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National Mental Health Strategy

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The National Mental Health Strategy is a commitment by the Australian and State and Territory governments to improve the lives of people with a mental illness. It provides a framework for national reform from an institutionally based mental health system to one that is consumer focused with an emphasis on supporting the individual in their community.

The framework of policies, actions and resources to achieve the aims of the Strategy are contained within:


The aims of the National Mental Health Strategy are to:
The Strategy was endorsed by the Australian Health Ministers in 1992, reaffirmed in 1998 with the Second National Mental Health Plan and again in 2003 with the endorsement by all Health Ministers of the National Mental Health Plan 2003-2008.

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