As Melbourne deals with a Stage 4 lockdown and Australia continues to battle the coronavirus pandemic, there are signs some people are struggling to cope.
"Another good place to start is your local GP who usually has a good sense of the local mental health resources," Dr Blashki said."And fortunately at the moment, many GPs are offering their services on telehealth during the pandemic - these are bulk billed on telehealth." Seeing a psychologist comes under the federal Medicare system. Medicare provides a subsidy of $124.50 for a 50-minute session with a psychologist, though many charge more than that subsidy.
Professor Jayashri Kulkarni, director of the Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre, said wait times vary a lot between psychologists, but that many did have long waitlists. “It really becomes an arrangement with hospitals. There are deals that are done within hospitals to let people on temporary visas have care. I’ve also been involved in cases in the past in which the Red Cross have intervened to enable care,” she said.What if I can’t afford to pay for help?
“We are really worried because the aged have no voice, as it were. You don’t hear in the announcements about targeting aged care people, it's as if we aren’t really looking after them,” she said. The Beyond Blue website has resources translated into 64 different languages and translation services are available for those wanting to seek help over the phone.What are some general tips for good mental health during the pandemic?
all idiots want to fund for mental health but want no funding to prevent it from happening in the first place
looks like the ignorant masses are gonna learn this lesson the hard way, dunnit?
But where does the $60 million go.
None because government's, religious beliefs and systems implement mental illness intentionally and nobody stops them so it will only become more rampant across the globe
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