Did you know that more than 45% of Australians aged 16-85 years have at some point in life experienced mental illness? Yet 65% per cent of people who are struggling mentally don’t take serious steps, like seeing someone about it?
And did you know that men are less likely than women to actively take steps to access a service or some kind of professional help, even though the rate of mental health disorders is about the same? We know this because men only account for 40% of Medicare-subsidised mental health services in Australia.
That means there are a huge number of men out there who aren’t getting help.
HCI is moving towards changing this! We want to normalise talking about mental health and what better way to do this than an interactive seminar?
