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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
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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

I hope you feel better soon - take care 🙂

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

Disappointing @Former-Member - makes you wonder what things are like in regional and remote areas.

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

Seclusion is one of the few areas where there is a clear target to reduce seclsusion and annual reporting of such events.

Slow progress, but heading in the right direction at least!

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

I am sorry if you think we lack ideas - we put a lot of ideas to governments.

We certainly do lack resources...

What ideas would you like to see us taking forward? Things we are not doing already?

Keen to understand your concerns 🙂

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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 same as @Former-Member When we can only access 10 MHCP sessions and sometimes these sessions are only enough to just 'scratch the surface' and then you are left with more todeal with than before you started - how is that looking after people in terms of their mental health. The alternative is private cover or our own out of pocket expenses and if you cannot work because of your MH where does the money come from. It's a very vicious circle that can make you worse rather than better.

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

Hi @NikNik @FrankGQuinlan

I'm not sure if I understand what is going on tonight. But why do we only have 10 sessions with a mental health plan. And why do certain private hosptials close over christmas discharging their patients while still trying new meds. That's what happened to me and it was disgusting and terrible.

sorry if this is not the right place to say this.

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

I'm also in Sydney. I got dragged into hospital by the police back in November because someone mistakenly thought I was at imminent risk of suicide. Arrived at the hosptial at 9pm, wasn't seen until 4:30am, locked up in the psych ward until I could be seen by a psychiatrist at 11am and then sent home. Yeah...that was helpful...

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

Thanks @Zoe7, we'd like to see MH treated like any other illness.

You get the treatment you need, when you need it, without the rationing!

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

I wonder how accurate those reports will be when failing to make incident reports around even a mechanical restraint and a complaint about a seclusion is answered with the excuse that the staff memeber is on long service leave? I am regional and here the service does what it wants. i really hope the new plan gives us a voice and allows us to raise issues so everyone can have safe treatment

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

Why is mental health care rationed?
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