GP tells inquest of mental health system shortcomings
1st June 2016
A Victorian GP who treated a troubled 16-year-old boy for overdosing on pills before the teen took his own life says if a similar patient came to him now, he wouldn't know where to send him.
Youth mental health services are "patchy" in the regional town of Ballarat and a lack of mental health nurses means people needing a mental health care plan "slip through the cracks", Dr Wayne McDonald told the Victorian Coroners Court on Tuesday.
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