The 2024-2025 Commonwealth Budget for Mental Health: Funding unproven initiatives and stings in the tail.
Australas Psychiatry
; : 10398562241271053, 2024 Aug 02.
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ABSTRACT
We discuss the ramifications of the Commonwealth of Australia Budget allocations for mental healthcare for 2024-2025. There is funding for population-based mental health initiatives for milder anxiety and depression but no direct funding of services for the most severe and disabling forms of mental illness, other than pre-existing state/territory disbursements from the Commonwealth for state-based health services. There are substantial concerns that the Commonwealth funding has potentially been misallocated to ineffective interventions that are unlikely to reduce the population prevalence of mild anxiety and depression in Australia. Funds may have been better allocated to provide effective care for those with the most severe and disabling illnesses including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and severe depression.
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MEDLINE
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En
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Australas Psychiatry
Journal subject:
PSIQUIATRIA
Year:
2024
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Article