Here’s what the government’s new funding package for mental health gets right – and where it falls short.
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Early intervention programs for young people with psychosis might cost more initially, and require more intensive support for longer periods, but they’re worth the investment.
It was hoped intensive early intervention programs might ‘bend the curve’ and change the lifetime trajectory of illnesses such as schizophrenia. But that doesn’t appear to be the case.
Current mental health services aren’t targeted at young people. The few that are specialise in either complex mental health disorders, or newly emerging ones. We need a place that does everything.
More funding for these organisations is a narrow approach. It favours those who are well-off, literate in English, urban, and have more easily-treated conditions.
The Wellcome’s show looks into complexity of the ideas behind the do-it-yourself of the mindfulness movement.
The number of youth mental health centres known as headspace has rapidly expanded in the last decade. But we have yet to see evaluation of whether the services improve young people’s mental health.
Despite widespread analysis of the federal budget, measures affecting mental health services have received little attention. But, like other aspects of the budget, there’s serious concern about the lack…
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Professor emeritus, The University of Melbourne
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Associate professor, RMIT University
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Professor of Functional Recovery in Youth Mental Health, Centre for Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of General Practice, Adelaide University
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Professor of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne
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Research Fellow, Orygen - the National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Social Foundations of Medicine, Medical School, Australian National University
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Professor of youth mental health and consultant Psychiatrist, Orygen Youth Health, The University of Melbourne
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Assoc. Professor of Child and Youth Psychiatry, Flinders University
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Chair in Anthropology, University of Aberdeen
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Associate Professor, Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney; University of Canberra