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2 months ago | 
mja.com.au | Sebastian Rosenberg |Ian B Hickie
Med J Aust 2025; 222 (3): 133-134. || doi: 10.5694/mja2.52580 Published online: 17 February 2025 In this issue of the MJA, Saxby and Zhang1 provide more evidence about the limits of Medicare as a universal public health insurance scheme, highlighting deep inequities that mean that access to general practice‐based Medicare services depends less on your needs than on where you live.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
nursingreview.com.au | Joanne C Enticott |Graham N Meadows |Sebastian Rosenberg
Home | Specialty Focus | For richer, but not for poorer: how Australia’s mental health system fails those most in need in Specialty Focus, Top Stories Joanne Enticott, Monash University; Graham Meadows, Monash University, and Sebastian Rosenberg, University of Sydney Please login below to view content or subscribe now. Username or Email: Password: Remember Me...
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Dec 1, 2024 | 
theconversation.com | Joanne C Enticott |Graham N Meadows |Sebastian Rosenberg
Australian pride in our universal health system is partly derived from our belief that services should be most available to those who most need them. Logically, this should apply just as much to mental health as to other parts of the health system. But our new research finds Australia’s mental health care system is not equitable in this way.
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Aug 2, 2024 | 
publish.csiro.au | Ian B Hickie |Sebastian Rosenberg
EDITORIAL Previous Next Contents Vol 48(4) Ian Hickie A and Sebastian Rosenberg A B * + Author Affiliations - Author Affiliations A Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia. B Health Research Institute, University of Canberra, Canberra, ACT, Australia. Full Text PDF (248 KB) Export Citation...
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Jul 1, 2024 | 
the-riotact.com | Sebastian Rosenberg
Surely one of the most significant tasks facing a new ACT Government following the October election is engaging with the community sector, as experts in their respective areas, so we can ensure good outcomes for all Canberrans. Focussing on Canberra’s mental health system, too many residents still struggle to find any mental health care when they need it, let alone quality mental health care.
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Mar 24, 2024 | 
mja.com.au | Sebastian Rosenberg
Med J Aust || doi: 10.5694/mja2.52262 Published online: 25 March 2024 In September 2023, Minister for Health Mark Butler presented the findings of the investigation into the National Mental Health Commission.1 No evidence of fraud or maladministration was reported and no findings against any individuals were made. However, the report found the Commission plagued by high levels of organisational distress, low morale, and deep divisions.
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Mar 17, 2024 | 
insightplus.mja.com.au | Sebastian Rosenberg
Before we reinvest blindly in Medicare or hospital care, we really need to map out the service landscape of community mental health care, writes Dr Sebastian Rosenberg. Readers who follow the fortunes of Australian mental health reform continue to endure the vicissitudes of political attention and recognition. The (then) Council of Australian Governments spent more than $5 billion over five years starting in 2006.
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Mar 12, 2024 | 
onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Sebastian Rosenberg
In September 2023, Minister for Health Mark Butler presented the findings of the investigation into the National Mental Health Commission.1 No evidence of fraud or maladministration was reported and no findings against any individuals were made. However, the report found the Commission plagued by high levels of organisational distress, low morale, and deep divisions. It also found the Commission incapable of fulfilling its original mandate in relation to accountability for mental health.
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Aug 6, 2023 | 
insightplus.mja.com.au | Sebastian Rosenberg
Australia’s primary mental health system requires some major changes to the way people access more specialised psychological care, write Dr Sebastian Rosenberg, Professor Ian Hickie and Dr Frank Iorfino. What does comprehensive primary mental health care reform look like? What would it mean for consumers, health professionals, service providers, planners and funders? We have previously outlined a framework for reform.
