'Do it properly': Push to double the number of mental health sessions on Medicare

A leading mental health academic has called for the government to double the number of subsidised sessions people can have with a psychologist, making adequate treatment for people with "full-blown" mental illness the priority.

Professor Anthony Jorm at the Centre for Mental Health at the University of Melbourne said the current limit of 10 subsidised sessions in a single year was inadequate."Just like we had to educate people to finish a course of antibiotics, people need to know that you need quite a lot of psychological treatment to get the effects and two or three visits aren't going to do anything for you.

Dr Jorm said most people were only visited a psychologist a few times, with spikes at six visits or 10 . Psychotherapist Dan Auerbach said the proposal was a "very good idea" because a diagnosis of mental illness was inappropriate for life events such as grief or separation and could lead to refusal of income protection insurance.

niltiac What a joke. Is this called self interest?

niltiac Is she the Dr or the patient

niltiac Thank you , we need the help !

niltiac 'leading mental health academic' In other, words woke almond. I stopped reading there. She needs to peddle something for her academic career

niltiac It is no where Near adequate enough. And Not cost affective especially if one requires a Psychiatrist having to access medication

niltiac You barely have enough time to build trust/rapport or touch the surface of why you are there. 10 sessions are nowhere near enough.

niltiac Kept also in mind that people who are currently in a onshore visa application are afraid of seeking a mental health program because they will be seen as a “burden” to the government. There is a lot of people suffering in silence.

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