âYou leave worse offâ: WA mental health system triggers PTSD in designer Aurelio Costarella
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Australian fashion designer Aurelio Costarella has been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, triggered by his experience of the West Australian mental health system.
Mr Costarella, who spent three decades enthralling fashion lovers with glamorous designs shown around the world, has spoken out about how turning to the health system for help when his depression and anxiety manifested as panic attacks showed him first-hand the gaps in the mental health system.
Two new initiatives to support people arriving at Emergency Departments and leaving hospitals
New Active Recovery Teams in ten hospitals to provide link between hospitals and community organisations
New peer support workers at Fiona Stanley Hospital Emergency Department to help new patients
Mental Health Minister Roger Cook has announced two new initiatives to deliver better recovery opportunities for people experiencing mental health and alcohol and other drug issues.
Both initiatives are a first for Western Australia in line with the McGowan Government’s ongoing commitment to provide more wraparound care in hospitals and the community.
In the first initiative, Active Recovery Teams (ART) are being established in ten metropolitan and regional locations.
Former Health Minister and Attorney General Jim McGinty to lead new taskforce
Taskforce to oversee development of future purpose-fit mental health services
Focus on needs of mental health consumers requiring acute care, treatment and rehabilitation, and forensic mental health services
A taskforce of seven public sector leaders will be established to inform the McGowan Government’s planning and investment decisions regarding the Graylands Hospital site, forensics services and the nearby Selby Older Adult Mental Health Service.
The work will align with the WA Mental Health, Alcohol and Other Drug Services Plan 2015-2025, which highlighted the need for these services to be decommissioned, divested and replaced with contemporary infrastructure and services.
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Two Safe Havens opening to support people with mental health challenges in a first for WA
The first two Safe Havens are set to open, reinforcing the McGowan Government’s commitment to providing high-quality mental health care
For the metropolitan community, Royal Perth Hospital’s Safe Haven will commence services in mid-February
In regional WA, Kununurra Hospital’s The Safe Place will commence services by mid-February
Mental Health Minister Roger Cook today officially announced the opening of Safe Havens at both Royal Perth Hospital and Kununurra Hospital.
The Safe Havens are important new services which will provide support for people experiencing mental health distress.