WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S MENTAL HEALTH SHAKE-UP:
* No new money, just shifting existing funds.
* Stepped care model - different levels of primary care treatment and support depending on level of need.
* Government's 31 Primary Health Networks funded to deliver services instead of Canberra
- $365m redirected in 2016/17
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- $370m in 2017/18
- $385m in 2018/19.
* $85 million (over three years) earmarked for indigenous mental health.
* One-stop-shop mental health help phone line and online portal.
* Individualised care packages for those assessed by a GP as having severe and complex mental illness.
* Existing Medicare Better Access program, funding 10 annual visits to a clinical psychologist, to remain an option
* Resources for teachers to recognise and prevent mental health problems.
* Rolled out between 2016 and 2019.
