Victorian mental health royal commission final report finds system operates in crisis mode Posted MonMonday 1 updated TueTuesday 2 MarMarch 2021 at 7:12am Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Watch 1 s The royal commission's chair Penny Armytage says the mental health system has been "failing for decades". Share Print text only Cancel Victoria's mental health system operates in crisis mode, has "catastrophically failed to live up to expectations" and must be rebuilt, a damning report from the state's mental health royal commission has found. Key points: The report says the mental health system is over-reliant on medication and last year's bushfires highlighted its failures