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For people at risk of mental illness, having access to treatment early can help

  • Written by Nicholas T. Van Dam, Senior Lecturer in Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne
Treating somebody at risk of developing a mental health disorder may improve their outcomes later on.Jeremy Perkins/Unsplash

How can we best help Australians who are at risk of developing a mental health disorder? A new recommendation to expand the Better Access initiative would open up government-subsidised psychological care to this effect.

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