Support the development of media Education and awareness materials and campaigns need to be and community awareness tailored for each cohort across the community, with time taken materials covering a range of to work with these groups to investigate and co-design the mental health conditions affecting specific messages required for each group at a local level. women and girls across the priority Utilise the existing health prevention and promotion populations infrastructure at the local level to support implementation. Focus on earlier intervention, integration and access to mental health care Action Detail Equip Primary Health Networks to coordinate services and plan future workforce capacity based on projected demand. Invest in an expansion of community Continue work to refine referral pathways, improve screening mental health services to on and diagnosis tools and align federal and state health policy to early intervention and integration of better integrate national and state-based services. services Promote and support intervention through referrals to community health services. Increase specific services for young women and girls (0-18) that recognise and respond to early childhood experiences such as trauma or adolescent experiences such as body image Develop additional targeted and eating disorders. programs to address the specific Invest in developing appropriate programs to target eating mental health care of women disorders in adolescent women. and girls Emphasise prevention and intervention in mental health and wellbeing, focusing on perinatal mental health. Recognise and monitor the specific mental health needs of women veterans of Australia’s armed services. Facilitate access to rapid response high quality services for women and girls experiencing suicidal crisis, including Deliver a system that provides immediate after-care and crisis support. universal access to people in mental Include freely accessible, digital or phone-based suicide health crisis. prevention information sources and applications, which enhance system navigation from prevention services, through immediate after-care and crisis support. Integrate physical and mental health Ensure and girls being treated for mental health care in recognition that poor mental conditions have their physical health regularly assessed. health is a major risk factor for poor and girls with chronic conditions should also be assessed physical health (and vice versa) regularly for mental health issues. Invest in service delivery for priority populations Action Detail
Support the development of media and community awareness materials covering a range of mental health conditions affecting women and girls across the priority populations Education and awareness materials and campaigns need to be tailored for each cohort across the community, with time taken to work with these groups to investigate and co-design the specific messages required for each group at a local level. Utilise the existing health prevention and promotion infrastructure at the local level to support implementation. Focus on earlier intervention, integration and access to mental health care Action Detail Invest in an expansion of community mental health services to on early intervention and integration of services Equip Primary Health Networks to coordinate services and plan future workforce capacity based on projected demand. Continue work to refine referral pathways, improve screening and diagnosis tools and align federal and state health policy to better integrate national and state-based services. Promote and support intervention through referrals to community health services. Develop additional targeted programs to address the specific mental health care of women and girls Increase specific services for young women and girls (0-18) that recognise and respond to early childhood experiences such as trauma or adolescent experiences such as body image and eating disorders. Invest in developing appropriate programs to target eating disorders in adolescent women. Emphasise prevention and intervention in mental health and wellbeing, focusing on perinatal mental health. Recognise and monitor the specific mental health needs of women veterans of Australia’s armed services. Deliver a system that provides universal access to people in mental health crisis. Facilitate access to rapid response high quality services for women and girls experiencing suicidal crisis, including immediate after-care and crisis support. Include freely accessible, digital or phone-based suicide prevention information sources and applications, which enhance system navigation from prevention services, through immediate after-care and crisis support. Integrate physical and mental health care in recognition that poor mental health is a major risk factor for poor physical health (and vice versa) Ensure and girls being treated for mental health conditions have their physical health regularly assessed. and girls with chronic conditions should also be assessed regularly for mental health issues. Invest in service delivery for priority populations Action Detail