Regional Victorians overlooked in mental health care funding
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By Skye Kinder and Mathew Coleman
January 31, 2021 11.55pm
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Eating disorders, such as anorexia nervosa, are not only distressing and sometimes disabling, but have the highest mortality rate of any mental illness. The risk of death due to physical causes of anorexia nervosa is about five times higher than the general population, while the risk of suicide is 32 times higher.
The risk of death due to physical causes of anorexia nervosa is about five times higher than the general population.
Victorians seeking mental health care are waiting longer, and fewer services are available to them when they need it most. That's according to theReport.
Family of psychology student who slipped through cracks of Victoria s mental health system wants reform
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Dianne and Mark Farrell are advocating for targeted mental health services in regional areas.
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Regional Victorian families who have lost children to suicide are speaking out about the state s broken mental health system and the need for more acute care outside of the city.
The final report of the Royal Commission into Victoria s Mental Health System, due in February, will come too late for the Farrell family from Willow Grove in the state s east.
Bryce Farrell died by suicide on November 5, 2018, aged 28.