Last week Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon came to SYN to announced the location of 10 new Headspace youth mental health services.
But is that enough? Below the Line reporter Emma Buckley Lennox spoke to Australian of the Year Professor Patrick McGorry to see what more needs to be done.
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Funding changes in the recent Federal Budget were set to scrap a Medicare rebate for social workers dealing with mental health - a move which would've reduced access to a vital service for low-income earners.
The change has been deferred following pressure from social workers across Australia, but are social workers sidelined to psychologists? What role do they play in tackling mental health issues?
Panorama's Hayley Crane, Amelia Caddy and Nick Toscano.
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After using drugs as a troubled 18-year-old, Nick Meinhold from the Yarra Valley found himself in a psychiatric hospital with psychosis - an illness he struggled with for 12 years.
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