Dismissed and discharged: health systems still failing people with poor mental health
Speaking with NDIS participants, the nationwide study found that when participants disclosed that they had NDIS support, clinicians wrongly assumed the NDIS provides medical and mental health crisis care. In Australia, 1.1 million people have a psychosocial disability which causes limitations or restrictions in their everyday activities. UniSA researcher and PhD candidate Heather McIntyre says that the disconnect between the...