To Live Life to the Full: Mental health in Australia today
The COVID-19 pandemic is impacting the mental health of many members of our parishes, schools and communities.
Date Posted:
05-Aug-2020
Social Justice Sunday will be celebrated on Sunday, 30 August 2020.
In the Social Justice Statement To Live Life to the Full: Mental health in Australia today, the Bishops welcome the deinstitutionalisation of mental health care in Australia. However, without adequately funded community mental health services, there is a gap in the system through which people continue to fall. Social determinants including poverty, living conditions, and personal security are significant contributors to mental ill-health. The Statement highlights the experience of First Nations people and communities, asylum seekers and refugees, people who are homeless and those who are in prison.