Mental Healthcare Delivery in Australia

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Nursing
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Contents
1. Introduction...................................................................................................................................2
2. Mental healthcare delivery................................................................................................................2
2.1 Types of Health-care delivery......................................................................................................2
2.2 Types of healthcare delivery in Depression and their underpinning values.................................3
2.3. Social determinants of Health: Poverty (depression)..................................................................4
2.4 Cultural Safety and Patient centred care approach: Apply Codes and Standards.........................5
3. Conclusion.........................................................................................................................................7
References.............................................................................................................................................7

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1. Introduction
The essay brings about the discussion on the analysis of the patients or individuals
affected by the mental health problems or issues amongst a popular age group in context to
Australia. It has been analysed that there are more than 200 classified types or forms of
mental health disorders, which consist of depression, bipolar disorder, dementia,
schizophrenia, and others. The mental health illness impacts the individual’s thinking, mood,
and behaviour ranging to a number of signs and symptoms. The discussion will be based on
the issues such as ‘depression’, which is commonly found in women more than men at
different stages of life. Islanders youth in Australia has been found to commonly affected by
the mental health disorders such as depression, and the aboriginal people in the country
reported that 90% people wanted services than others. According to the data of 2007
National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing of adults, it stated that depression is
amongst the age group of 16-85 years with the rate of 6.2% along with the other health
issues. In earlier years, depression reported amongst the child, and adolescents more than the
females, but the scenario has changed from the recent years (Cruwys & Gunaseelan, 2016).
Thus, the essay will enlist the facts and information about depression, and other
related aspects. Moreover, in the later part the discussion will lead to the discussion of
healthcare delivery systems, and selecting the most suitable system in context to the mental
health disorders in Australia. Apart from this, the essay will include the analysis of the social
determinant of health in context to the depression and the application of cultural safety and
person centred care, leading onto the conclusion of the assignment.
2. Mental healthcare delivery
2.1 Types of Health-care delivery
The Australian health system accounts as one of the most effective system, aims to
provide quality, safe and affordable healthcare for individuals. Health promotion and disease
prevention is one aspect that has emphasized by the health care institution or organisations
within Australia. WHO (World Health Organisation) determines process of enabling
individuals to sustain control over and further assure improvement of health. Therefore,
mental health promotion refers to the positive mental health of people, rather poor mental
health especially women within Australia. The report Australian Institute of health and
Welfare (2016), AIHW is the national agency within the country, which provides statistical