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Fresh calls for equality in mental health care

Written by Ainsley Koch

National Mental Health Commission Chair, Professor Allan Fels. Photo: The University of Melbourne.

There are fresh calls from the National Health Commission today for equal health care for people living with a serious mental illness.

The Equally Well campaign, launched today, highlights the inequalities.

Those living with a mental illness live up to 23 years less than the general population, and are four times more likely to die from respiratory disease.

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