Premium
THE NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH STRATEGY
Author(s) -
Ramsay Janine
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
australian journal of rural health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.48
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1440-1584
pISSN - 1038-5282
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1584.1996.tb00187.x
Subject(s) - mental health , commonwealth , business , key (lock) , nursing , public relations , medicine , political science , psychiatry , computer science , computer security , law
The National Mental Health Strategy aims to assist people with a mental illness to have access to improved services and support, with community based services as the option of first choice. The Commonwealth, State and Territory governments are working together with consumers, professionals and other key parties so that mental health services are ‘mainstreamed’ within the general health system. This will also ensure that permanent improvements are made in the way Australia responds to the needs of people with mental disorders. Access to an integrated network of different services, including those outside the health system, is an essential component of the strategy. Ensuring that residents of rural and remote areas have adequate access to mental health services is apriority of the Strategy.