Reports

A new door-to-door mental health and wellbeing survey in the Clarence Valley has found that over a quarter of all respondents surveyed wanted to seek help for their mental health in the last 12 months, however half of these people did not get the care they needed. The primary reason for not seeking help was cost and not knowing where to get help. The Assisting Communities through Direct Connection (ACDC) Project’s People Connectors spoke with and offered information to 281 householders in...

A new door-to-door mental health and wellbeing survey has found that 32% of all respondents wanted to seek help for their mental health in the last 12 months, however, 59% of these people did not get the care they needed. The primary reason for not seeking help was their preference to self-manage. The Assisting Communities through Direct Connection (ACDC) Project’s People Connectors spoke with and offered information to 1038 householders in Hurstville, 194 of whom then completed a survey of...

A new door-to-door mental health and wellbeing survey has found that nearly half of all respondents surveyed (47%) wanted to seek help for their mental health in the last 12 months, however, 51% of these people did not get the care they needed. The primary reason for not receiving help was due to there being no available services. The Assisting Communities through Direct Connection (ACDC) Project’s People Connectors spoke with and offered information to 458 householders in Palmerston, 162 of...

A new door-to-door mental health and wellbeing survey has found that over half of householders wanted to seek help for their mental health in the last 12 months, however 37% of these householders did not get the care they needed. The top two reasons for householders not getting help were that they preferred to self-manage (52%), or they experienced fear/embarrassment/shame (41%). The Assisting Communities through Direct Connection (ACDC) Project’s People Connectors spoke with and offered...

A new door-to-door mental health and wellbeing survey has found that more than 50% of householders wanted to seek help for their mental health in the last 12 months, however 37% of these householders did not receive the care they needed. The Assisting Communities through Direct Connection (ACDC) Project’s People Connectors spoke with and offered information to 774 householders in Toowoomba, 151 of whom then completed a survey of their experiences with mental health and accessing support....

A new door-to-door mental health and wellbeing survey has found that 63% of householders who wanted to seek help for their mental health said they did not get the care they needed. Most of these householders reported a lack of service availability, or the cost and the fear/embarrassment/shame associated with getting help as barriers to seeking support. The Assisting Communities through Direct Connection (ACDC) Project’s People Connectors spoke with and offered information to 498 householders...

A new door-to-door mental health and wellbeing survey has found that 55% of householders indicated that they wanted to seek help for their mental health in the past 12 months. The Assisting Communities through Direct Connection (ACDC) Project’s People Connectors engaged with 539 householders in Fitzroy, 336 of whom then completed a survey about mental health and access to services in their community. The COVID-19 pandemic was the most frequently identified challenge for the people surveyed in...

A new door-to-door mental health and wellbeing survey in Mareeba has found that 46% of the householders indicated that they wanted to seek help for their mental health in the past 12 months. 44% of these householders said they did not get the help they needed. Survey responses suggest a significant proportion of people prefer to self-manage or are facing barriers that prevent them from reaching out to services. These barriers include fear/embarrassment/shame, costs associated with support, or...

A door-to-door mental health and wellbeing survey conducted in Redcliffe has found that a large proportion of people who wanted to seek help in the last 12 months reported that they did not get the care they needed. In many cases, this was because they were put on a waitlist, or the cost was a barrier. The Assisting Communities through Direct Connection (ACDC) Project’s People Connectors spoke with and offered information to over 500 householders in Redcliffe, 259 of whom then completed a...

A door-to-door mental health and wellbeing survey has found that 44% of people in Burnie wanted to seek help for their mental health in the last 12 months, but nearly half did not get the help they needed. The Assisting Communities through Direct Connection (ACDC) Project spoke with and offered information to over 500 householders in Burnie and Upper Burnie, 138 of whom then completed a survey of their experiences with mental health and accessing support. The report of the survey found that...