Women and Mental Health
Publisher: Australian Women’s Health Network, 2012
Status – CURRENT
This paper provides research and recommendations for the improvement of policy and services for mental health in women. It looks at the determinants of mental ill health in women, meeting the needs of women, service delivery and research and education, and provides recommendations in each of these areas.
Investing in women’s mental health: strengthening the foundations for women, families and the Australian economy
/in Australia-wide, Government Policy, Policy Consultation, Policy Development Tool /by adminPublisher: Australian Health Policy Collaboration, April 2016
Status – CURRENT
This paper makes a case for a new and comprehensive policy approach to improving women’s mental health across the life course. This requires a commitment to identifying gendered risk factors and tackling them through protective public policy measures. The paper proposes actions to federal, state and territories governments, primary health networks, service providers and all local, regional and national bodies in order to translate that commitment into meaningful and measurable policy implementation
Australian Government Response to Contributing Lives, Thriving Communities – Review of Mental Health Programmes and Services
/in Australia-wide, Government Policy, Other Individual Stakeholder Position /by adminPublisher: Commonwealth of Australia, 2015
Status – CURRENT
The National Mental Health Commission’s Review of Mental Health Programmes and Services ‘Contributing Lives, Thriving Communities’, highlighted the existing complexity, inefficiency and fragmentation of the mental health system and presented a compelling case for long-term sustainable reform. The Government’s response outlines 9 interconnected, concrete areas of reform: