As discussed in its 2013 Shadow Report, the Campaign Steering Committee supports an overarching goal to close
the mental health gap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and the non-Indigenous population through the implementation of the Health Plan and other strategic documents.
Hartman said beyondblue will be continuing its participation in the Close the Gap campaign steering committee, and advocating for mental health and suicide prevention measures that work to close
the mental health gap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and non-Indigenous people.
In a timely publication, Indigenous mental health leaders Pat Dudgeon, Tom Calma, and Abigail Bray have urged this week for new approaches to address the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
mental health gap, saying:.
The review reported a significant
mental health gap between Australia's Indigenous and non-Indigenous people, with higher levels of psychological distress, hospitalisation for mental illness and death from intentional self - harm.
In a climate of economic restraint the contribution a more equitable and effective use of mainstream mental health resources and funding can make to closing
the mental health gap, including through service - delivery partnerships between Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services and Medicare Locals, must be explored.
«Closing
the mental health gap requires the re-thinking of conventional models and assumptions across the mental health system,» she said.
Such a partnership at the national level is critical because there is currently no overarching dedicated strategic response to closing
the mental health gap that both pulls together all the causal threads and recognises mental health as a potential «circuit breaker» in so many areas of disadvantage.
Conversely, such an approach could also harness the contribution closing
the mental health gap could make to closing the many Indigenous disadvantage gaps.
Not exact matches
Remote
mental health care can help fill
gaps in geographies where
mental health specialists are not readily available or provide a more private way for employees to seek help without fear of running into someone they know in the waiting room.
Officials want more authority to fight
gaps between benefits for medical care and
mental health care.
PRINCE RUPERT — The B.C. Liberal government has not done enough to address the
gap in
mental health and addiction services in northern B.C. communities, says northern
health critic Jennifer Rice.
VANCOUVER — More than half a decade since the Vancouver Police Department last raised the alarm about the growing reliance on police and emergency rooms to fill
gaps in
mental health services, the problem continues to grow, says New Democrat
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The initiative is linked to the city's «ThriveNYC» plan to improve
mental health services across the five boroughs; the plan aims to provide more services early - on and close treatment
gaps.
He has also expressed his concern about the limited access for students with disabilities at some CUNY campuses as well as the
gap between recognition of
mental health issues versus physical disabilities.
A coalition of community groups in Eastern Niagara County has addressed a
gap in
mental health services by opening the Peer Recovery Respite Center at 344 Walnut Avenue in Lockport.
However, these findings do suggest that policy initiatives could alleviate pressure on emergency departments by addressing
gaps in the provision of dental and
mental health care in order to treat this group of emergency department visitors at a lower cost elsewhere.
«Community
health centers integrate
mental, medical services to address care
gap.»
«Most states report Medicaid covers children's key
mental health services but
gaps remain.»
«The gender
gap in
mental health has been inadequately targeted and often only within the standard medical arsenal of pharmacological treatment,» Rojiani said.
We found that the prevalence of cardiovascular disease in people with severe
mental illness (SMI) was higher in more recent studies, which suggests that our efforts so far have been unsuccessful in reducing the
health gap between people with SMI and the general population.
As I've written about before when I talked about our experience with the
GAPS protocol, we've known about a link between gut
health and
mental health for a long time, and it turns out that certain soil based organisms play an important role here too:
Research has connected a number of foods at the heart of the
GAPS Diet with better emotional and
mental health.
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The National Scientific Council on the Developing Child housed at the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University is a multidisciplinary, multi-university collaboration committed to closing the
gap between what we know and what we do to promote successful learning, adaptive behavior, and sound physical and
mental health for all young children.
«A lack of funds for social services and child and adolescent
mental health services (CAMHS) means pupils are at risk and, all too often, school staff are being left to plug the
gaps in social care as best they can.
Children with
mental health difficulties face a ten year gap before receiving help, a report by the Centre for Mental Health has
health difficulties face a ten year
gap before receiving help, a report by the Centre for
Mental Health has
Health has said.
The goals included: narrowing the
gap in literacy and numeracy achievement in primary schools and at GCSE; ensuring young people develop key strengths such as character and good
mental health; narrowing the gulf in the numbers of youngsters continuing their education and training after GCSEs; and narrowing the
gap between rich and poor students graduating from university.
The report recommends various measures to help close the achievement
gap, including: more investment in early years education; ensuring all schools have access to good examples of top quality teaching and leadership; good careers guidance for all pupils; extra support for teachers, such as a mortgage deposit scheme to help high - performing school staff get on the housing ladder; and promoting and measuring character development, wellbeing and
mental health in schools.
The report, entitled «Time to Deliver», cautions that the government's decision not to ring - fence the funding for children's
mental health is putting the young people's
mental health transformation process at risk and highlights evidence of a «treatment
gap» when it comes to local
health transformation plans.
Children and young people with
mental health difficulties face a ten year gap between displaying symptoms and receiving help, a report by the Centre for Mental Health has
health difficulties face a ten year
gap between displaying symptoms and receiving help, a report by the Centre for
Mental Health has
Health has said.
«The ultimate goal of the study is to further develop the existing literature on school outcomes for LGBT students of color, and to explore possible interventions that might address the existing
gaps in academic achievement and
mental health,» she says.
The National Scientific Council on the Developing Child is a multidisciplinary, multi-university collaboration committed to closing the
gap between what we know and what we do to promote successful learning, adaptive behavior, and sound physical and
mental health for all young children.
By comparing fourth - grade literacy outcomes against the experiences and inputs that produced these results — including indicators of
health - care and preschool access, family economic well - being,
mental -
health and child - welfare services, nutrition, and comprehensive school quality — we can identify
gaps in how we are serving children and target investments and reforms to those areas with the greatest potential to improve children's long - term life outcomes.
Grant recipients use funds to help close the
gap between student and staff member ratios, reduce the number of disciplinary referrals in schools, and support other project - specific goals, including: strategies to improve attendance and achievement, counselor and teacher professional development, social skills development, and initiatives that foster community - based organization involvement to provide
mental health services.
Mind the
Gap is a group show introducing four projects running across Milton Keynes, each helping to tackle the rise in
mental health related issues.
To fill that
gap, and to provide renewed federal leadership in the
health sector, the Prime Minister has instructed the Minister of Health to lead negotiations for a new multi-year health accord with provinces and territories, which addresses: home care services, digital health technology, prescription medication, access to mental health
health sector, the Prime Minister has instructed the Minister of
Health to lead negotiations for a new multi-year health accord with provinces and territories, which addresses: home care services, digital health technology, prescription medication, access to mental health
Health to lead negotiations for a new multi-year
health accord with provinces and territories, which addresses: home care services, digital health technology, prescription medication, access to mental health
health accord with provinces and territories, which addresses: home care services, digital
health technology, prescription medication, access to mental health
health technology, prescription medication, access to
mental healthhealth care.
«The
gap was too dangerous to ignore: Civil legal problems affect elder abuse victims» safety, physical /
mental health, and their overall quality of life.
Specifically for pre-trial detention, it shouldn't be used as a substitute for
mental health, social or child welfare needs and I think that's still something courts struggle with which could account for any widening in the
gap that you see from time to time.»
It includes recommendations to increase the availability of programs to divert people living with
mental health problems and illnesses from the corrections system, provide appropriate
mental health services in the youth and adult criminal justice system and ensuring that comprehensive discharge plans are in place, address
gaps in treatment programs for offenders with serious and complex
mental health needs, increase the role of the «civil»
mental health system in providing services, and provide training about
mental -
health problems and illnesses to those working in the criminal justice system.
Do the Guidelines for Adolescent Preventive Services (
GAPS) facilitate
mental health diagnosis?
In Australia there is a significant knowledge
gap regarding
mental health nurses» knowledge and practice when working with parents with a
mental illness and their children and families.
A report was released as part of the «Close the
Gap» initiative, which said
mental health services for Aboriginal Australians were inadequate and inappropriate, according to an article on ABC's website.
2020 Mom, founded in 2011 as the California Maternal
Mental Health Collaborative, has evolved as a national organization with a mission: Closing gaps in maternal mental health care through education, advocacy, and collabor
Health Collaborative, has evolved as a national organization with a mission: Closing
gaps in maternal
mental health care through education, advocacy, and collabor
health care through education, advocacy, and collaboration.
The report acknowledges that
gaps in other services areas (such as
mental health and drug and alcohol services) exist and that this exacerbates the expectations placed on SAAP agencies.
The
gaps in
health status between First Peoples and non-indigenous populations in both countries are greatest in child and maternal
health,
mental health, communicable and non-communicable diseases.
«This Budget also delivers important increased support for veterans
mental health, protections for children within the family justice system, victims of domestic violence, closing the
gap for Indigenous Australians and creating the National Redress Scheme for victims of institutional child sexual abuse,» Morrison said.
To bridge the knowledge
gap, this prospective study aims to examine the effect of the pathological use of the Internet on adolescent
mental health, including anxiety and depression, using a noncase population.
In the post below, he calls for justice and
mental health to be added as Closing the
Gap targets and says governments need to be just as accountable for their policies and programs as they demand of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and organisations that they fund.