Providing Appropriate Support to Our Western Sydney Aboriginal Community
Currently, we will not hit the target to close the gap in life expectancy between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians by 2031. Almost one-third (31.7%) of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people experience high or very high levels of psychological distress, compared to one in eight non-Indigenous Australians (12.3%)[i]. Unfortunately, these mental health needs are […]
WentWest Stories, PMHC: Naomi’s Story
In 2020, suicide accounted for 31% of deaths among people aged 15-17 years1. The WentWest Primary Mental Health Care (PMHC) team support various stakeholders, including GPs, psychologists, Mental Health Teams, Inpatient Units, and school counsellors, to triage and process mental health referrals from General Practice. Naomi was just 15 years old and actively […]
Mental Health Care Literary Workshop Invitation
Do you have experience in providing health care to people with lived experience of mental health challenges? If yes, then we’d like you invite you to participate in a research project that has been designed to improve the health literacy for mental health care. The project aim is to find out how we can provide […]