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Would be great to see these words into action #Mentalhealth https://twitter.com/ozprodcom/status/1328159328986132481
Summarised 1600 pages:
@RANZCP @Oz4mentalhealth @AUMentalHealth @mentalhealthc @DrVinayLakra @KymJenkins36 @Holpsych @DrAsthaTomar
Would be great to see these words into action #Mentalhealth https://twitter.com/ozprodcom/status/1328159328986132481
1/ FOCUS ON PREVENTION AND EARLY HELP:
Early in life and early in illness – new parents, school children, stigma, follow up care, Indigenous communities.
Early in life and early in illness – new parents, school children, stigma, follow up care, Indigenous communities.
2/ PROVIDE THE RIGHT HEALTHCARE AT THE RIGHT TIME FOR THOSE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS:
Expand supported online treatment, group therapies via telehealth
Alternatives to EDs that are designed for people with MI
Expand community-based MH care, including hospital OPC and outreach.
Expand supported online treatment, group therapies via telehealth
Alternatives to EDs that are designed for people with MI
Expand community-based MH care, including hospital OPC and outreach.
3 /MAKE SURE EFFECTIVE SERVICES SUPPORT RECOVERY IN COMMUNITY.
Provide seamless care, regardless of the level of government providing the funding or service.
Provide seamless care, regardless of the level of government providing the funding or service.
4/ CREATE A PERSON-CENTRED MH SYSTEM
Evidence based MH assessment and referral processes
Identify, support and include families and carers as part of mental health care
Evidence based MH assessment and referral processes
Identify, support and include families and carers as part of mental health care
5/ FOCUS ON CHILDREN’S WELLBEING ACROSS THE EDUCATION AND HEALTH SYSTEMS
Include student wellbeing as an outcome
Routine health checks
Accreditation of social and emotional learning programs
Include student wellbeing as an outcome
Routine health checks
Accreditation of social and emotional learning programs
6/ SUPPORT THE MH OF TERTIARY STUDENTS
Expand online MH services to meet student needs
All institutions to have a student MH and wellbeing strategy
Arrangements with insurers providing Overseas Student Health Cover to their international students
Expand online MH services to meet student needs
All institutions to have a student MH and wellbeing strategy
Arrangements with insurers providing Overseas Student Health Cover to their international students
7/ EQUIP WORKPLACES TO BE MENTALLY HEALTHY
Elevate importance of psychological health and safety in workplaces
No liability clinical Rx for MH- related workers comp claims
Expand the individual placement & support for people with MI
Elevate importance of psychological health and safety in workplaces
No liability clinical Rx for MH- related workers comp claims
Expand the individual placement & support for people with MI
8 / SUPPORT THE SOCIAL INCLUSION OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH MENTAL ILLNESS
National MH Commission should develop and drive a National Stigma Reduction Strategy
Changes should be made to improve how the insurance sector interacts with people with mental illness
National MH Commission should develop and drive a National Stigma Reduction Strategy
Changes should be made to improve how the insurance sector interacts with people with mental illness
9 / TAKE ACTION TO PREVENT SUICIDE
Effective aftercare to anyone who presents following a suicide attempt
Inclusion of Indigenous communities in implementation
Structural changes by govts to improve the delivery of interventions to prevent suicide across Australia
Effective aftercare to anyone who presents following a suicide attempt
Inclusion of Indigenous communities in implementation
Structural changes by govts to improve the delivery of interventions to prevent suicide across Australia
10 / INCREASE INFORMED ACCESS TO MHCARE SERVICES
Ongoing provision of a national digital MH platform
All prescriptions include a prominent statement saying that clinicians have discussed possible SEs and EBM alternatives to meds
Item no. for GPs who get advice from psychiatrists
Ongoing provision of a national digital MH platform
All prescriptions include a prominent statement saying that clinicians have discussed possible SEs and EBM alternatives to meds
Item no. for GPs who get advice from psychiatrists
11 / EXPAND SUPPORTED ONLINE TREATMENT
Increase funding to expand supported online treatment for people with mental illness
Tele-health extended for two years
Increase funding to expand supported online treatment for people with mental illness
Tele-health extended for two years
12 / ADDRESS THE HEALTHCARE GAPS: COMMUNITY MHCARE
Evaluation of MBS-rebated psychology
Access to low-intensity MH treatments through supported online Rx and changes to Medicare to encourage group therapy
Expand access to psychological therapy and psychiatric treatment by video
Evaluation of MBS-rebated psychology
Access to low-intensity MH treatments through supported online Rx and changes to Medicare to encourage group therapy
Expand access to psychological therapy and psychiatric treatment by video
13 / IMPROVE EXPERIENCE FOR PEOPLE IN CRISIS
Minimise unnecessary presentations to hospital EDs, Provide alternatives for ppl with MI, including peer-and clinician-led AH services and mobile crisis service
Hospitals to ensure the ED environment does not escalate severity of MI
Minimise unnecessary presentations to hospital EDs, Provide alternatives for ppl with MI, including peer-and clinician-led AH services and mobile crisis service
Hospitals to ensure the ED environment does not escalate severity of MI
14 / IMPROVE OUTCOMES FOR PEOPLE W/ COMORBIDITIES
Target to reduce the gap in life expectancy between people with SMI and the general population
MH services should be required to ensure treatment is provided for both MI and substance use disorder for people with both conditions
Target to reduce the gap in life expectancy between people with SMI and the general population
MH services should be required to ensure treatment is provided for both MI and substance use disorder for people with both conditions
15/ LINK PPL WITH THE SERVICES THEY NEED
The AusGovt should continue to develop & improve Head to Health and use it to inform the recommended national digital MH platform
Support the devt of single care plans for ppl with SMI who are receiving services from multiple providers
The AusGovt should continue to develop & improve Head to Health and use it to inform the recommended national digital MH platform
Support the devt of single care plans for ppl with SMI who are receiving services from multiple providers
16 / INCREASE THE EFFICACY OF AUSTRALIA’S MH WORKFORCE
3-year direct-entry undergraduate degree in MH nursing
Develop a national plan to increase the number of psychiatrists in clinical practice
Improve practitioners’ training on medications and non-pharmacological interventions
3-year direct-entry undergraduate degree in MH nursing
Develop a national plan to increase the number of psychiatrists in clinical practice
Improve practitioners’ training on medications and non-pharmacological interventions
16 cont / INCREASE THE EFFICACY OF AUSTRALIA’S MH WORKFORCE
Professional association for peer workers
Incorporate MH stigma reduction programs into the initial training and continuing professional development requirements of all health professionals
Professional association for peer workers
Incorporate MH stigma reduction programs into the initial training and continuing professional development requirements of all health professionals
17 / IMPROVE THE AVAILABILITY OF PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORTS
All people who have psychosocial needs arising from MI receive adequate psychosocial support integration with mainstream MH and NDIS
Extend the length of the NDIS funding cycle for psychosocial supports from 1 to 5 years
All people who have psychosocial needs arising from MI receive adequate psychosocial support integration with mainstream MH and NDIS
Extend the length of the NDIS funding cycle for psychosocial supports from 1 to 5 years
18/ SUPPORT FAMILIES AND CARERS
All MHSs should be required to consider family and carer needs, and their role in contributing to the recovery of individuals with mental illness.
All MHSs should be required to consider family and carer needs, and their role in contributing to the recovery of individuals with mental illness.
19/ TAILOR INCOME AND EMPLOYMENT SUPPORTS
Extend the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) model of employment support beyond its current limited application
Tailored streaming of people into ESPs for those with MI
Improve the work incentives for DSP recipients
Extend the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) model of employment support beyond its current limited application
Tailored streaming of people into ESPs for those with MI
Improve the work incentives for DSP recipients
20 / SUPPORTIVE HOUSING & HOMELESSNESS SERVICES
Consistent policy of no exits into homelessness for people with MI who are discharged from institutional care
Address shortfall in the no. of supported housing places & the gap in homelessness services for people with SMI
Consistent policy of no exits into homelessness for people with MI who are discharged from institutional care
Address shortfall in the no. of supported housing places & the gap in homelessness services for people with SMI
21 / IMPROVE MH OUTCOMES FOR PEOPLE IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM
MH professionals should be embedded in police communication centres
People appearing before MH tribunals, and other tribunals hearing matters arising from MH legislation, have a right to access legal representation
MH professionals should be embedded in police communication centres
People appearing before MH tribunals, and other tribunals hearing matters arising from MH legislation, have a right to access legal representation
21 cont / IMPROVE MH OUTCOMES FOR PEOPLE IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM
People with MI in corrections have access to timely and culturally capable mental healthcare
Ensure that people with MI who would benefit from mental health court diversion programs, are able to access them
People with MI in corrections have access to timely and culturally capable mental healthcare
Ensure that people with MI who would benefit from mental health court diversion programs, are able to access them
