Timely article about the important broader issues around the NSW psychiatry dispute: Mental healthcare needs structural reform, not Band-Aid solutions – Croakey Health Media ⁦Ian Hickie⁩ ⁦Brain & Mind Centre⁩ ⁦Mental Health Commission of NSW⁩ ⁦RANZCP⁩ croakey.org/mental-healthc…

New Productivity Commission Report on Govt Services for mental health shows that per capita spending by fed and state governments 2013-2023 has only kept pace with inflation (about 2% per annum over the period). pc.gov.au/ongoing/report… Ian Hickie Patrick McGorry Mark Butler MP

Labor's mental health achievements and the mystery of 'early intervention', here: croakey.org/assessing-the-… Ian Hickie Patrick McGorry Mark Butler MP Productivity Commission

Latest AIHW data shows impact of $2.3bn 2021-22 Morrison budget on mental health's share of total health budget - spending now almost exactly the same as in 1992, when the National Mental Health Strategy began. Ian Hickie Patrick McGorry Mark Butler MP Brain & Mind Centre Health Research Institute

State/territory govts more focused than ever on hospital-based acute & outpatient mental health care. Spending on community-based psychosocial alternatives to hospitalisation in decline. Where is hospital avoidance/early intervention? Ian Hickie Patrick McGorry Mark Butler MP

Mental health and Budget 2025: croakey.org/addressing-som… Ian Hickie Patrick McGorry Mark Butler MP Anne Ruston

Labor’s $1 billion for mental health is good news for young people in particular – but leaves some gaps ⁦Ian Hickie⁩ ⁦Mark Butler MP⁩ ⁦Patrick McGorry⁩ ⁦RANZCP⁩ ⁦Health Research Institute⁩ ⁦Brain & Mind Centre⁩ theconversation.com/labors-1-billi…

More analysis of election announcements in mental health. Critical we have better accountability to keep track of spending and tell us if what we're doing is really helping anyone. croakey.org/stepping-up-fo… Ian Hickie Patrick McGorry Mark Butler MP Chris Gambian

5 key mental health priorities for new Labor Government, here: croakey.org/five-prioritie… Mark Butler MP Ian Hickie Patrick McGorry National Mental Health Commission Brain & Mind Centre Health Research Institute

Great opportunity under new Fed Government to consider long lasting, impactful change in youth mental health. This requires new thinking and new models: croakey.org/addressing-you… Ian Hickie Mark Butler MP

Hospitals are expensive and often traumatic places to provide mental health care. Sebastian Rosenberg University of Sydney theconversation.com/people-with-se…

People with severe mental illness are waiting for days in hospital EDs. Here’s how we can do better ⁦Mark Butler MP⁩ ⁦Ian Hickie⁩ ⁦Patrick McGorry⁩ ⁦Health Research Institute⁩ ⁦Brain & Mind Centre⁩ theconversation.com/people-with-se…

My take on the Productivity Commission Interim Report: Mind the gaps, and create a better way forward for mental health reform croakey.org/mind-the-gaps-… Ian Hickie Health Research Institute Patrick McGorry Mark Butler MP National Mental Health Commission Brain & Mind Centre

In 2013, of Australian adults with a mental disorder, 46% received treatment from a health professional for their mental health pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24308925/. A decade later, this report has found its 47% pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40660899/. Has nothing changed?! National Mental Health Commission Ian Hickie Patrick McGorry

Terrific stuff from colleagues at Sydney Uni - harnessing AI to help get people the right help at the right time: abc.net.au/listen/program… Ian Hickie jiajia SANE Mark Butler MP

But are Medicare mental health services lifting the overall rate of access to care in the community? medicalrepublic.com.au/more-aussies-s… Ian Hickie Patrick McGorry Mark Butler MP Productivity Commission National Mental Health Commission