Always in the too-hard basket, mental healthcare’s time to rise is surely now

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Always in the too-hard basket, mental healthcare’s time to rise is surely now

Barbara
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Here's hoping mental health will no longer be filed in the too-hard basket
The idea that mental health was a priority in its own right, having its own agency and a plan, was quashed in 2012 by health minister of the day Tony