0:00
Herbie Bustani loves his family so much
0:03
so four years ago he became a carer for
0:05
his 74 year old father who suffers with
0:08
severe PTSD his journey at times has
0:11
been challenging and often harder than
0:14
what it should have been frustrating
0:16
disheartening you see you see the person
0:21
you care for suffering and it's very
0:23
hard to actually access to actually get
0:26
to the person the correct person that's
0:28
going to help them the biggest the
0:29
biggest frustration for me was most
0:31
mental health was treated as mental
0:33
health as one broad span there was no to
0:39
put it into words
0:39
there was no specialists National Mental
0:42
Health Commission CEO Christine Morgan
0:44
recognizes that more needs to be done
0:46
across the country to help those living
0:48
with a mental health disorder so decided
0:51
to launch a connections project a
0:53
national conversation on a 2030 vision
0:56
for mental health and suicide prevention
0:58
the connections project very simply is
1:01
how do we envisage Australia's mental
1:05
health suicide prevention system in a
1:07
way that works and how do we in doing
1:10
that listen to him respond to the needs
1:12
of Australians Christine and her team
1:15
knew that in order to get the answers it
1:17
was vital to meet and listen to
1:19
Australians affected by a mental health
1:21
condition so held public consultations
1:24
were 26 communities around the country
1:26
in addition to that we've had an online
1:28
survey we have received over 2,000 I
1:31
think it's two thousand and ninety
1:32
responses we've also met in addition to
1:36
townhall communities we've met with
1:38
service providers and other stakeholders
1:41
so it's a broad public consultation
1:44
Rosalie kickert is an Aboriginal mental
1:46
health consultant and works within
1:48
indigenous communities across Australia
1:51
educating Aboriginal people on mental
1:54
health first aid she's a representative
1:56
for her community so attended a town
1:58
hall meeting along with hundreds of
2:00
others I wanted to be a voice of my
2:03
people and to hear what what has been
2:06
prevented presented out there and
2:08
providing a service
2:10
that'd be culturally appropriate for my
2:12
people I guess because I work at the
2:14
coalface
2:15
I think and also because I'm a
2:17
respondents when any suicide happens
2:19
within my community
2:20
straight away the family contact me and
2:23
because I'm in that field and and we
2:25
talk about closing the gap I provide
2:28
that support for the families especially
2:31
when there's a suicide the best thing
2:33
about the town-hall meeting was for the
2:35
first time ever people were talking to
2:36
us not at us so Christine and her team
2:39
actually engaged
2:40
it was very engaging we got I felt that
2:44
the opinions of everybody in the town
2:45
hall meeting specific especially mine as
2:47
well and I felt that it was listened to
2:48
heard people came into those town hall
2:51
meetings with such bravery such honesty
2:53
with passion with tears with joy hope it
2:58
was so real the heart was in it when you
3:01
take it from the heart and you got
3:03
you've got people you've got people from
3:06
you know like national medal on the
3:09
level of that level and I felt the heart
3:11
of those who embrace it they've come
3:15
there and they said we want to sit
3:16
around and we want to yeah that was a
3:19
beauty of I felt straightaway and we
3:21
connected a number of findings came out
3:24
of the meetings probably the one I feel
3:27
status about this one I really felt sad
3:29
because of the 26 communities we went to
3:32
this was predominantly in that first
3:34
question of what what does three words
3:37
for mental health look like and we put
3:39
them into a word cloud which means very
3:40
simply that the more people in the room
3:43
who select a word the bigger it is of
3:45
the world cloud up on the screen and the
3:48
biggest word stigma stigma is a really
3:53
big one so that's not awareness there's
3:55
very good awareness of mental health in
3:58
each of the communities we went to but
4:00
stigma is the biggest thing that people
4:02
are finding so it is stopping them from
4:05
seeking help it is stopping them from
4:07
engaging with the system so that's a big
4:09
one that we've really got to
4:11
dig out almost half of Australia's will
4:14
experience a mental illness in their
4:16
lifetime and it's hope the 2030
4:18
connections project will enable them to
4:21
have access to the care they need
4:23
connection project is excellent actually
4:25
just another step in the right direction
4:27
where where again mental health patients
4:30
are talked to and mental health patients
4:32
and their opinions and their and their
4:34
and their wants and needs actually taken
4:36
into account the Commission is
4:38
encouraging members of the public to
4:40
have their say by heading to its website
4:46
[Music]
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0:00
Herbie Bustani loves his family so much
0:03
so four years ago he became a carer for
0:05
his 74 year old father who suffers with
0:08
severe PTSD his journey at times has
0:11
been challenging and often harder than
0:14
what it should have been frustrating
0:16
disheartening you see you see the person
0:21
you care for suffering and it's very
0:23
hard to actually access to actually get
0:26
to the person the correct person that's
0:28
going to help them the biggest the
0:29
biggest frustration for me was most
0:31
mental health was treated as mental
0:33
health as one broad span there was no to
0:39
put it into words
0:39
there was no specialists National Mental
0:42
Health Commission CEO Christine Morgan
0:44
recognizes that more needs to be done
0:46
across the country to help those living
0:48
with a mental health disorder so decided
0:51
to launch a connections project a
0:53
national conversation on a 2030 vision
0:56
for mental health and suicide prevention
0:58
the connections project very simply is
1:01
how do we envisage Australia's mental
1:05
health suicide prevention system in a
1:07
way that works and how do we in doing
1:10
that listen to him respond to the needs
1:12
of Australians Christine and her team
1:15
knew that in order to get the answers it
1:17
was vital to meet and listen to
1:19
Australians affected by a mental health
1:21
condition so held public consultations
1:24
were 26 communities around the country
1:26
in addition to that we've had an online
1:28
survey we have received over 2,000 I
1:31
think it's two thousand and ninety
1:32
responses we've also met in addition to
1:36
townhall communities we've met with
1:38
service providers and other stakeholders
1:41
so it's a broad public consultation
1:44
Rosalie kickert is an Aboriginal mental
1:46
health consultant and works within
1:48
indigenous communities across Australia
1:51
educating Aboriginal people on mental
1:54
health first aid she's a representative
1:56
for her community so attended a town
1:58
hall meeting along with hundreds of
2:00
others I wanted to be a voice of my
2:03
people and to hear what what has been
2:06
prevented presented out there and
2:08
providing a service
2:10
that'd be culturally appropriate for my
2:12
people I guess because I work at the
2:14
coalface
2:15
I think and also because I'm a
2:17
respondents when any suicide happens
2:19
within my community
2:20
straight away the family contact me and
2:23
because I'm in that field and and we
2:25
talk about closing the gap I provide
2:28
that support for the families especially
2:31
when there's a suicide the best thing
2:33
about the town-hall meeting was for the
2:35
first time ever people were talking to
2:36
us not at us so Christine and her team
2:39
actually engaged
2:40
it was very engaging we got I felt that
2:44
the opinions of everybody in the town
2:45
hall meeting specific especially mine as
2:47
well and I felt that it was listened to
2:48
heard people came into those town hall
2:51
meetings with such bravery such honesty
2:53
with passion with tears with joy hope it
2:58
was so real the heart was in it when you
3:01
take it from the heart and you got
3:03
you've got people you've got people from
3:06
you know like national medal on the
3:09
level of that level and I felt the heart
3:11
of those who embrace it they've come
3:15
there and they said we want to sit
3:16
around and we want to yeah that was a
3:19
beauty of I felt straightaway and we
3:21
connected a number of findings came out
3:24
of the meetings probably the one I feel
3:27
status about this one I really felt sad
3:29
because of the 26 communities we went to
3:32
this was predominantly in that first
3:34
question of what what does three words
3:37
for mental health look like and we put
3:39
them into a word cloud which means very
3:40
simply that the more people in the room
3:43
who select a word the bigger it is of
3:45
the world cloud up on the screen and the
3:48
biggest word stigma stigma is a really
3:53
big one so that's not awareness there's
3:55
very good awareness of mental health in
3:58
each of the communities we went to but
4:00
stigma is the biggest thing that people
4:02
are finding so it is stopping them from
4:05
seeking help it is stopping them from
4:07
engaging with the system so that's a big
4:09
one that we've really got to
4:11
dig out almost half of Australia's will
4:14
experience a mental illness in their
4:16
lifetime and it's hope the 2030
4:18
connections project will enable them to
4:21
have access to the care they need
4:23
connection project is excellent actually
4:25
just another step in the right direction
4:27
where where again mental health patients
4:30
are talked to and mental health patients
4:32
and their opinions and their and their
4:34
and their wants and needs actually taken
4:36
into account the Commission is
4:38
encouraging members of the public to
4:40
have their say by heading to its website
4:46
[Music]
English (auto-generated)
AllFrom ausmentalhealthRelated
