Email By Zalika Rizmal Updated July 10, 2019 22:54:34 Video: Georgia Harraway-Jones describes the ‘very isolating’ wait for mental health services (ABC News) Related Story: ‘Like a giant sieve’: How Andrew fell through the holes in Victoria’s mental health system Related Story: Former AFL player tells of wanting to take his own life after winning premiership Map: Melbourne 3000 Georgia Harraway-Jones spent months “in limbo” as one of about 300,000 Victorians falling through the gaps in the mental health system. Key points:Ms Harraway-Jones’s illness progressed as she waited for care, to the point she was threatened with involuntary admissionThe royal commission heard there are major gaps in service availability between GP care and crisis care Werribee Mercy Hospital warned the erosion of care was contributing to patients falling into a repeating cycle of illness The 20-year-old was diagnosed with an eating disorder, depression and anxiety in July 2017. Ms Harraway-Jones missed out on care because her illness was too serious for a GP, but not serious enough for hospital admission, she told the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System on Wednesday.She said she was forced to wait months to access community mental health services, including a three-month wait to… Read full this story
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