Ngu industries early access6/26/2023 ![]() Seamless care between hospital and community services for people recovering from a suicide attempt should be a priority, as should reducing the life expectancy gap for people with severe mental and physical illness. Community treatments and supports should be expanded for people who do not require hospital care but do require more care and support than provided by a GP.Make sure effective services support recovery in community. Emergency departments – or alternatives – should be adapted to work for those experiencing mental illness, and hospital discharges into homelessness should be avoided. The cycling of people in and out of hospital at great personal cost and cost to taxpayers, should be addressed.For people who choose face-to-face treatment and support, these should be affordable and in line with clinical evidence. Technology should play a larger role by improving assessment and referrals, and increasing access to, and the range of, treatments and supports.People should have real choices in managing their own mental health and be empowered to choose the treatment and supports that are right for them.Provide the right healthcare at the right time for those with mental illness. Mentally healthy workplaces that focus on psychological safety as much as physical safety, and access to early treatment funded through workers compensation schemes, are part of our reforms. ![]() Prevention and early intervention should continue through tertiary education and employment.Schools should have a clearly defined role in supporting the social and emotional wellbeing of students, with effective pathways to care. The mental health of children and families should be a priority, starting from help for new parents and continuing through a child’s life.To create a person centred mental health system, Australia needs reforms that… Focus on prevention and early help: early in life and early in illness. About 90% of the benefits - about $17 billion - could be achieved by adopting identified priority reforms, requiring expenditure of up to $2.4 billion and generating savings of up to $1.2 billion per year. There would be an additional annual benefit of up to $1.3 billion due to increased economic participation. These are mainly improvements in people’s quality of life - valued at up to $18 billion annually. Reform of the mental health system would produce large benefits.As a result, too many people experience preventable physical and mental distress, disruptions in education and employment, relationship breakdown, stigma, and loss of life satisfaction and opportunities. Many do not receive the treatment and support they need. Almost one in five Australians has experienced mental illness in a given year. Mental ill-health affects all Australians either directly or indirectly.Australia’s mental health: we would all benefit from an improved mental health system
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