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This is a link to GetUp's website, detailing their campaign to urge politicians to reform the Mental Health system in Australia.
One of the most damaging forms of mental illness, PTSD, is not supported or catered for in the current Mental Health system. When I went to get help for my PTSD from assault, I was sent to a general mental health clinic which did not have the resources to understand my specific problems. It wasn't until I sought mental health care from a paid source that my problems were even properly addressed. Under the current Medicare rules, I can get twelve visits to a Mental Health Professional subsidised in a YEAR.
TWELVE visits to a psychologist/psychiatrist in ONE YEAR. There are FIFTY-TWO weeks in a year. That's FORTY weeks without support in a mental health problem that is NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
And I'm generally well-off, not so badly scarred from my time. I hate to think how it is for people who are deeply damaged by their experiences and yet don't have the funds to pay for even Medicare-subsidised treatment.
There are huge numbers of people in this country that need help, and can't get that help. If the Government is overhauling Health, let's make sure they don't ignore this part of keeping a person healthy. After all, the Mind is who we are. We need to take care of that!
One of the most damaging forms of mental illness, PTSD, is not supported or catered for in the current Mental Health system. When I went to get help for my PTSD from assault, I was sent to a general mental health clinic which did not have the resources to understand my specific problems. It wasn't until I sought mental health care from a paid source that my problems were even properly addressed. Under the current Medicare rules, I can get twelve visits to a Mental Health Professional subsidised in a YEAR.
TWELVE visits to a psychologist/psychiatrist in ONE YEAR. There are FIFTY-TWO weeks in a year. That's FORTY weeks without support in a mental health problem that is NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
And I'm generally well-off, not so badly scarred from my time. I hate to think how it is for people who are deeply damaged by their experiences and yet don't have the funds to pay for even Medicare-subsidised treatment.
There are huge numbers of people in this country that need help, and can't get that help. If the Government is overhauling Health, let's make sure they don't ignore this part of keeping a person healthy. After all, the Mind is who we are. We need to take care of that!
