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A 14 page paper which examines the current mental health policy regarding consumer rights and rehabilitation in Australia. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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that needs to address many different issues and often those issues involve people who are not completely grounded in "reality." This makes policy very fragile and complicated. It is policy
that must address consumers who are involved in mental health for the sake of their community, their society, their loved ones, or themselves. For the most part we can assume
that consumers are those who are in need of one sort of mental health attention or another. Australia is not unlike any other advanced society in that it possesses
medicine and a fairly forward thinking form of government and community that looks towards improvements for all people. They are also a nation that must deal with many powers involving
indigenous peoples which can complicate issues further due to cultural and traditional values. In essence, the subject of mental health policy in Australia is a complex one and it should
be understood that not all policy issues will be, nor can they be, discussed herein. The following essay first provides a general overview of important issues in mental health policy
in Australia and then moves on to examining some of the rights of particular mental health patients. The work then discusses the most current and important issues regarding mental health
policy, rehabilitation, and consumer rights. The paper finishes with a section on rehabilitation and the elderly in Australia as it involves policy issues and changes. Overview of Important
Issues in Mental Health Policy First and foremost it is perhaps important to note that the Policy Branch of the Department of Health are "the ones responsible for the development
of new policies and the review of existing policy, in conjunction with a range of people from various aspects of the mental health sector including clinicians, non government providers, consumers
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