A national approach to mental health : from crisis to community : first report / The Senate Select Committee on Mental Health

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Canberra, A.C.T. : Select Committee on Mental Health, 2006
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Select Committee on Mental Health A national approach to mental health - from crisis to community 1
Select Committee on Mental Health A national approach to mental health - from crisis to community First report 3
TABLE OF CONTENTS 7
ACRONYMS 13
Foreword to the Senate Select Committee on Mental Health's First Report 19
CHAPTER 1 THE CHALLENGE OF MENTAL HEALTH 21
CHAPTER 2 MENTAL HEALTH - THE CASE FOR CHANGE 31
CHAPTER 3 MENTAL HEALTH AND HUMAN RIGHTS 47
CHAPTER 4 RESOURCING 67
CHAPTER 5 ADDRESSING THE DIVERSITY OF MENTAL ILLNESS AND TREATMENTS 97
CHAPTER 6 ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES 137
CHAPTER 7 PROMOTION, PREVENTION AND EARLY INTERVENTION 171
CHAPTER 8 INPATIENT AND CRISIS SERVICES 203
CHAPTER 9 MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN THE COMMUNITY 231
CHAPTER 10 SUPPORT SERVICES FOR PEOPLE FACING MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS 255
CHAPTER 11 FAMILIES AND CARERS 291
CHAPTER 12 PAYING FOR MENTAL HEALTH CARE 315
CHAPTER 13 MENTAL HEALTH AND THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM 349
CHAPTER 14 DUAL DIAGNOSIS THE EXPECTATION NOT THE EXCEPTION 385
CHAPTER 15 SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH, OLDER PEOPLE AND CALD COMMUNITIES 429
CHAPTER 16 SERVICES FOR RURAL, REMOTE AND INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS 465
CHAPTER 17 RECOMMENDATIONS 495
APPENDIX 1 DEFINITIONS OF MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL ILLNESS 503
APPENDIX 2 MENTAL HEALTH EXPENDITURE AND INITIATIVES 513
APPENDIX 3 REPORT OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES OBSERVED IN TRIESTE, ITALY January 2006 527
APPENDIX 4 SUBMISSIONS, RESPONSES TO ADVERSE COMMENT AND ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON NOTICE 533
APPENDIX 5 WITNESSES WHO APPEARED BEFORE THE COMMITTEE AT PUBLIC HEARINGS 563
APPENDIX 6 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AUTHORISED FOR PUBLICATION BY THE COMMITTEE 583
APPENDIX 7 LIST OF TABLED DOCUMENTS 585

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