Mental health is taxing in all respects: it affects the quality of the sufferer’s life, while also taking a major toll on their budgets.Australiais one of the world’s countries to have set up a public health care system that allegedly monitors sufferers closely, by building an involved treatment relationship between patient and GP. However, the effects of the global financial crisis have recently determined the country’s Government to enforce various cuts on the health care system budget. Aside from the infamous private insurance tax rebate cut, which came into effect on July 1, 2012, the Australian state also announced it would once more cut the allotted budget of the Better Access Medicare plan, starting from January 1, 2013. The announced cuts provoked a wave of sympathy from the medical care professionals involved in the Better Access program, as well as…








