Mental Health Week 2022 Media Release

As alarming figures show close to 7 in 10 of ALL GP presentations are now people with a mental health issue and 75% of people with severe or complex mental illness are – in essence – getting no support, the Mental Illness Fellowship of Australia says governments simply cannot afford to ignore these big issues.

CEO Tony Stevenson says it is deeply concerning that a huge 54% of all Australians impacted by mental illness do not access any kind of treatment at all and an enormous 3.8 million Australians now live with mental illness – enough people to basically fill a city the size of Hobart 17.5 times.