Mr Hickie explained that people from non-English speaking backgrounds are at greater risk because of their high representation in sectors hardest hit by the economic impacts of the virus.
This is based on an unemployment rate of 10 per cent, but this could reach up to 50 per cent if unemployment was to peak at a higher rate of 15 per cent. The impacts on people in the outer parts of cities and regional and rural areas has also been examined.Health Minister Greg Hunt has confirmed the modelling will be considered by the national cabinet in the development of a mental health response plan.“We are focused on being ahead of the curve for mental health in the same way that we were ahead of the curve for physical health.
"We are going to have a surge that's probably much more significant and serious than COVID-19 will turn out to be," he said. The calls have been backed by the Australian Medical Association president Tony Bartone. Lifeline have seen a 25 per cent increase in calls compared to last year, while Beyond Blue has seen a 40 per cent rise since the pandemic started.Headspace CEO Jason Trethowan, whose services also target young people, said the economic and social impacts of the pandemic were already being felt.
What about suicides of young people who have been reading & watching WHO press briefings saying children need to be protected from the virus? What are we going to do about their suicides b/c they feel like guinea pigs? They see all the young kids w/o pre-existing conditions die.
People jump out of buildings with financial ruin....
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Then we must all DO something! What can we dd?
DanielAndrewsMP VictorianCHO these are deaths you would have to live with also, you did the right thing when you didn’t know how it would go but now we clearly know we need to open up we have been open and still hardly anything please do the right thing
mentalhealth COVID19 What is being done to roll out medically-approved heart rate variability trackers to monitor autonomic nervous system balance, neuroinflammation and systemic inflammation (risk of stroke, suicide, heart attack, dementia, sepsis)?
For 'economic impact' Read 'rampant govt destruction of economy for profit'
Columnists like jJanet Albrechtsen makes feel like I shoud suicide for the sake of the economy. I am aging and useless.
The impacts of capitalism. Not the virus.
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