South Australian Mental Health Strategic Plan 2017–2022
By South Australian Mental Health Commission [Download Resource]
‘This plan sets a 20-year vision for mental health and wellbeing in SA, focusing on state-wide strategic directions over the next five years. It is not only about mental illness, but aims to shift the focus to a whole-of-person, whole-of-life, whole-of-government and whole-of-community approach to
building, sustaining and strengthening the mental health and wellbeing of all South Australians’
Key Content Areas:
- Prelude – A picture of the future
- Our vision and principles
- Prevalence and determinants of mental illness
- Strategic and environmental context
- Core strategies and strategic directions
- What South Australians told us
- Reporting
Mental health and wellbeing is more than the absence of mental illness… it is a state in which a person has the skills and resources to navigate adversity, meet their needs, and live in a way they find meaningful. A person can have good mental health and wellbeing whether or not they have experienced or continue to experience mental illness.