Connect August 2021 | Adelaide PHN in Action
HealthPathways SA An update from the team
Supporting Mental Health Month This Mental Health Month, HealthPathways SA is encouraging people to take the time to reconnect, have conversations about mental health and seek support when they need it. This year’s theme focuses on post pandemic recovery challenges and resilience. 1 in 4 young Australians will experience mental health issues, many of them not seeking help. For children and young people recent uncertain times are driving mental health rates up. Health care providers across South Australia can now access a suite of newly released child and youth mental health pathways. They join the already available adult mental health and addiction medicine pathways. HealthPathways SA (a collaboration between Adelaide PHN, Country SA PHN and Wellbeing SA, local specialists, general practitioners, and health professionals) is a free online portal allowing clinicians in the region to access evidence-based information on the assessment and management of common clinical conditions across the life course. The HealthPathways SA team leveraged off the exciting work being undertaken under Towards Wellness: Adelaide Metropolitan Integrated Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Plan and the Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Regional Plan. The collaborating partners committed to adapting four child and youth mental health pathways and their associated referral information.
