were 1.3 million mental health treatment plans prescribed by general practitioners and 4.95 million by psychologist related services. [2] The proportion of individuals that sought out mental health treatment doubled between 1997 and 2007. Australia’s key strategy in mental health planning comes down to: first point of contact.
There were a number of events that raised the profile of mental health in Australia and culminated with the introduction of the Better Access initiative. Public interest in mental health was heightened in late 2005 by the publicity surrounding the inquiry into the wrongful detention of psychiatric patient Cornelia Rau as an illegal immigrant, and the release of the Mental Health Council of ...
The National Mental Health Commission (the Commission) is an Australian Government executive agency established in 2012 to provide robust policy advice and evidence on ways to improve Australia’s mental health and suicide prevention system, and to act as a catalyst for change to achieve those improvements through monitoring and reporting on investment in mental health and suicide prevention ...
The Royal Commission into Victoria's Mental Health System, more widely known as the Mental Health Royal Commission, is a royal commission in Victoria, Australia.It was established on 22 February 2019 to investigate deficiencies in the state's mental health system and the broader prevalence of mental illnesses and suicides in the state.
Beyond Blue and AOMB also reached agreement to fundraise an initiative to raise awareness of anxiety and depression in Australia by organising several charity events. [35] Writing in The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, Rob Whitley criticised Beyond Blue's advertising as blaming men for their mental health issues. For example, the front page of ...
Mental health in the Australian Football League; Mental Health Research Institute (Melbourne) Mental Health Week (Australia) Mental illness in fly-in fly-out workers; Minister for Mental Health (New South Wales) Minister for Mental Health (Western Australia)
Grow is a peer support and mutual-aid organization for recovery from, and prevention of, mental illness. Grow was founded in Sydney, Australia in 1957 by Father Cornelius B. "Con" Keogh, a Roman Catholic priest, and psychiatric patients who sought help with their mental illness in Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). Consequently, Grow adapted many of AA ...
Pages in category "Mental health organisations in Australia" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.