âPeople are fatiguedâ: Mental health services still in high demand Weâre sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Save Normal text size Advertisement Demand for mental health services remains higher than normal as the pandemic year has left Australians âfatiguedâ and anxious about their ability to cope with new challenges in 2021. In February the number of mental health treatments subsidised by Medicare and the number of contacts answered by Lifeline both had double-digit growth, while in January one in five people told the Australian Bureau of Statistics their mental health was worse than a year ago.