An ice addict finds refuge in a recycling bin, a mother fears the death of her drug-addled daughter: these are the stories of suffering and survival in Victoria's strained mental health system.
The Victorian Government plans to double the number of public drug residential rehabilitation beds from 208 in 2015 to 492, but desperate parents are still turning to costly private clinics, in a bid to save their children from a life of drug abuse and crime.
Her daughter disappeared, but after frantic calls to embassy staff she was finally coaxed onto a plane home.When her daughter's boyfriend was jailed for a three-day road-rage rampage last year, Josie felt a pang of jealousy.In Victoria, the experts appointed to run the state's Mental Health Royal Commission are being urged address the largely split systems of drug and mental health services and find better ways to coordinate care.
Discharged in a medicated daze with directions from hospital to homeless shelters, the temptation to skip the whole rigamarole and call a dealer is hard to resist.
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