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Mental Health Royal Commission Recommends Measures To Save Queer Lives

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Victoria’s mental health royal commission has recommended an after-care service for LGBTQI persons following a suicide attempt and full funding for Switchboard’s Victoria’s Rainbow Door program.

The measures that form part of the 65 recommendations by the royal commission are aimed at saving the lives of vulnerable LGBTQI persons.

The royal commission found that Victoria’s mental health system had deteriorated over the years and was largely operating in “crisis mode”.

The report, that was tabled in the state Parliament on Tuesday, said that each year one in five Victorians experienced a mental illness and almost half of Victorians will experience mental illness once in their lifetime.

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