Six new mental health hubs to be rolled out in priority areas

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Six new mental health sites will be rolled out across suburban Melbourne and regional Victoria in “priority” communities that require urgent mental healthcare services. | davidestcourt

the creation of dozens of adult, youth and child mental health services in a variety of locations, reducing the need for people to travel a long way from home.

“This is where we’ve got the most need … These six priority areas, local areas, identify themselves.” All the locations identified by the government had higher self-harm, suicide attempts or ongoing mental health issues than the Victorian average.The rural town of Benalla, in Victoria’s north-east, had the highest per capita level of suicide over the 2011-2020 period, as well as one of the highest per capita levels of suicide attempts presenting to emergency departments.

Whittlesea, in Melbourne’s north, was still struggling with ongoing mental health issues related to the Black Saturday bushfires, the government said.

 

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