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Topic Tuesday // What is mental health reform and why is it important for you // Feb 14, 7-9pm AEDT

Topic Tuesday // What is mental health reform and why is it important for you // Feb 14, 7-9pm AEDT

With the changes brought about by the Fifth Mental Health Plan, many people are left trying to figure out what this means for them. What are the changes? How does this impact accessing services? How do you find information?
Join us on February 14, to discuss this with Frank Quinlan, CEO of Mental Health Australia (MHA), to help decipher what mental health reform actually means for you. MHA have been working on identifying issues with the Mental Health Plan, and have a key focus on advocating on behalf consumers and carers, so that their voices can be heard during reform. During this discussion, we will unpack how these policy changes will impact on your everyday life, address concerns that you may have, and what you can do to have your opinions heard.
Things you can do now
1. Reigster here if you're not an existing SANE Forums member
2. Hit 'Like' below so we can shout out a reminder on the night
3. Do changes to mental health services stress you out? Check out our blog.

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In response to: Topic Tuesday // What is mental health reform and why is it important for you // Feb 14, 7-9pm AEDT

Re: Topic Tuesday // What is mental health reform and why is it important for you // Feb 14, 7-9pm AEDT

Thats a fair point @leitor - the balance is completely wrong

What if we routinely asked people about their experience of care, and reported it publically?

Perhaps that would be a good way of building accountability, and helping peple to make more informed choices?

In response to: Topic Tuesday // What is mental health reform and why is it important for you // Feb 14, 7-9pm AEDT

Re: Topic Tuesday // What is mental health reform and why is it important for you // Feb 14, 7-9pm AEDT

@FrankGQuinlan you need to spend more time on the forum here - you would get the hang of many conversations happening at once then lol

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Re: Topic Tuesday // What is mental health reform and why is it important for you // Feb 14, 7-9pm AEDT

hahaha @Zoe7 so true

In response to: Topic Tuesday // What is mental health reform and why is it important for you // Feb 14, 7-9pm AEDT

Re: Topic Tuesday // What is mental health reform and why is it important for you // Feb 14, 7-9pm AEDT

Ah, @FrankGQuinlan, you look so calm and relaxed in your photo, now i have to re-imagine you struggling to keep up with this torrent of questions!

I hope you get to settle back with that glass of wine after we are done here

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Re: Topic Tuesday // What is mental health reform and why is it important for you // Feb 14, 7-9pm AEDT

And perhaps we will need to test more of those rights in courst and human rights tribunals.

collaborative reform is preferred, but sometimes things change because people demand their rights be enforced by law.

I think the day is coming...

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Re: Topic Tuesday // What is mental health reform and why is it important for you // Feb 14, 7-9pm AEDT

@NikNik just what I needed tonight to get my brain working a bit - and to bring out the cheeky Zoe as well. Thanks to SANE for putting this together and maybe a follow up discussion could be organinised soon!

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Re: Topic Tuesday // What is mental health reform and why is it important for you // Feb 14, 7-9pm AEDT

Very hard to defend any rights in court when you are struggling just to survive each day!!

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Re: Topic Tuesday // What is mental health reform and why is it important for you // Feb 14, 7-9pm AEDT

What an encouraging and optimistic story @Kurra - thaks for sharing

Imagine the hope you give to those who read your story from an earlier stage in their recovery journey... What a difference that might make in someone's life!

A great testabmony to the value of lived esxperience and the power of recovery.

Thanks again, and best wishes for all your efforts 🙂

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Re: Topic Tuesday // What is mental health reform and why is it important for you // Feb 14, 7-9pm AEDT

FrankGQuinlan How wonderful to stand up in public and tell everyone how badly care gone wrong can be. part of the damage and ongoing trauma for me is that if the big health orgs and hospitals choose not to listen there is nothing to make them. That way they create a perceived reality that annihilates not only your experience but any sense of worth you have. it is only since I met peers who shared their stories that I was able to let go of some of the shame of "letting that happen" to me or of feeling unhelpable and difficult.

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Re: Topic Tuesday // What is mental health reform and why is it important for you // Feb 14, 7-9pm AEDT

The mental health plan touches on this one, but doesn't go into HOW it is going to reduce stigma in the workforce, just that that is one of its goals. Words.
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