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MENTAL HEALTH — “BEYOND THE EMERGENCY”

HON ALISON XAMON (North Metropolitan) [5.45 pm]: I rise to draw the house’s attention to a really important piece of research that was released only last week titled “Beyond the Emergency”, which is a world-first study that has investigated the scale and the nature of ambulance call-outs to men who are presenting with acute mental health issues, self-harm and suicidal behaviour. It is an incredibly sobering but very important piece of work. It gives us an insight into the scale and nature of the mental health crisis across Australia.

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