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Mental health systems badly in need of repair

The economic effect of mental illness is twice that of cancer, and yet treatment systems remain broken. leading to dire situations.

Alexandra Cain

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After decades in which mental health has been poorly funded and marginalised, one expert is confident plans to redress this – at least at a federal level – bode well for improvements in mental health treatments.

“Mental illness is one of the top-three non-communicable diseases. It’s right up there with cancer and heart disease as a cause of death and disability in the society,” says Professor Patrick McGorry, executive director of Orygen, a not-for-profit that focuses on childhood mental health, and professor of youth mental health at the University of Melbourne’s Centre for Youth Mental Health.

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