{"id":25249,"date":"2024-02-17T09:51:39","date_gmt":"2024-02-17T09:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=25249"},"modified":"2024-02-17T09:51:39","modified_gmt":"2024-02-17T09:51:39","slug":"sarah-game-tackles-desperate-need-for-urgent-mental-health-care-for-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2024\/02\/17\/sarah-game-tackles-desperate-need-for-urgent-mental-health-care-for-men\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarah Game Tackles Desperate Need for Urgent Mental Health Care for Men"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In a big win\u00a0for\u00a0men\u2019s health, Sarah Game MLC (South Australia)\u00a0has secured\u00a0$100,000\u00a0from the\u00a0Premier\u00a0for an\u00a0urgently\u00a0needed\u00a0targeted and comprehensive advertising campaign to ensure\u00a0greater\u00a0awareness of the Grenfell Street Urgent Mental Health Care Centre\u00a0and other like centres around the state.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The statistics are damning:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Australian men live, on average, four years less than women and have poorer health outcomes.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><li>Three-quarters of Australian suicide victims are men, with many refraining from seeking help.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><li>Studies indicate that 1 in 3 men are victims of family violence and abuse in Australia.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><li>Men face significant risks at work, with 97% of workplace deaths in Australia involving men, and they account for over 64% of serious injury claims.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><li>Men are especially vulnerable on our roads, with 70% of car crash fatalities in South Australia being male.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Men are more prone to substance abuse, increasing their risk in various areas, including road safety.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Due to a lack of public awareness, the Centre is underutilised, along with similar centres across the metropolitan area.&nbsp; This increases suicide risks and places additional pressure on emergency departments.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is important that organisations involving veterans, relationships, families, personal well-being, men\u2019s sheds, youth centres, housing support, and the like can share this information through their networks.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am pleased the government will get the message out that low-barrier, walk-in mental health facilities, that men are more likely to use, are available.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a big win\u00a0for\u00a0men\u2019s health, Sarah Game MLC (South Australia)\u00a0has secured\u00a0$100,000\u00a0from the\u00a0Premier\u00a0for an\u00a0urgently\u00a0needed\u00a0targeted and comprehensive advertising campaign to ensure\u00a0greater\u00a0awareness of the Grenfell Street Urgent Mental Health Care Centre\u00a0and other like centres around the state.\u00a0 The statistics are damning:&nbsp; Australian men live, on average, four years less than women and have poorer health outcomes.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Three-quarters of &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2024\/02\/17\/sarah-game-tackles-desperate-need-for-urgent-mental-health-care-for-men\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Sarah Game Tackles Desperate Need for Urgent Mental Health Care for Men&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25249"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25249\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25250,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25249\/revisions\/25250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}