Mental health and suicide are costing Australia $180 billion annually, according to a new report – triggering calls for a sweeping policy change to our healthcare system.
The Productivity Commission handed down its draft report that forensically examined the cost of mental health and suicide in Australia on Thursday.
It outlines the need for wide-ranging changes across the health, education, community and justice systems, in an effort to improve the response to mental-ill health which is not meeting “community expectations".
