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Whereto mental health reform in Australia: is anyone listening to our independent auditors?
Author(s) -
Griffiths Kathleen M,
Mendoza John,
CarronArthur Bradley
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/mja14.01034
Subject(s) - active listening , audit , content (measure theory) , mental health , psychology , public relations , accounting , computer science , political science , business , communication , mathematics , psychiatry , mathematical analysis
There is widespread agreement that Australia’s mental health system is in critical need of reform. In a move that has left many in the mental health sector wondering if they were trapped in a rerun of Groundhog day, the Australian Government recently charged the National Mental Health Commission with undertaking a mental health review to investigate the gaps and duplications in, and effectiveness of, Australia’s mental health system.