Academic Unit of Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine, The Australian National University School of Medicine and Psychology, Canberra Hospital, Canberra, ACT, Australia; and.
Consortium of Australian-Academic Psychiatrists for Independent Policy and Research Analysis (CAPIPRA), Canberra, ACT, Australia.
Australas Psychiatry. 2024 Oct;32(5):417-419. doi: 10.1177/10398562241271053. Epub 2024 Aug 2.
We discuss the ramifications of the Commonwealth of Australia Budget allocations for mental healthcare for 2024-2025. There is funding for population-based mental health initiatives for milder anxiety and depression but no direct funding of services for the most severe and disabling forms of mental illness, other than pre-existing state/territory disbursements from the Commonwealth for state-based health services. There are substantial concerns that the Commonwealth funding has potentially been misallocated to ineffective interventions that are unlikely to reduce the population prevalence of mild anxiety and depression in Australia. Funds may have been better allocated to provide effective care for those with the most severe and disabling illnesses including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and severe depression.
我们讨论了澳大利亚联邦预算拨款对 2024-2025 年精神卫生保健的影响。有资金用于基于人群的轻度焦虑和抑郁的精神健康计划，但对于最严重和致残形式的精神疾病，除了联邦政府为州立卫生服务提供的现有州/地区拨款外，没有直接的服务资金。人们非常担心联邦资金可能被错误地分配给了无效的干预措施，这些措施不太可能降低澳大利亚轻度焦虑和抑郁的人群患病率。这些资金可能更好地用于为那些患有最严重和致残疾病的人提供有效的治疗，包括精神分裂症、双相情感障碍和严重抑郁症。
