How Do Australia’s Rural and Remote Mental Health Services Stack Up?
Tuesday, October 16, 2018 |
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM |
Speaker
Mrs Lucy Brogden
Chair
National Mental Health Commission
How Do Australia’s Rural and Remote Mental Health Services Stack Up?
Abstracts
Australians living in rural and remote areas are impacted by mental ill health at a similar rate as people living in major cities. But people in rural and remote areas face greater challenges, including access to the services and supports they need.
What impact does the gap in mental health services have on Australians? What other barriers do people living in rural and remote areas face when it comes to receiving care? And how can mental health outcomes in rural and remote communities be improved?
What impact does the gap in mental health services have on Australians? What other barriers do people living in rural and remote areas face when it comes to receiving care? And how can mental health outcomes in rural and remote communities be improved?
Biography
Lucy has a strong commitment to helping others. Her primary areas of focus are issues facing women and girls and mental health and wellbeing particularly in the workplace. She takes an evidence based approach to problem solving and social investment.
Lucy has more than 25 years’ commercial experience with companies including Macquarie Group and Ernst & Young working in accounting, finance and organisational psychology. Specifically, Lucy has worked in trusted advisory roles with some of Australia’s leading CEO’s, Managing Partners, Ministers and Chairs. In 2015, Lucy was named as one of the 100 Women of Influence in Australia.
Her current roles include:
Chair & Commissioner, National Mental Health Commission
Chair, Mentally Healthy Workplace Alliance
Chair, Australian Advisory Group for Suicide Prevention
Patron, Partners in Depression
Patron, Lifeline Northern Beaches
Friend, Carers NSW
Silver Medallion, Surf Lifesaving – Patrol at Bilgola Beach
Founder & Patron, Sydney Women’s Fund
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