{"id":2016,"date":"2025-12-28T08:19:56","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T08:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kensmartips.com\/depression\/?p=2016"},"modified":"2025-12-28T08:19:56","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T08:19:56","slug":"exposing-the-mental-health-care-system-at-breaking-point-four-corners-documentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kensmartips.com\/depression\/?p=2016","title":{"rendered":"Exposing the mental health care system at breaking point | Four Corners Documentary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pooe2tMVYO8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Doctors and frontline health workers have told Four Corners they can\u2019t stay silent any longer, warning they are witnessing the collapse of public mental health care in Australia\u2019s biggest state.  <\/p>\n<p>Staff have revealed they feel pressure to discharge patients they think are still seriously unwell.  <\/p>\n<p>Leaked footage and internal figures show patients in crisis and waiting almost four days for care in one of the country\u2019s busiest emergency departments. The delays are fuelling violence and unsafe discharges.   <\/p>\n<p>The situation has prompted scores of psychiatrists to leave the public system in NSW, many accusing the government of not taking mental health seriously or providing the funding the system needs to survive.  <\/p>\n<p>This week, Four Corners goes inside the system to investigate the extent of the crisis and the impact on those who need its care the most.   <\/p>\n<p>CHAPTERS<br \/>\n00:00 \u2013 The broken system<br \/>\n01:51 \u2013 Working as a nurse in ED<br \/>\n06:35 \u2013 Psychiatrists speak out<br \/>\n09:52 \u2013 Hospital wait times<br \/>\n12:32 \u2013 Getting stabbed<br \/>\n14:40 \u2013 Mass resignation<br \/>\n20:15 \u2013 Rehabilitation<br \/>\n22:37 \u2013 Family experiences<br \/>\n28:50 \u2013 RPA<br \/>\n33:33 \u2013 System overloaded<br \/>\n37:00 \u2013 Missing Middle<br \/>\n39:39 \u2013 Australia&#8217;s mental health challenge<br \/>\n40:25 \u2013 Duty of care<br \/>\n42:40 \u2013 Funding for public care  <\/p>\n<p>#4Corners #Investigations #Health #News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Doctors and frontline health workers have told Four Corners they can\u2019t stay silent any longer, warning they are witnessing the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2017,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.6 - 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