Mental Health Initiatives and Challenges in Australia: A Presentation

This presentation provides an overview of mental health in Australia, highlighting that a significant portion of the population experiences mental health issues. It discusses the challenges faced within the Australian healthcare system, including the mixed public and private streams, and identifies key initiatives designed to address these challenges. The presentation focuses on the Children of Parents with a Mental Illness (COPMI) program and the benefits of Medicare, emphasizing their roles in supporting individuals, particularly children, and in providing access to mental health services. It concludes by analyzing the positive impacts of these initiatives on individual lives and the overall improvement in the quality of life for Australians, supported by references to relevant research and resources.

Mental health

INTRODUCTION
 Mental Health in Australia has been through a massive shift in the last
50 years with 20% of Australians experiencing one or more mental
health episodes in their lifetimes.
 It has been analysed that, Australia based on the mixed health care
system with both public or private health care streams.
 Like the public system run through schemes and donations called
Medicare. Each state of America have their own plans.
 Present research will be base on the topic of Mental Health where the
further slides will describe about the challenges and key issues
Australian facing in Mental Health.

Identifying two initiatives that has been
introducing to addressing the issues.
Children of Parents with a Mental illness (COPMI)
 The children of parents with a mental illness is a national initiatives to
addressing the issues found mental stress. National workforce of
institution highly cooperative to build up a team to develop and deliver
the best services to people or young children.
 This initiate taken for the children in order to prevent and secure them
from the mental disorder because in Australia one of the every five
people diagnose with serious mental problems.
 As Children are very vulnerable as they need more attention for which
COPMI made policies for that.

Discussion
 Above initiative has fully implemented which develop support for children
or young people.
 Medicare benefits scheme offering the free cost services for Australian
citizens, residents.
 Besides, this initiative also provides the services to prevent chronic disease
management.
 Therefore, Original Medicare safety net covers the cost of all Medicare
services out of hospital. This system is very essential and effective in
learning and protecting the mental health issues. As a result of
implementation.
 Such kinds of initiatives will further help to reduce the ratio or possibilities
of more patient and make the environment free and happy for people.

To Be Continued
Benefits of Medicare
 Medicare programs of health is essential for the people to secure their life
from uncertainties and disabilities.
 This advantage is available for the people whose above age 65 or older
with disabilities.
 Medicare advantage can provide health plan through people can get all
services from private insurance company.
 Other facilities provided in Medicare is plans, nursing homes, hospitals,
home health agencies and dialysis facilities.

CONCLUSION
 It has been analysed from the above slides that Australian suffer from the
Mental Health issues in their lives which is an most concerning issue.
 Also the research has been concluded from the study that Australia also have
lacking to addressing the mental health issues due to lack of controlling.
 Presentation has covered the key issues due to which such issues happened
and also describes the two initiatives that can help to cope up those
challenges as well.
 It helps to motivate people and citizens to take and can make the quality of
life more better and effective.
 Study also concluded about the deep understanding of two initiatives and
how it can impact positively on individual life and make them strong.

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