Better mental health care
The Government is providing $123 million over five years to help young people with, or at risk of, mental illness.
The Government will improve coordination by taking on funding and policy responsibility for primary mental health care.
$59 million over five years is being directed to care packages to better support up to 25,000 people with severe mental illness.
Greater policy and funding leadership
The Government is taking full funding and policy responsibility for primary mental health care to drive better coordination of community‑based mental health services. COAG agreed to undertake further work on the scope for additional mental health services reform in 2011, including the potential for leadership in specialist community mental health services.
Expansion of headspace youth‑friendly mental health services
The Government is providing $79 million over four years to deliver up to 30 new headspace services and extra funding for the existing 30 sites. Once fully established they will provide support and early intervention services for an additional 20,000 young people each year.
Early Psychosis Prevention and Intervention Centre (EPPIC) model
Funding of $26 million over four years is also being provided to expand the EPPIC model. With state contributions, this means that up to 3,500 young people aged between 16 and 25 years and their families will benefit from improved detection and earlier treatment and support for early psychosis.
Mental health nurses
A further $13 million over two years is being provided under the Mental Health Nurse Incentive Program to employ an additional 136 mental health nurses and provide an estimated 11,700 extra services.
Care packages for people with severe mental illness
The Government is providing $59 million over five years (including $5.9 million in new funding) to deliver packages of care for up to 25,000 people with severe mental illness.
