Australia's national funding will help fill a health-care vacuum for Australians who are not covered by the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) for mental illness and mental disorders, according to a mental health agency.
Following an agreement between federal, state and territory government, the health minister, Greg Hunt, announced that $160 million would be allocated to provide new national psychosocial measures for patients with severe mental illness.
The federal government will provide 80 million yuan over the four-year period starting in July, while the state government and local government will provide the same amount of money.
"this will help those who are not covered by NDIS, who will benefit from professional but less intense psychosocial services, such as individual and group assistance and rehabilitation, to ensure that these people do not miss critical support." Secretary Hunt said.
Frank Quinlan, chief executive of the Australian Mental Health Department, welcomed the news and said they were concerned about those who were not eligible for NDIS but still needed community service support.
"there is a service vacuum because many of the previous support programs have come to an end, giving way to NDIS,." Quilan told Agence Australian News Agency (AAP).
He says the ability of state and federal government to collaborate is also important. "I don't think this is enough to close the gap, but I think it will give us some very useful information on projects that are most effective, and I think this is a very important first step towards solving these problems." He said。
Although older Australians usually die of heart attacks and dementia, mental illness is the leading cause of death in children and young adults.
Anxiety disorders are the leading cause of illness and death in girls and women aged 5 to 44, according to a new report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).
Dr. O'Grady (Lyn O'Grady), of the Australian Psychological Society, said anxiety disorders may have started at an early age with physical symptoms such as headaches, tantrums or refusal to go to school.
A recent study found that in less than a decade, mental health cases in some emergency department 10-19-year-olds tripled.
Professor (Harriet Hiscock), a pediatrician at the Murdoch Children's Institute in Melbourne, said parents were not aware of anxiety or depression when they brought their children to medical care. "they think of panic attacks as seizures, thinking that recurrent abdominal pain is a physical problem, but it's because the children are really anxious." She said.
In public hospitals, she said, sick children may have to wait up to a year to see a pediatrician or psychiatrist.
'It's a shame,' said Jennifer Hudson, director of the emotional health centre at the University of McCorey's University in Sydney. 'It's a shame that the patient is too weak, or a weak point, or don't know the difference between normal emotional stress and unease.'
"anxiety disorders cost Australian government $10.4 billion a year, but it is often ignored because it focuses on depression or other mental disorders," she said.
Andrews (Gavin Andrews), an emeritus professor at the University of New South Wales, said that while a small amount of anxiety actually improves performance, women are twice as likely to develop anxiety disorders as normal people.
But the anxiety disorder can be treated. The best therapy, the experts say, is cognitive behavioral therapy, and people who don't have to see a psychologist can still get high-quality courses online.