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New Report Reveals
Crisis in Australia?s Mental Health System
A major new report reveals Australia?s mental health-care system does not meet the promise of the National Mental Health Strategy ? nor does funding match other comparable countries
The SANE Mental Health Report 2002-03, published by SANE Australia, is based on a research study of what thousands of Australian think about the mental health services they receive. It is based on almost 200 interviews, analysis of 6,000 calls to the SANE Helpline and combines data from the World Health Organisation (WHO), Commonwealth and State governments, and Access Economics.
The Report gives a national overview followed by a two-part analysis. The first part examines how the National Mental Health Strategy has performed against the four fundamental of the SANE Charter: access to effective treatments, support in the community, help for carers and action to end stigma. The second part gives a ?snapshot? of each State and Territory, noting good and bad news in each and makes recommendations for action.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------The SANE Mental Health Report 2002-03 will be available on the SANE website (www.sane.org) from 2.00pm AEST, Monday 19 August 2002
For further information please contact
Lorraine Chiroiu
Media Contact
SANE Australia
campaign@sane.org
03 9682 5933
0414 427 291
www.sane.org
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