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Sebastian RosenbergThe Conversation |

Australia’s response to mental illness is still hospital-centric. Treating more patients in their homes is a step in the right direction.

The Productivity Commission has found governments’ agreements to improve mental health care and reduce suicides are ‘not fit for purpose’.

Hospitals are expensive and often traumatic places to provide mental health care.

Here’s what the government’s new funding package for mental health gets right – and where it falls short.
