Last week the Federal Government released a new ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ปโ๐ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ช๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ย targeting children 0-12 to provide a framework to address lengthy waiting lists and high out of pocket expenses for families.
๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ป๐ด๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ผ ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ
Take a listen to what one of the most preeminent voices on mental health in Australia – Professor Patrick McGorry (Australian on the Year, researcher and renowned psychiatrist) has to say about the need for more targeted and earlier mental health support strategies across a child’s lifespan as well as the need for integrated services in one stop shops like the one currently being built right here in the Midcoast with First Steps Count Child and Community Centre
: Just go to the 2 min.10 mark to pick up the interview on ABC Radio NSW Statewide Drive
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