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Mental health need increases amid long waitlists for professional help, sharp rise in emergency presentations
Psychiatrists are urging the Queensland government to fund more mental health positions as they grapple with having just two-thirds of required staff amid a “mental health crisis” that has seen a 90 per cent increase in emergency department presentations.
Key points:
- A Queensland psychiatrist says more professionals are needed to cope with “the mental health crisis gripping the community”
- Patients are waiting six to nine months to see a psychiatrist or psychologist
- GPs report a 30 per cent increase in mental health consultations during COVID
It comes as children and young people are faced with six to nine-month waitlists to see psychologists and psychiatrists.
Queensland doctors also reported up to a 30 per cent spike in people seeing their…
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