Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Introduction

[1]        Journals of the Senate, 28 March 2007, No 140, p. 3707.

 

Chapter 2 - Policy Context

[1]        COAG, National Action Plan on Mental Health 2006–2011, p. i.

[2]        COAG Plan, pp. 9–11.

[3]        COAG Plan, p. i.

[4]        Department of Health and Ageing, Submission 45, p. 7.

[5]        See for example COAG Plan, Individual Implementation Plan on Mental Health Western Australia, p. 26.

[6]        The National Action Plan on Mental Health 2006–2011 noted that each government was undertaking different actions, reflecting the 'differences in the range and scale of services that are already in place in each State and Territory'.

[7]        Queensland Government, Submission 49, chapter 3.

[8]        Victorian Government, Submission 41, p. 3.

[9]        South Australian Government, Submission 34, p. 7.

[10]      ACT Government, Submission 37, covering letter and Proof Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 29.

[11]      Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 90.

[12]      Proof Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 76.

[13]      Senate Select Committee on Mental Health, A national approach to mental health –  from crisis to community, p. 213.

[14]      Proof Committee Hansard, 26 March 2008,p. 5.

[15]      Senate Select Committee on Mental Health, A national approach to mental health –  from crisis to community, p. 214.

[16]      Australian Health Ministers' Conference, Communique 22 July 2008, p. 2.

[17]      Proof Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 41.

[18]      Proof Committee Hansard, 20 May 2008, p. 93.

[19]      Proof Committee Hansard, 20 May 2008, p. 93.

[20]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2008, p. 39.

[21]      COAG National Action Plan, pp. 3, 4, 5 and 6.

[22]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 41.

[23]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 41.

[24]      The Queensland Alliance Mental Illness and Psychiatric Disability Groups Inc, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 March 2008, p. 4.

[25]      Proof Committee Hansard, 1 April 2008, p. 4.

[26]      Proof Committee Hansard, 20 May 2008, p. 36.

[27]      Proof Committee Hansard, 20 May 2008, p. 37.

[28]      Proof Committee Hansard, 20 May 2008, p. 22.

[29]      Proof Committee Hansard, 20 May 2008, p. 32.

[30]      Senate Select Committee on Mental Health, A national approach to mental health –  from crisis to community, p. 476.

[31]      Mental Health Commission, 1998, Blueprint for Mental Health Services in New Zealand: How Things Need to Be.

[32]      New Zealand Health Commission – Issues and Background, Briefing for the Australia/New Zealand Parliamentary Committee Exchange Program.

[33]      Mental Health Commission, 2007, Te Haererenga mo te Whakaōranga 1996–2006, The Journey of Recovery for the New Zealand Mental Health Sector, pp. 18 and 82.

[34]      Mental Health Commission, 2007, Te Haererenga mo te Whakaōranga 1996–2006, The Journey of Recovery for the New Zealand Mental Health Sector, p. 21.

[35]      New Zealand Health Commission – Issues and Background, Briefing for the Australia/New Zealand Parliamentary Committee Exchange Program.

[36]      Mental Health Commission, 2007, Te Haererenga mo te Whakaōranga 1996–2006, The Journey of Recovery for the New Zealand Mental Health Sector, p. 82.

[37]      Mental Health Commission, 2007, Te Haererenga mo te Whakaōranga 1996–2006, The Journey of Recovery for the New Zealand Mental Health Sector, p. 83.

[38]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 97.

[39]      Committee Hansard, 27 March 2008, p. 66.

[40]      Mental Health Commission, New Roles for Mental Health Commission, Media Release, 6 December 2006; Mental Health Commission, About the Mental Health Commission, www.mhc.govt.nz/about/index.html, accessed 28 March 2008.

[41]      Canadian Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology, Out of the Shadows at Last, Transforming Mental Health, Mental Illness and Addiction Services in Canada, pp. 23–24.

[42]      Stephen Harper, Mental Health Commission of Canada – Media Backgrounder, 31 August 2007; Mental Health Commission of Canada, Key Initiatives, www.mentalhealthcommission.ca/keyinitiatives.html, accessed 28 March 2008.

[43]      A. Rosen, P. McGorry, G. Groom, I. Hickie, R. Gurr, B. Hocking, M. Leggett, A. Deveson, K. Wilson, D. Holmes, V. Miller, L. Dunbar, F. Stanley, 2004, 'Australia needs a mental health commission', Australasian Psychiatry, Vol 12, No. 3, pp. 213–219.

[44]      See above reference and also SANE Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 1 April 2008, p. 8; National Mental Health Consumer and Carer Forum, Committee Hansard, 20 May 2008, p. 73.

[45]      The Queensland Alliance Mental Illness and Psychiatric Disability Groups Inc, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 March 2008,p. 4.

[46]      See Richmond Fellowship Western Australia, A common purpose: Recovery in future mental health services, Joint Position Paper 08 for a discussion of the recovery concept.

[47]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 9. See also Richmond Fellowship WA Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 31.

[48]      Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 34.

[49]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 9.

[50]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 92.

[51]      Proof Committee Hansard, 31 March 2008, pp. 39–40.

[52]      Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 44.

[53]      Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 44–45.

 

Chapter 3 - Coordination

[1]        COAG Plan, p. i.

[2]        Queensland Government, Submission 49, p. 79.

[3]        COAG, National Action Plan on Mental Health 2006–2011, p. 6.

[4]        COAG Plan, p. 6.

[5]        Proof Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 75.

[6]        Proof Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 30; Submission 37, p. 1.

[7]        Submission 41, p. 5.

[8]        Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 51.

[9]        Ms Jenna Bateman, Mental Health Coordinating Council, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2008, p. 46; Transcultural Mental Health Centre, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2008, pp. 31–32; Mental Health Coordinating Council, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2008, p. 40; NSW Consumer Advisory Group – Mental Health Inc, Supplementary Information, Response to questions raised at hearing 27.3.08, dated 4.6.08.

[10]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 16.

[11]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 76.

[12]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 91.

[13]      Proof Committee Hansard, 31 March 2008, p. 5.

[14]      Proof Committee Hansard, 31 March 2008, p. 28.

[15]      Proof Committee Hansard, 1 May 2008, p. 33.

[16]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2008, p. 35.

[17]      Submission 49, p. 61; Proof Committee Hansard, 26 March 2008, p. 34.

[18]      The Hon Nicola Roxon MP, Minister for Health and Ageing, Media Release 11 April 2008.

[19]      Budget Paper No.2 2008–09, p. 213.

[20]      Proof Committee Hansard, 20 May 2008, p. 82.

[21]      Proof Committee Hansard, 20 May 2008, p. 82.

[22]      DoHA, Submission 45.

[23]      DoHA, Supplementary information received 2 April 2008.

[24]      DoHA, Supplementary information received 2 April 2008.

[25]      Proof Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 75.

[26]      Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 33.

[27]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, pp. 3 and 7.

[28]      Proof Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 31.

[29]      Proof Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 65.

[30]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 88; see also Government of Victoria, Submission41, p. 9.

[31]      Proof Committee Hansard, 31 March 2008, p. 30.

[32]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2008, p. 41.

[33]      Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 4.

[34]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 60.

[35]      Proof Committee Hansard, 20 May 2008, p. 60.

[36]      Proof Committee Hansard, 1 April 2008, p. 4.

[37]      Dr Gurr, Chair, Policy Committee, Comprehensive Area Service Psychiatrists Network of New South Wales, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2008, pp. 60–61.

[38]      See for example, Victorian Mental Health Carers Network, Proof Committee Hansard, p. 11; Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors; Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2008, p. 15; Carers Australia also commented that knowledge about PHaMS among carers is 'very limited', Proof Committee Hansard, 20 May 2008, p. 61.

[39]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 13.

[40]      The Queensland Alliance Mental Illness and Psychiatric Disability Groups Inc, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 March 2008, p. 3.

[41]      Proof Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 17.

[42]      Proof Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 65.

[43]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 8.

[44]      Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 3.

[45]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 13.

[46]      Proof Committee Hansard, 31 March 2008, p. 14.

[47]      Proof Committee Hansard, 31 March 2008, p. 16.

[48]      Proof Committee Hansard, 1 May 2008, p. 47.

[49]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2008, p. 81.

[50]      Proof Committee Hansard, 20 May 2008, p. 48.

[51]      Mental Health Council of Australia, Submission  22, p. 5.

[52]      Proof Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 45.

[53]      Proof Committee Hansard, 1 May 2008, p. 49.

[54]      Proof Committee Hansard, 1 May 2008, p. 48.

[55]      Proof Committee Hansard, 1 May 2008, p. 48.

[56]      Proof Committee Hansard, 1 May 2008, p. 23.

[57]      See for example Government of South Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 88;  Northern Territory Government, Proof Committee Hansard, 1 May 2008, p. 49; ACT Government, Submission 37, p. 4.

[58]      Proof Committee Hansard, 1 May 2008, p. 55.

[59]      COAG Plan, p. 5.

[60]      DoHA, Supplementary Information dated 31 March 2008, 'COAG National Action Plan on Mental Health Care Coordination Principles and Implementation Guidelines', received 2 April 2008.

[61]      COAG Plan, p. 5.

[62]      Proof Committee Hansard, 26 March 2008, p. 22.

[63]      Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 87.

[64]      Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 4.

[65]      Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 46.

[66]      Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 91

[67]      DoHA, Supplementary Information dated 31 March 2008, 'Update on State-based COAG Mental Health Groups including progress with care coordination', received 2 April 2008.

[68]      Submission 49, p. 68.

[69]      Proof Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 46.

[70]      Submission 28, pp. 8–9.

[71]      DoHA, Supplementary Information dated 31 March 2008, 'Update on State-based COAG Mental Health Groups including progress with care coordination', received 2 April 2008.

[72]      Proof Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 31.

[73]      Proof Committee Hansard, 31 March 2008, p. 40.

[74]      Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 89.

 

Chapter 4 - Community Sector Investment

[1]        Mental Health Community Coalition ACT, Proof Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 17.

[2]        The Queensland Alliance Mental Illness and Psychiatric Disability Groups Inc, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 March 2008, p. 7.

[3]        Ms Jenna Bateman, CEO, Mental Health Coordinating Council, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2008, p. 33.

[4]        Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2008, p. 35.

[5]        The Queensland Alliance Mental Illness and Psychiatric Disability Groups Inc, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 March 2008, p. 3.

[6]        Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 46.

[7]        Proof Committee Hansard, 1 May 2008, p. 5.

[8]        Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2008, p. 34.

[9]        Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 37.

[10]      Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 67.

[11]      The Queensland Alliance Mental Illness and Psychiatric Disability Groups Inc, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 March 2008, p. 4.

[12]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 76.

[13]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 76.

[14]      For example, Sisters Inside, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 March 2008, p. 67; The Queensland Alliance Mental Illness and Psychiatric Disability Groups Inc, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 March 2008, p. 17; UnitingCare Wesley Port Adelaide, Survivors of Torture and Trauma Assistance and Rehabilitation Service and Carers SA, Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 55.

[15]      Proof Committee Hansard., 27 March 2008, p. 34.

[16]      Proof Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 69.

[17]      Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 51; See also Queensland Government, Submisson 49, p. 81.

[18]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2008, p. 37.

[19]      Proof Committee Hansard, 26 March 2008, p. 69.

[20]      Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 51.

[21]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2008, p. 37.

[22]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2008, p. 42.

[23]      Proof Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 87.

[24]      Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 7; see also Australian Association of Social Workers, Proof Committee Hansard, 20 May 2008, p. 41.

[25]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 76.

[26]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 96.

[27]      Proof Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 70.

[28]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2008, p. 61.

[29]      Supplementary Submission 23, p. 3.

[30]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2008, p. 61.

[31]      Proof Committee Hansard, 1 May 2008, p. 16.

[32]      Proof Committee Hansard, 1 May 2008, p. 40.

[33]      Proof Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 71.

[34]      Proof Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 87.

[35]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, pp. 4 and 6.

[36]      Proof Committee Hansard, 26 March 2008, p. 67.

[37]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 25.

[38]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2008, p. 27.

[39]      Proof Committee Hansard, 31 March 2008, p. 39; See also ARAFMI Hunter, Submission 2, p. 12.

 

Chapter 5 - Personal Helpers and Mentors

[1]        COAG Plan, p. 10.

[2]        FaHCSIA, www.facsia.gov.au/internet/facsinternet.nsf/mentalhealth/phm_faq.htm, accessed 30 July 2008.

[3]        Proof Committee Hansard, 26 March 2008, pp. 30 and 53; Proof Committee Hansard 7 May 2008, p. 39; Proof Committee Hansard 31 March 2008, p. 35.

[4]        FaHCSIA, www.fahcsia.gov.au/internet/facsinternet.nsf/MentalHealth/pham_program.htm, accessed 30 July 2008.

[5]        Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 30.

[6]        Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 46.

[7]        Proof Committee Hansard, 1 May 2008, p. 42.

[8]        Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 79.

[9]        See The Queensland Alliance Mental Illness and Psychiatric Disability Groups Inc, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 March 2008, p. 14; Open Minds Proof Committee Hansard, 26 March 2008, pp. 50–51; Ruah Community Services, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 39; WAMIAC, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 57; Mental Health Coalition of South Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 3; Mental Illness Fellowship of Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 37; UnitingCare Wesley Port Adelaide, Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 56; Mental Health Coordinating Council, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2008, p. 35.

[10]      Proof Committee Hansard, 26 March 2008, p. 57; Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, pp. 39–42, 47; Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, pp. 64-65.

[11]      Ms Karen Bradbury, Acting PHaMs Team Leader, Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 57.

[12]      See for example Mental Health Advocate, Advocacy Tasmania Inc, Proof Committee Hansard, 31 March 2008, p. 48; Tasmanian Community Advisory Group on Mental Health Proof Committee Hansard, 31 March 2008, p. 51.

[13]      Proof Committee Hansard, 26 March 2008, p. 28.

[14]      See Mr Bernard Wilson, CEO, Open Minds, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 March 2008, p. 55; Mr Evan Lewis, Group Manager, DoHA, Proof Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, pp. 90–91.

[15]      Mr Evan Lewis, Group Manager, DoHA, Proof Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 91.

[16]      Proof Committee Hansard, 26 March 2008, p. 56.

[17]      Proof Committee Hansard, 26 March 2008, p. 28.

[18]      Proof Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 91.

[19]      Proof Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 62.

[20]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 45.

[21]      Proof Committee Hansard, 1 May 2008, p. 5.

[22]      Proof Committee Hansard, 1 May 2008, p. 37.

[23]      Top End Mental Health Association Inc, Proof Committee Hansard, 1 May 2008, p. 5.

[24]      Proof Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 92.

[25]      Proof Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 92.

[26]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, pp. 38 and 56.

[27]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2008, p. 39.

[28]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2008, p. 39.

[29]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 38.

[30]      For example, Mental Health Coordinating Council, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2007, p. 34.

[31]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 57.

[32]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 62.

[33]      See for example the discussion in Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2008, p. 30; Community Mental Health Peaks, Submission 39, pp. 6, 17, 60

[34]      See Open Minds, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 March 2008, p. 54; Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, pp. 46–47.

[35]      Proof Committee Hansard, 1 May 2008, p. 6.

[36]      Proof Committee Hansard, 26 March 2008, pp. 54 and 59.

[37]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 45.

[38]      Proof Committee Hansard, 26 March 2008, p. 87.

[39]      The Queensland Alliance Mental Illness and Psychiatric Disability Groups Inc, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 March 2008, p. 14

[40]      Proof Committee Hansard, 1 May 2008, p. 6.

[41]      Proof Committee Hansard, 1 April 2008, pp. 35 and 39; Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 46.

[42]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 46.

[43]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 82.

[44]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 64.

[45]      Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 35.

[46]      Proof Committee Hansard, 26 March 2008, p. 28.

[47]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 63.

[48]      See for example, Open Minds, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 March 2008, pp. 56 and 58; Anglicare Tasmania, Proof Committee Hansard,31 March 2008, pp. 35-36.

[49]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 63.

[50]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 64.

[51]      Proof Committee Hansard, 31 March 2008, p. 52.

[52]      Proof Committee Hansard, 26 March 2008, p. 14.

[53]      Proof Committee Hansard, 26 March 2008, p. 58.

[54]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2008, p. 34.

[55]      Proof Committee Hansard, 20 May 2008, p. 37.

[56]      Proof Committee Hansard, 31 March 2008, p. 39.

[57]      Proof Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 94.

[58]      Proof Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 92.

 

Chapter 6 - Better Access Initiative

[1]        COAG Plan, p. 9.

[2]        Funding for the Better Access initiative was supplemented to $773.8 million in February 2008, however was reduced by $29.7 million in the 2008–09 Budget. See Senate Community Affairs Committee, Additional Budget Estimates, February 2008, Tabled Document, 'Outcome 11 COAG Mental Health: Funding and Expenditure' and Budget Estimates Committee Hansard, 5 June 2008, p. 153.

[3]        DoHA, www.health.gov.au/internet/mentalhealth/publishing.nsf/Content/better-access-through-mbs-1, accessed 10 June 2008.

[4]        As at April 2008. Selected items only are shown in the table and refer to in room consultations. Department of Health and Ageing, Utilisation of Mental Health Medicare Items.

[5]        Mr Smyth, Assistant Secretary, DoHA, Proof Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 81.

[6]        Better Access to Mental Health Care Questions and Answers, http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/coag-mental-q&a.htm, accessed 28 July 2008.

[7]        Better Access to Mental Health Care Questions and Answers, http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/coag-mental-q&a.htm, accessed 28 July 2008. Professor Jackson and Mr Rudd critiqued the appropriateness of this listing, Submission 62, p. 6.

[8]        Ian B Hickie and Patrick D McGorry, 'Increased access to evidence-based primary mental health care: will the implementation match the rhetoric?', Medical Journal of Australia, Vol 187 No 2, 16 July 2007, p. 101.

[9]        Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 48.

[10]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 54.

[11]      Australian Psychological Society, Submission 55, p. 8.

[12]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 3.

[13]      Medicare Australia, www.medicareaustralia.gov.au/statistics/mbs_item.shtml, accessed 27 July 2008. Data refer to in-room consultations.

[14]      See for example SANE Australia Proof Committee Hansard, 1 April 2008, p. 1.

[15]      For a description of the increased use of Social Workers under the initiative see Australian Association of Social Workers, Proof Committee Hansard, 20 May 2008, p. 39.

[16]      Medicare Australia, www.medicareaustralia.gov.au/statistics/mbs_item.shtml, accessed 27 July 2008. Data for allied health professionals refer to Focussed Psychological Strategy in-room long consultations.

[17]      For a full list see Better Access to Mental Health Care Questions and Answers, http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/coag-mental-q&a.htm, accessed 28 July 2008.

[18]      Australian Psychological Society, Submission 55, p. 5.

[19]      Proof Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 80.

[20]      Australian Psychological Society, Submission 55, p. 5.

[21]      See also Mental Health Community Coalition ACT, Proof Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 16.

[22]      Medicare Australia, www.medicareaustralia.gov.au/statistics/mbs_item.shtml, accessed 27 July 2008. Over the period November 2006 to June 2008.

[23]      Proof Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 82

[24]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2008, p. 44.

[25]      Proof Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 10.

[26]      Proof Committee Hansard, 31 March 2008, p. 4.

[27]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2008, p. 43.

[28]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2008, p. 74.

[29]      Australian Psychological Society, Submission 55, p. 5.

[30]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 53.

[31]      Queensland Alliance Mental Illness and Psychiatric Disability Groups, Committee Hansard, 26 March 2008.

[32]      Department of Health and Ageing, Utilisation of Mental Health Medicare Items, 1 November 2006 to 31 December 2007.

[33]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 48

[34]      Proof Committee Hansard, 20 May 2008, p. 40.

[35]      Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 64.

[36]      Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 65.

[37]      Proof Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 65.

[38]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2008, p. 43.

[39]      Medicare Australia, www.medicareaustralia.gov.au/statistics/mbs_item.shtml, accessed 27 July 2008. Selected items only, for the period November 2006 to June 2008. Data for allied health professionals refer to Focussed Psychological Strategy in-room long consultations.

[40]      AMSANT, Proof Committee Hansard, 1 May 2008, p. 31; Government of Victoria, Submission 41, p. 8.

[41]      AMSANT, Proof Committee Hansard, 1 May 2008, p. 31.

[42]      Proof Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 1

[43]      Proof Committee Hansard, 20 May 2008, p. 39.

[44]      Proof Committee Hansard, 20 May 2008, p. 40.

[45]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2008, p. 59.

[46]      Proof Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 77.

[47]      Proof Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 80.

[48]      Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 56.

[49]      Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 5.

[50]      Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 65.

[51]      Proof Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 9.

[52]      Department of Health, Government of Western Australia, Additional Information 9 June 2008.

[53]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 88; Proof Committee Hansard, 1 May 2008, p. 49; see also ACT Government, Submission 37, p. 4.

[54]      See for example Tasmanian Government, Submission 42, p. 5; Victorian Government, Submission 41.

[55]      Proof Committee Hansard, 31 March 2008, p. 5.

[56]      Proof Committee Hansard, 1 April 2008, pp. 37–38.

[57]      Australian Psychological Society, Submission 55, p. 13.

[58]      Proof Committee Hansard, 20 May 2008, p. 39.

[59]      Proof Committee Hansard, 20 May 2008, p. 43.

[60]      Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 47.

[61]      Proof Committee Hansard, 20 May 2008, p. 86.

[62]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2008, p. 51.

[63]      Proof Committee Hansard, 1 April 2008, p. 63.

[64]      Mr Calleja, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 48; Australian Psychological Society Submission 55, p. 11.

[65]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2008, p. 60.

[66]      Submission 62, p. 5.

[67]      Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 47.

[68]      Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 48.

[69]      Ian B Hickie and Patrick D McGorry, 'Increased access to evidence-based primary mental health care: will the implementation match the rhetoric?', Medical Journal of Australia, Vol 187 No 2, 16 July 2007, p. 101.

[70]      Senate Select Committee on Mental Health, A national approach to mental health – from crisis to community, p. 477.

[71]      AIHW, 2008, Mental health services in Australia 2005–06, p. xi.

[72]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 53.

[73]      Submission 55; see also anecdotal evidence noted by Gippsland Advocates for Mental Health Inc about deficiencies in GP Mental Health Care Plans, Submission 20, p. 5.

[74]      Proof Committee Hansard, 1 April 2008, p. 66.

[75]      Proof Committee Hansard, 1 April 2008, p. 66.

[76]      Proof Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 11.

[77]      Australian Psychological Society, Submission 55, p. 11.

[78]      Australian Psychological Society, Submission 55, p. 6.

[79]      Proof Committee Hansard, 1 April 2008, p. 50.

[80]      Proof Committee Hansard, 20 May 2008, p. 28.

[81]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 15.

[82]      Senate Select Committee on Mental Health, A national approach to mental health – from crisis to community, p. 145.

[83]      Proof Committee Hansard, 1 April 2008, p. 50.

[84]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2008, p. 71.

[85]      Proof Committee Hansard, 1 April 2008, p. 65.

[86]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2008, p. 43.

[87]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 15.

[88]      Australian Psychological Society, Submission 55, p. 12.

[89]      Australian Psychological Society, Submission 55, p. 12.

[90]      Australian Psychological Society, Submission 55, p. 4.

[91]      Australian Psychological Society, Submission 55, p. 16.

[92]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2008, p. 29.

[93]      See for example Submission 14, p. 4, Submission 13, pp. 9–11.

[94]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2008, p. 29.

[95]      Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 50.

[96]      Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 50.

[97]      Proof Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 65.

[98]      Proof Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 68.

[99]      Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 13.

[100]    Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 47.

[101]    Proof Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 83.

[102]    Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2008, p. 43.

[103]    Proof Committee Hansard, 1 April 2008, p. 55.

[104]    Proof Committee Hansard, 1 April 2008, p. 56.

[105]    Proof Committee Hansard, 26 March 2008, pp. 40-41.

[106]    Proof Committee Hansard, 26 March 2008, p. 47.

[107]    Proof Committee Hansard, 31 March 2008, p. 5.

[108]    Northern Territory Mental Health Coalition, Proof Committee Hansard, 1 May 2008, p. 3.

[109]    Proof Committee Hansard, 26 March 2008, p. 41.

[110]    Proof Committee Hansard, 1 April 2008, p. 55.

[111]    Proof Committee Hansard, 1 April 2008, p. 55.

[112]    Proof Committee Hansard, 20 May 2008, p. 88.

[113]    Proof Committee Hansard, 1 April 2008, p. 38.

[114]    Proof Committee Hansard, 1 April 2008, p. 38.

[115]    Australian Psychological Society, Submission 55, p. 11.

[116]    Proof Committee Hansard, 1 April 2008, p. 55.

[117]    Proof Committee Hansard, 1 April 2008, p. 58.

[118]    Proof Committee Hansard, 1 April 2008, p. 58.

[119]    The Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia, Submission 43, Additional Information.

[120]    Proof Committee Hansard, 26 March 2008, p. 416.

[121]    Proof Committee Hansard, 1 April 2008, p. 60.

[122]    Proof Committee Hansard, 1 April 2008, p. 58.

[123]    See for example Mental Health Coordinating Council, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2008, p. 45.

[124]    Northern Territory Mental Health Coalition, Proof Committee Hansard, 1 May 2008, pp. 3 and 8.

[125]    Proof Committee Hansard, 31 March 2008, p. 5.

[126]    Proof Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, pp. 82–83. Other submitters also raised the issue of ensuring standards among clinicians who are currently included in the Better Access scheme, particularly clinical psychologists. See Professor MacMillan, Submission 59 and APS College of Clinical Psychologists Victorian Section, Submission 60. Also, the Australian College of Clinical Psychologists was concerned that APS eligibility criteria had excluded other experienced clinical psychologists from the Better Access initiative. See Submission 40.

[127]    See for example, Dr Gurr, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2008, p. 73.

[128]    Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2008, p. 44.

[129]    The Queensland Alliance Mental Illness and Psychiatric Disability Groups Inc, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 March 2008, p. 3.

[130]    Proof Committee Hansard, 1 April 2008, p. 37.

[131]    Proof Committee Hansard, 1 April 2008, p. 64.

[132]    Proof Committee Hansard, 20 May 2008, pp. 82 and 86.

[133]    Ian B Hickie and Patrick D McGorry, 'Increased access to evidence-based primary mental health care: will the implementation match the rhetoric?', Medical Journal of Australia, Vol 187 No 2, 16 July 2007, p. 101.

 

Chapter 7 - Mental Health Nurses

[1]        COAG Plan, p. 10.

[2]        Committee Hansard, 20 May 2008, p. 47.

[3]        Proof Committee Hansard, 20 May 2008, p. 50.

[4]        Proof Committee Hansard, 20 May 2008, p. 22.

[5]        Proof Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 4.

[6]        Proof Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 97; see also Community Affairs Committee, Budget Estimates, Committee Hansard, 5 June 2008, pp. 152 and 154.

[7]        Proof Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 97.

[8]        Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2008, pp. 62 and 76.

[9]        Proof Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, pp. 2–4.

[10]      Proof Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 3.

[11]      AMSANT, Proof Committee Hansard, 1 May 2008, p. 30.

[12]      AMSANT, Proof Committee Hansard, 1 May 2008, p. 31.

[13]      Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 102.

[14]      Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 102.

[15]      Proof Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 97.

[16]      Proof Committee Hansard, 1 May 2008, p. 50.

[17]      Proof Committee Hansard, 1 May 2008, p. 50.

[18]      Proof Committee Hansard, 1 May 2008, p. 54.

[19]      Proof Committee Hansard, 1 May 2008, p. 59.

 

Chapter 8 - Shortfalls and Gaps

[1]        Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 57.

[2]        See for example, Northern Territory Mental Health Coalition, Proof Committee Hansard, 1 May 2008, p. 1; Western Australian Association for Mental Health, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 1; Mental Health Coalition of South Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 3; Mental Health Council of Tasmania, Proof Committee Hansard, 31 March 2008, p. 7; NSW Consumer Advisory Group – Mental Health Inc, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2008, p. 48; Victorian Government, Submission 41, p. 9; Australian Association of Social Workers, Proof Committee Hansard, 20 May 2008, p. 38; Mental Health Community Coalition ACT, Proof Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 19; Mental Health Council of Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 20 May 2008, p. 81.

[3]        Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 36. The next most important priority areas were employment options and opportunities, education for consumers and carers, research and issues relating to social security.

[4]        Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 66.

[5]        Sisters Inside, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 March 2008, p. 73.

[6]        Department of Health, Government of Western Australia, Additional Information, 9 June 2008, pp. 9–10.

[7]        Northern Territory Mental Health Coalition, Proof Committee Hansard, 1 May 2008, p. 2.

[8]        Proof Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 55.

[9]        Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 68.

[10]      Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 68.

[11]      Proof Committee Hansard, 31 March 2008, p. 46.

[12]      Proof Committee Hansard, 31 March 2008, p. 7.

[13]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 3.

[14]      Proof Committee Hansard, 31 March 2008, p. 11.

[15]      Proof Committee Hansard, 1 May 2008, p. 46.

[16]      Proof Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 29.

[17]      Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 102.

[18]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 78.

[19]      Northern Territory Mental Health Coalition, Proof Committee Hansard, 1 May 2008, p. 2.

[20]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 42.

[21]      WAAMH, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 4; see also Mr Thorn, Government of Western Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 96.

[22]      Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 33.

[23]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 43.

[24]      See for example, Northern Territory Mental Health Coalition, Proof Committee Hansard, 1 May 2008, p. 1; Carers SA, Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 60; Mental Health Coalition of Tasmania, Proof Committee Hansard, 31 March 2008, p. 4.

[25]      Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 67.

[26]      For example Northern Territory Mental Health Coalition, Proof Committee Hansard, 1 May 2008, p. 1; Ruah Community Services, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 30; Richmond Fellowship, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 45; Mental Health Council of Tasmania, Proof Committee Hansard, 31 March 2008, pp. 4–5.

[27]      WAAMH, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 5 and Additional Information, Survey Results—Sector Comparisons.

[28]      Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 67.

[29]      Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 60.

[30]      Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 30.

[31]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2008, p. 35.

[32]      Proof Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 76.

[33]      The Queensland Alliance Mental Illness and Psychiatric Disability Groups Inc, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 March 2008, p. 7.

[34]      Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 47.

[35]      Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 99.

[36]      Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 68.

[37]      Committee Hansard, 31 March 2008, p. 26.

[38]      COAG National Action Plan on Mental Health, p. 11.

[39]      Proof Committee Hansard, 20 May 2008, p. 38.

[40]      Proof Committee Hansard, 20 May 2008, p. 39.

[41]      Proof Committee Hansard, 20 May 2008, p. 47.

[42]      Proof Committee Hansard, 20 May 2008, p. 47.

[43]      Proof Committee Hansard, 1 April 2008, p. 43.

[44]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2008, p. 94.

[45]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2008, p. 90.

[46]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2008, p. 95.

[47]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 66.

[48]      Northern Territory Mental Health Coalition, Proof Committee Hansard, 1 May 2008, p. 4.

[49]      Proof Committee Hansard, 20 May 2008, p. 82.

[50]      See also Mental Health Coordinating Council and Council of Social Services of NSW, Submission  23, pp. 3 and 27 and Supplementary Submission 23, p. 5; Natioal Mental Health Consumer and Carer Forum, Submission 27, p. 6.

[51]      Proof Committee Hansard, 26 March 2008, p. 37.

[52]      Proof Committee Hansard, 1 April 2008, p. 19.

[53]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2008, p. 49; see also ACT Government, Submission 37, p. 2; Community Mental Health Peaks, Submission 39, p. 8.

[54]      Proof Committee Hansard, 20 May 2008, p. 66.

[55]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 93.

[56]      Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 54.

[57]      Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 68.

[58]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2008, p. 53.

[59]      Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 63.

[60]      Proof Committee Hansard, 20 May 2008, p. 67.

[61]      Proof Committee Hansard, 26 March 2008, p. 35.

[62]      WAAMH Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, pp. 4, 16–17; Richmond Fellowship, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 32.

[63]      Submission 20, p. 3.

[64]      Proof Committee Hansard, 26 March 2008, p. 90.

[65]      Proof Committee Hansard, 26 March 2008, p. 82.

[66]      Committee Hansard, Tuesday 1 April 2008, p. 19.

[67]      Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 20.

[68]      Proof Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 102.

[69]      Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 31.

[70]      Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 42.

[71]      Mental Illness Fellowship of South Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 31; Mr Derek Wright, Government of South Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 82; Western Australian Association for Mental Health, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 2.

[72]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 38.

[73]      Proof Committee Hansard, 1 May 2008, p. 38.

[74]      For example, Ruah Workright in Western Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 39.

[75]      WAAMH, Additional Information, Welfare to Work, Submission to the Hon Brendan O'Connor Minister for Employment Participation, p. 6; Richmond Fellowship, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 37; MHS Consumer and Carer Council Members, Submission 5; National Mental Health Consumer and Carer Forum, Submission 27, pp. 8–9.

[76]      Western Australian Association for Mental Health, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 10.

[77]      Western Australian Association for Mental Health, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 2.

[78]      Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 37.

[79]      WAAMH, Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 10 and Additional Information, Welfare to Work, Submission to the Hon Brendan O'Connor Minister for Employment Participation, p. 6.

[80]      DEEWR, Answers to questions on notice, 19 September 2008, pp. 2–3.

[81]      See for example, Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 10; Proof Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 20.

[82]      The Queensland Alliance Mental Illness and Psychiatric Disability Groups Inc, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 March 2008, p. 3.

[83]      Ms Barbara Hocking, SANE Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 1 April 2008, p. 7; Mental Illness Fellowship of Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 39.

[84]      Ms Barbara Hocking, SANE Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 1 April 2008, pp. 2 and 7; Mental Illness Fellowship of Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 39.

[85]      Ms Barbara Hocking, SANE Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 1 April 2008, p. 2.

[86]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 82.

[87]      Proof Committee Hansard, 31 March 2008, p. 7. See also Ms Williams, Tasmanian Mental Health Advocate, Proof Committee Hansard, 31 March 2008, p. 47.

[88]      Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, pp. 54–55 and Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2008, p. 26; see also National Mental Health Consumer and Carer Forum, Submission 27, p. 5.

[89]      Proof Committee Hansard, 1 April 2008, p. 8.

[90]      New Zealand Mental Health Commission, 2007, Te Haererenga mo te Whakaōranga, The Journey of Recovery for the New Zealand Mental Health Sector, pp. 194–196.

[91]      Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 84.

[92]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 40.

[93]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 40.

[94]      Proof Committee Hansard, 20 May 2008, p. 24.

[95]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 39.

[96]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 20.

[97]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 21.

[98]      Senate Select Committee on Mental Health, A national approach to mental health – from crisis to community, p. 370.

[99]      Northern Territory Mental Health Coalition, Proof Committee Hansard, 1 May 2008, p. 8.

[100]    Proof Committee Hansard, 1 May 2008, p. 53.

[101]    Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 4.

[102]    Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 15.

[103]    Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, pp. 18–19.

[104]    Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 19.

[105]    Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 20.

[106]    Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 24.

[107]    Northern Territory Mental Health Coalition, Proof Committee Hansard, 1 May 2008, p. 2.

[108]    Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 55.

[109]    Proof Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 16.

[110]    Proof Committee Hansard, 31 March 2008, p. 4.

[111]    Proof Committee Hansard, 1 April 2008, p. 42.

[112]    Proof Committee Hansard, 1 April 2008, p. 42.

[113]    Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 21.

[114]    Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 22.

[115]    Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 22.

[116]    Mental Health Community Coalition ACT, Proof Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 18.

[117]    Proof Committee Hansard, 20 May 2008, p. 49.

[118]    Proof Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 67.

[119]    Proof Committee Hansard, 31 March 2008, p. 47.

[120]    Proof Committee Hansard, 31 March 2008, p. 12.

[121]    Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2008, p. 48.

[122]    Proof Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 72.

[123]    Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 4.

[124]    Proof Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 18.

[125]    Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 4.

[126]    Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2008, p. 64.

[127]    Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2008, p. 64.

[128]    Proof Committee Hansard, 20 May 2008, p. 84.

[129]    Senate Select Committee on Mental Health, A national approach to mental health – from crisis to community, Final report, April 2006, p. 15.

[130]    Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2008, p. 60.

[131]    Council of Official Visitors WA, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 78.

[132]    Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 83.

[133]    Proof Committee Hansard, 1 May 2008, p. 2.

[134]    See for example Ms Bayley, Submission 47; Ms Isabell Collins, Director of Victorian Mental Illness Awareness Council, Proof Committee Hansard, 1 April 2008; Ms Debora Colvin, Head of Council of Official Visitors WA, Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, pp. 66, 69–70, 77; Ms Janne McMahon, Independent Chair, Private Mental Health Consumer Carer Network, Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 49; Mr David Aspen, Proof Committee Hansard, 31 March 2008, p. 16; Tasmanian Community Advisory Council on Mental Health, Proof Committee Hansard, 31 March 2008, p. 50; NSW Consumer Advisory Group, Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2008, pp. 49 and 53; National Mental Health Consumer and Carer Forum, Proof Committee Hansard, 20 May 2008, p. 75.

[135]    Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 66.

[136]    See for example Dr Brown, Director of Mental Health, ACT Health, Proof Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, pp. 31 and 48; Mr Lovegrove, Consumer and Deputy Co-Chair, National Mental Health Consumer and Carer Forum, Proof Committee Hansard, 20 May 2008, p. 72; Ms Olsson, SA Branch President, Australian College of Mental Health Nurses Inc, Proof Committee Hansard, 20 May 2008, p. 31.

[137]    Submission 19, p. 5.

[138]    Proof Committee Hansard, 1 April 2008, p. 28.

[139]    Proof Committee Hansard, 1 April 2008, p. 29.

[140]    Proof Committee Hansard, 1 April 2008, p. 30.

[141]    Proof Committee Hansard, 1 April 2008, p. 31.

[142]    Proof Committee Hansard, 1 April 2008, p. 28.

[143]    See Senate Select Committee on Mental Health, A national approach to mental health — from crisis to community, pp. 27–28 for a brief overview of the Australian context.

[144]    Australian Government, National Mental Health Report 2007, p. 10.

[145]    Australian Government, National Mental Health Report 2007, Appendix 9, p. 149.

[146]    Senate Select Committee on Mental Health, A national approach to mental health –  from crisis to community ,Final report, p. 13.

[147]    Australian Council on Health Standards, 'Review: National Standards for Mental Health Services', ACHS News, No. 24, Winter/Spring 2007, p. 7; DoHA, 'Review of Standards for Mental Health Services', www.achs.org.au/StndsMentalHealth, accessed 22 August 2008.

[148]    Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2008, pp. 68–69; see also Metal Health Coordinating Council, Supplementary Submission 23, p. 6.

[149]    Proof Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 104.

[150]    Proof Committee Hansard, 20 May 2008, p. 72.

[151]    Proof Committee Hansard, 20 May 2008, p. 73. See chapter 2 for further discussion of the Mental Health Commission model.

[152]    The Australian Council on Healthcare Standards, Review of the National Standards for Mental Health Services Final Report, May 2008, p. 6.

[153]    Senate Select Committee on Mental Health, Mental health services in Australia – from crisis to community, p. 479.

[154]    Proof Committee Hansard, 1 April 2008, p. 45.

[155]    Proof Committee Hansard, 20 May 2008, p. 96.

[156]    Proof Committee Hansard, 1 April 2008, p. 45.

[157]    Proof Committee Hansard, 20 May 2008, p. 24.

[158]    See for example, SANE Australia, Committee Hansard 10 April 2008, p. 5; AMSANT, Proof Committee Hansard, 1 May 2008, p. 28; WAMIAC, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 56; Professor Hickie, Proof Committee Hansard, 20 May 2008, p. 32; Community Mental Health Peaks, Submission 39, pp. 1–5.

[159]    Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 8.

[160]    Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 55.

[161]    Proof Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 51.

[162]    Proof Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, pp. 102–103.

[163]    Proof Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 50.

[164]    Proof Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 103.

[165]    Australian Health Ministers' Conference, Council of Australian Governments National Action Plan for Mental Health 2006–2011, Progress Report 2006–07, www.coag.gov.au/reports/index.cfm.

[166]    Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 3.

[167]    Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 58.

[168]    Proof Committee Hansard, 20 May 2008, p. 83.

[169]    Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 55.

[170]    Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 58.

[171]    Mental Health Council of Australia, Submission  22, p. 3.

[172]    AIHW, 2008, Mental Health Services in Australia 2005–2006, p. 4; AIHW, 2008, Australia's Health 2008, p. 224.

 

Chapter 9 - Specific Groups

[1]        Community Mental Health Peaks, Submission 39, p. 8.

[2]        AMSANT, Proof Committee Hansard, 1 May 2008, p. 19.

[3]        AMSANT, Proof Committee Hansard, 1 May 2008, p. 20.

[4]        AMSANT, Proof Committee Hansard, 1 May 2008, p. 24.

[5]        AMSANT, Proof Committee Hansard, 1 May 2008, p. 22.

[6]        AMSANT, Proof Committee Hansard, 1 May 2008, p. 21.

[7]        AMSANT, Proof Committee Hansard, 1 May 2008, p. 21.

[8]        AMSANT, Proof Committee Hansard, 1 May 2008, p. 23.

[9]        AMSANT, Proof Committee Hansard, 1 May 2008, pp. 23 and 35.

[10]      AMSANT, Proof Committee Hansard, 1 May 2008, pp. 23–24.

[11]      The Commonwealth, New South Wales, South Australia and Northern Territory Individual Implementation Plans each included initiatives targeting Aboriginal mental health services.

[12]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2008, p. 91.

[13]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2008, p. 91.

[14]      Senate Select Committee on Mental Health, A national approach to mental health – from crisis to community, pp. 459–472.

[15]      Western Australian Association for Mental Health, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 2.

[16]      Western Australian Association for Mental Health, Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 3.

[17]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 59.

[18]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2008, p. 5.

[19]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2008, p. 14.

[20]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2008, p. 2.

[21]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2008, p. 2.

[22]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 67.

[23]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2008, p. 5.

[24]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2008, p. 7.

[25]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2008, p. 5.

[26]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 58.

[27]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2008, p. 19.

[28]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2008, p. 21.

[29]      Senate Select Committee on Mental Health, A national approach to mental health — from crisis to community, p. 417.

[30]      Proof Committee Hansard, 20 May 2008, p. 2.

[31]      Proof Committee Hansard, 20 May 2008, pp. 4–5.

[32]      Proof Committee Hansard, 20 May 2008, p. 4.

[33]      Proof Committee Hansard, 20 May 2008, p. 5.

[34]      Proof Committee Hansard, 20 May 2008, pp. 4 and 13.

[35]      Proof Committee Hansard, 20 May 2008, p. 5.

[36]      Proof Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 12.

[37]      Proof Committee Hansard, 20 May 2008, p. 6.

[38]      Proof Committee Hansard, 20 May 2008, p. 6.

[39]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2008, p. 71.

[40]      Proof Committee Hansard, 20 May 2008, p. 7.

[41]      Proof Committee Hansard, 20 May 2008, p. 14.

[42]      Proof Committee Hansard, 20 May 2008, p. 14.

[43]      Proof Committee Hansard, 20 May 2008, p. 14.

[44]      Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 69.

[45]      Mental Health Council of Tasmania, Proof Committee Hansard, 31 March 2008, p. 8; Tasmanian Community Advisory Group on Mental health, Proof Committee Hansard, 31 March 2008, p. 55.

[46]      Proof Committee Hansard, 31 March 2008, p. 55.

[47]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 75. Similar observations were made by Dr Laird in relation to the Illawarra region of NSW, Submission 54.

[48]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 99.

[49]      Proof Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 30.

[50]      Senate Select Committee on Mental Health, A national approach to mental health – from crisis to community, pp. 84–86 and 423–429.

[51]      Northern Territory Mental Health Coalition, Proof Committee Hansard, 1 May 2008, p. 2; Top End Association for Mental Health Inc, Proof Committee Hansard, 1 May 2008, p. 36.

[52]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 80.

[53]      Proof Committee Hansard, 27 March 2008, p. 28.

[54]      See for example Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 50; National Research Centre for the Prevention of Child Abuse, Submission 10; Mental Health Coordinating Council and Council of Social Services of NSW, Submission  23, pp. 22–23 and supplementary information "Reframing Responses" Improving Services Provision to Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse who experience Mental Health Problems, Mental Health Coordinating Council, August 2006.

[55]      Mental Health Coordinating Council, Additional Information 16 July 2008, p. 1.

[56]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 50.

[57]      Advocates for Survivors of Child Abuse, Additional Information, 3 July 2008.

[58]      Australian Mental Health Consumer Network, National Mental Health Consumer Carer Forum, Private Mental Heath Consumer Carer Network, Mental Health Carers ARAFMI Australia (Coalition of Australian Mental Health National Consumer and Carer Advocacy Peaks), Submission 53, p. 2.

[59]      ORYGEN Research Centre, Letter supporting Submission 53, dated 16 July 2008.

[60]      Coalition of Australian Mental Health National Consumer and Carer Advocacy Peaks, Submission 53, p. 4.

[61]      See for example Coalition of Australian Mental Health National Consumer and Carer Advocacy Peaks, Submission 53, p. 4; ORYGEN Research Centre, Letter supporting Submission 53, dated 16 July 2008.

[62]      United States Congress, House of Representatives, April 1 2008, H. Res. 1005, Supporting the Goals and Ideals of Borderline Personality Awareness Month, www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=hr110-1005&version=eh, accessed 28 August 2008.

[63]      Coalition of Australian Mental Health National Consumer and Carer Advocacy Peaks, Submission 53, p. 4.

[64]      Letter supporting Submission 53, dated 14 August 2008.

[65]      Senate Select Committee on Mental health, A national approach to mental health – from crisis to community, pp. 90 and 94.

[66]      Coalition of Australian Mental Health National Consumer and Carer Advocacy Peaks, Submission 53, p. 4.

[67]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 50.

[68]      Coalition of Australian Mental Health National Consumer and Carer Advocacy Peaks, Submission 53, pp. 4–5.

[69]      Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, Additional Information, 13 June 2008; see also the Australian Medical Association, Additional Information, 8 July 2008.

[70]      Mental Health Coordinating Council, Additional Information 16 July 2008, p. 3.

[71]      Dr Chamley, Submission 57; Alliance For Forgotten Australians, Submission 58.

[72]      See for example Sisters Inside, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 March 2008; Mental Health Coordinating Council and Council of Social Services of NSW, Submission 23, pp. 14–15.

[73]      AHURI, based on research by Catherine Robinson AHURI UNSW-UWS Research Centre, 'Cycles of homelessness', AHURI Research and Policy Bulletin, Issue 39, March 2004.

[74]      Proof Committee Hansard, 1 April 2008, p. 26.

[75]      Sisters Inside, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 March 2008, p. 69; see also Australian Mental Health Consumer Network, Submission  12, p. 2.

[76]      Proof Committee Hansard, 1 May 2008, p. 47.

[77]      Proof Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 33.

[78]      For example, New South Wales allocated $6.5 million to expanding community forensic mental health services and $5.0 million to supporting people with mental illness in the prison system, Victoria allocated to $21.1 million to expanding the capacity of Thomas Embling Hospital, Queensland allocated $14.8 million to forensic mental health services and $10.9 million to mental health services in prisons, Tasmania allocated $12.5 million for psychiatric care and treatment in its secure mental health unit.

[79]      Submission  17, p. 1.

[80]      Submission  17, pp. 3–5.

[81]      Proof Committee Hansard, 1 May 2008, p. 2.

[82]      Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 3.

[83]      Northern Territory Mental Health Coalition, Proof Committee Hansard, 1 May 2008, p. 3; Mental Health Coalition of South Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 13.

[84]      Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 66.

[85]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 49.

[86]      Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 14.

[87]      Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 100.

[88]      Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 49.

[89]      Proof Committee Hansard, 20 May 2008, p. 21.

[90]      Proof Committee Hansard, 20 May 2008, p. 22.

[91]      COAG Plan, p. 10.

[92]      Proof Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 96; see also Community Affairs Committee, Budget Estimates, Committee Hansard, 5 June 2008, p. 153.

[93]      Proof Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 2.

[94]      Proof Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 96.

[95]      ARAFMI Hunter, Submission 2; Ms Bayley, Submission 47; Victorian Mental Health Carers Network Inc., Proof Committee Hansard, 1 April 2008, p. 9; Carers SA, Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 61; Australian Association of Social Workers, Proof Committee Hansard, 20 May 2008, p. 38; Carers Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 20 May 2008, p. 56.

[96]      COAG National Action Plan on Mental Health 2006–2011, p. 11.

[97]      Proof Committee Hansard, 1 April 2008, p. 11.

[98]      Proof Committee Hansard, 7 May 2008, p. 7.

[99]      Committee Hansard, 31 March 2008, p. 8.

[100]    Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 60.

[101]    See for example Mental Health Coalition of South Australia Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 4 and Carers SA, Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 61; Mental Health Advocate, Advocacy Tasmania Inc, Proof Committee Hansard, 31 March 2008, pp. 46– 47.

[102]    Proof Committee Hansard, 20 May 2008, p. 60.

[103]    Proof Committee Hansard, 31 March 2008, pp. 46– 47.

[104]    Proof Committee Hansard, 8 May 2008, p. 4.

[105]    See for example Carers Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 20 May 2008, p. 62.