The Women’s Mental Health Alliance (the Alliance) thanks the Royal Commission for the opportunity to provide further evidence on gender and mental health to inform the Commissioners’ deliberations.
The Women’s Mental Health Alliance (the Alliance) responded to an invitation from the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System to provide further evidence on gender and mental health to inform the Commissioners’ deliberations, with a focus on:
1. Gender and diagnostic types
2. Trauma (including violence), gender and mental health
3. Gender and safety in the mental health system
The Alliance also included evidence in its response on gender and mental health promotion and a literature review on gender-responsive approaches to mental healthcare.
Women's Mental Health Alliance (2020) Additional evidence on gender and mental health for the Royal Commission into Victoria’s mental health system. Women's Health Victoria. Melbourne.
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