Are there plenty of trained mental health professionals?
The report claims that Australians needing mental health care are some of the most vulnerable people in our community and that there was a ‘looming crisis’ within the mental health workforce, which supports our concern about of the lack of expertise with diagnosis and coordinated treatment, particularly with patients with existing disabilities or impairments. (Source: Mental Health Council of Australia 2005 Report Not For Service, Experiences of injustice and despair in Mental Health Care in Australia summary p.2).
