Investing to Save - KPMG and Mental Health Australia report - May 2018

At Mental Health Australia our vision is for mentally healthy people, and mentally healthy communities. Investing to Save presents a major contribution towards that vision. It shows how we can, with the right targeted investments, improve the mental health of our community, and in turn the mental wealth of the nation.

There have been many reviews, inquires and other various investigations into Australia’s mental health system. But this is a report unlike any other.

Investing to Save: The economic benefits for Australia of investment in mental health reform, tackles a set of complex issues from a new perspective, and a new pragmatic approach to the scale of the task of reforming our mental health system.

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Special NDIS Capacity Building Project Update – 30 June 2015
Newsletters / Bulletins
1 July 2015
In this update, read about impending changes to the NDIS pricing and catalogue and recently released parliamentary discussions relating to the NDIS .
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NDIS Capacity Building Project Update 11 – 24 June 2015
Newsletters / Bulletins
24 June 2015
In this update, read about: an opinion piece by Mental Health Australia CEO , Frank Quinlan on psychosocial disability and the NDIS ; an interview by Carers Victoria with Eddie Bartnik – Head of Community Development Authority to the National Disability Insurance Agency; a public hearing of the NDIS Joint Standing Committee on NDIS ; progress on the Mental Health Australia Capacity Building project; ARAFMI Australia’s call for stories about experience with the NDIS ; the recently established Disability Loop website; a consultation opportunity on the National Disability Advocacy Framework; updates from Senate Estimates about the NDIS ; and the Assistant Minister for Social Services’ update on the NDIS .
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ERG Meeting – countdown to reform begins
Media Releases
18 June 2015
Mental Health Australia today welcomed the first meeting of the Expert Reference Group ( ERG ) advising the Commonwealth Government on its response to the National Mental Health Commission’s recent Review of Mental Health Programmes and Services. “Today’s ERG meeting is another important step towards the reform that is so urgently required. There have been many reviews; now we need action,” Mental Health Australia CEO Frank Quinlan said.
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Every Australian Counts
General
2 June 2015
Perspectives Newsletter - May/June 2015.The development of the National Disability Insurance Scheme ( NDIS ) is overwhelmingly a positive direction for healthcare in Australia. It has great potential to improve the lives of people with psychosocial disability associated with mental illness. However, if we are to meet the needs of these people it is absolutely crucial that we take action now to get the broad architecture of the scheme right.
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Time for Action on Mental Health
General
1 June 2015
Perspectives Newsletter - May/June 2015. It’s been a busy month in the political space in relation to mental health. Over the last month we’ve had the release of the National Mental Health Commission’s Review into Programmes and Services, as well as the 2015 Federal Budget. While the Budget had very little to say about mental health, the release of the Review spells out the issues and also possible solutions for change, and provides a clear pathway to reform.
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NDIS Capacity Building Project Update 10 – 27 May 2015
Newsletters / Bulletins
29 May 2015
In this update, read about a recent Mental Health Australia NDIS Consumer and Carer Advisory Group Meeting; mental health papers published by the National Disability Insurance Agency ( NDIA ); the National Disability Services ( NDS ) Innovation and High Performance Workshop; the NDS NDIS Provider Toolkit and measures relating to the NDIS in the Commonwealth Budget.
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Transcultural Mental Health Services at the cross roads
General
26 May 2015
Perspectives Newsletter - May/June 2015. For the past twenty years Transcultural Mental Health Services ( TMHS ) have been at the forefront in frontline mental health services addressing the significant disparities in access and quality of care received by people from culturally and linguistically diverse ( CALD ) backgrounds in Australia. This article explores the challenges around responsibility of care regarding state-wide roles and functions in an ever changing health policy context.
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The Ripple Project: Better mental health outcomes for young people in out of home care
General
26 May 2015
Perspectives Newsletter - May/June 2015. The Ripple Project is a 5-year study funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council. It aims to develop an innovative, systematic and affordable approach to improving mental health for young people aged 12‐17 years living in ‘out of home care’, including those from Aboriginal and culturally and linguistically diverse communities. With such a high proportion of young people in out of home care experiencing difficulties, carers and residential care workers will be helped in providing good quality and emotionally attuned care if they have access to advice and support from skilled mental health practitioners.
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Mental health: New horizons in nutrition research and dietetic practice
General
26 May 2015
Perspectives Newsletter - May/June 2015.The role of nutrition in both the origin and the management of mental health disorders is a rapidly growing area of research. Mental health disorders can be seen through the lens of a lifecourse perspective, which requires an integrated approach to management of exposure to risk factors, the delivery of preventive interventions, and the treatment of symptomatic disease. This article explores how nutrition is important across each of these domains.
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Mental health in the bush: Issues arising from the Mental Health Commission's Review of Mental Health Programs and Services
General
26 May 2015
Perspectives Newsletter - May/June 2015. While the number of people with mental and behavioural problems is similar across the nation – around 20 per cent – suicide rates are 66 per cent higher in country areas than they are in the cities. This suggests that the mental health of people in rural and remote areas is a major issue (despite the prevalence data) and should be given special consideration by governments.
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