Council of Australian Governments Country Resources Mental Health Strategies and Plans Australia 14 July 2006 Policy document

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This National Action Plan presents a unique opportunity to support people to manage their mental illness and make best use of services that will work for them, their families and carers in a more integrated way. This will require collaboration between Commonwealth, State, and Territory governments, and between the government and non-government sectors. Governments have committed to a new model of community care for people with severe mental illness and complex needs, who are most at risk of falling through the gaps in the system.

The National Action Plan is directed at achieving four outcomes:
1. reducing the prevalence and severity of mental illness in Australia;
2. reducing the prevalence of risk factors that contribute to the onset of mental illness and prevent longer term recovery;
3. increasing the proportion of people with an emerging or established mental illness who are able to access the right health care and other relevant community services at the right time, with a particular focus on early intervention; and
4. increasing the ability of people with a mental illness to participate in the community, employment, education and training, including through an increase in access to stable accommodation.

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