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Mental ill-health, whether a condition is considered severe or not, undermines the quality of life for millions of Australians.

Many factors can cause a person to experience mental ill-health. Some of the societal contributors include economic stresses, such as unemployment and homelessness, and social factors including family and domestic violence, substance use disorders, loneliness and social isolation. Once a person is experiencing mental ill-health, it’s easy for minor conditions and setbacks to snowball, and for this to have monumentally negative impacts upon every part of a person’s life.

Mental ill-health does not discriminate. It’s important that anyone experiencing mental ill-health can access timely, non-judgmental and effective support so everyone can achieve and maintain mental health and wellbeing.

We probably can’t eradicate all underlying causes of mental ill-health, but we certainly can address much of the hardship that comes with it.