National Children's Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy

With half of all adult mental health issues emerging before a child turns 14, and only 50% of children getting mental health assistance in Australia, more help needs to be available to our children.  To start addressing this the government has released a national strategy to address mental health issues in children aged 0 to 12.  It is a world first for a national government to write a national strategy on the mental health and wellbeing of children for the first 12 years of their life and involve their families and communities.  The strategy focuses on the four areas of Family and Community, the Service System, Education setting and Evidence and Evaluation. A two-page summary of the strategy can be read here:

as well as the full 120-page report here: