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Why is mental health care so bad here in Australia?

Bipolar94Contributor

Why is mental health care so bad here in Australia?

So much for free health care in Australia!

Sure i had heaps of mental health support growing up and as a young adult but now im nearing 30 with a diagnosis of bipolar, depression and anxiety plus probably also undiagnosed OCD and PTSD. Theres nothing.

Psychiatrists and psychologists are bloody expensive. Its money i juat dont have because i cant hold a job long enough to have that sort of money to spare!

The public system is a joke with massive waitlists and even when the emergency mental health team get involved they treat you like absolute rubbish! Request to be seen when my son is at school because i dont want to talk about my 20+ years of issues in front of him and they just rock up to my front door whenever they bloody like without even giving me a call!

Seriously, the mental health services thats available now make me feel even worse about my mental health because really there is no adequate support out there!

I need review, i need medication changes, i know i need those things but cant access it.

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Re: Why is mental health care so bad here in Australia?

Hey @OakSeptic, how's it going as we near the end of the week?

I just wanted to stop by to say that you raise a really interseting point about RU OK Day – it does just seem to "be there", and I think that's the goal of a mental health advocacy campaign, awareness raising. For those who have no first hand experience with mental health it can be hard to know what to say, so days such as this one can help start a conversation. I can certainly hear that it can be a frustrating experience for others though because it might feel like it minimises their experience. It's a tough one, but thank you for engaging in that conversation. You made me think 🙂

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