People from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds -
Only one in twenty people with a disability born in a non-English speaking country access community services, compared with one in five for the general population.543 A lower proportion use community support and access services.544 There is a shortage of accessible information regarding available services and a lack of culturally and linguistically appropriate services.545
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People with psychosocial disability are significantly overrepresented in areas of disadvantage such as homelessness, unemployment, poverty, substance abuse and incarceration rates.546 The focus of current mental health care is on acute hospital based treatment, rather than on providing the support necessary to live a good life in the community. As many as 40 percent of people occupying acute mental health inpatient facilities could be discharged if such support services were available.547
Case Study
“My brother is 40 years old, has schizophrenia and is on a community treatment order. He spends his time in a lonely flat waiting for his regular visits to his sisters. He paces the room or sits throughout the major part of the day, only leaving to buy take-away meals. He has little idea of normal etiquette and hygiene or housekeeping, having been ill for so long without treatment. No psychological or social rehabilitation has been attempted.”548
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