Tilly3Contributor
I need to find a gp in perth that can help me
I'm having trouble navigating the mental health system I wa I don't know were to start
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I need to find a gp in perth that can help me
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NatureLoverSenior Contributor
Re: I need to find a gp in perth that can help me
Hi @Tilly3 ,
You can go to any GP and ask for a Mental Health Care Plan. This will entitle you to 10 subsidised sessions with a psychologist per year. The only thing is that psychologists are so overwhelmed with demand at the moment that it could take 6 months to get in to see one. But it's a good idea to get on the waiting list now.
You can help this process by googling then ringing round psychologists in your area to ask: are they taking new patients at the moment, what is the wait time for a new patient to start, what are the costs, etc. Then you can take a name to your GP for the Mental Health Care Plan referral. (GPs might not know which psychologists are taking new patients and which have stopped as they are full.)
If you don't want to ring around first, then your GP should be able to refer you to a psychologist.
Good luck...
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