❓ Hon Alison Xamon asks the Minister for Mental Health about developing a specialist infant mental health service. The Minister acknowledges the importance and outlines strategies and funding being implemented.
AnsweredQoN 5058Legislative Council
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I refer to recommendation 36 of the Commissioner for Children and Young People’s Report on the
Inquiry into the Mental Health and Wellbeing of Children and Young People
from April this year, which notes the significant gap in mental health services for infants in Western Australia. I refer especially to the finding that the lack of adequate funding to the Infant, Child, Adolescent and Youth Mental Health Service (ICYAMHS) meant that it was unable to meet the needs of infants and young children, and I ask -
(1) Will the Minister commit to developing a comprehensive, specialist infant mental health service that can provide early intervention and treatment services for very young children and their parents?
(2) If no to (1), why not?
Inquiry into the Mental Health and Wellbeing of Children and Young People
from April this year, which notes the significant gap in mental health services for infants in Western Australia. I refer especially to the finding that the lack of adequate funding to the Infant, Child, Adolescent and Youth Mental Health Service (ICYAMHS) meant that it was unable to meet the needs of infants and young children, and I ask -
(1) Will the Minister commit to developing a comprehensive, specialist infant mental health service that can provide early intervention and treatment services for very young children and their parents?
(2) If no to (1), why not?
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Answered
29 March 2012
Responded by
Minister for Mental Health
Response time
121 days
(1) Provision of appropriate specialist infant mental health services is acknowledged to be an important component of a comprehensive mental health service system.
The Mental Health Commission convenes an interagency Infant and Child Mental Health Planning Group through which short and long term strategies for addressing the mental health needs of infants and their families are being developed. The initial strategies being implemented include building the skills and capacity of the workforce to provide appropriate services to infants and their families, and developing an integrated services model for infants, very young children and their families that will incorporate early intervention supports and services through to intensive specialised intervention.
The Mental Health Commission has invested $358,720 (GST excl) into funding of infant mental health scholarships that are being allocated in 2011-12, and has also allocated $878,000 in 2011-12 for Advanced Child Psychiatry Training posts and has committed to invest $1.1 million per annum thereafter to support five Advanced Child Psychiatry Training posts.
(2) Not applicable.
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The Mental Health Commission convenes an interagency Infant and Child Mental Health Planning Group through which short and long term strategies for addressing the mental health needs of infants and their families are being developed. The initial strategies being implemented include building the skills and capacity of the workforce to provide appropriate services to infants and their families, and developing an integrated services model for infants, very young children and their families that will incorporate early intervention supports and services through to intensive specialised intervention.
The Mental Health Commission has invested $358,720 (GST excl) into funding of infant mental health scholarships that are being allocated in 2011-12, and has also allocated $878,000 in 2011-12 for Advanced Child Psychiatry Training posts and has committed to invest $1.1 million per annum thereafter to support five Advanced Child Psychiatry Training posts.
(2) Not applicable.
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