Mental health treatments will be transformed in the biggest changes to the sector in a generation, with a $2.3 billion investment to include aftercare services for people who attempt suicide and a world-leading online platform for counselling, clinical support and referrals.
“The personal toll on the lives of individuals and their families and carers is immense, and also has a profound effect on our society, health and social systems, and economy,” Mr Morrison said.The investment is designed to address the “missing middle” service gap for Australians who are too unwell for the general primary care system but not unwell enough to require inpatient hospital services or intensive state-based community care.
Last year, the Productivity Commission put the cost to the Australian economy of mental illness and suicide at up to $70 billion a year. As part of the government’s “zero suicide” strategy, the Commonwealth will establish a National Suicide Prevention Office to oversee a consistent approach by all forms of government.
They need to invest some of this into Centrelink. Dealing with them is enough to send you crazy.
'Record investment' could simply mean investment to date has been so abyssmally minimal! Hence its an easy 'record' level. These terms are all relative and need intent.
But causes of mental illness, poverty, & inequality not addressed