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193       Early Psychosis Youth Services Program                                                                                                               To provide early intervention and intensive support for those young people accepted into the Early Youth Psychosis Services Program who are experiencing, or who are at risk of, first episode psychosis, including by:
                                                                                                                                                               (a) providing medical and psychological assessment and treatment; and
                                                                                                                                                               (b) providing a case management approach to continuing care of young people by health professionals and social workers; and
                                                                                                                                                               (c) providing vocational and educational assistance; and
                                                                                                                                                               (d) providing a peer support program, and a group program that addresses personal issues such as lack of confidence, low self‑esteem, anger or anxiety; and
                                                                                                                                                               (e) supporting family members and caregivers; and
                                                                                                                                                               (f) providing community education to improve mental health literacy related to first episode psychosis; and
                                                                                                                                                               (g) providing development for healthcare workers and other workers who provide relevant services; and
                                                                                                                                                               (h) providing support for organisations that provide relevant healthcare services to partner with, and provide referrals to, other organisations providing services that support young people, including housing, educational, vocational, financial and legal services; and
                                                                                                                                                               (i) engaging the National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health to provide expert advice to Primary Health Networks on models of care for young people with severe mental illness.
                                                                                                                                                               This objective also has the effect it would have if it were limited to providing funding:
                                                                                                                                                               (a) for the provision of medical services, unemployment, pharmaceutical, hospital and sickness benefits or benefits to students; or
                                                                                                                                                               (b) for measures to give effect to Australia's obligations under the following international agreements:
                                                                                                                                                               (i) the Convention on the Rights of the Child, particularly Articles 4, 6, 18, 24, 27, 28 and 29;
                                                                                                                                                               (ii) the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, particularly Articles 2, 6 and 12;
                                                                                                                                                               (iii) the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, particularly Articles 4, 16, 19, 26, 27 and 28;
                                                                                                                                                               (iv) the International Labour Organization's Convention concerning Employment Policy, particularly Articles 1 and 2;
                                                                                                                                                               (v) the International Labour Organization's Convention concerning Vocational Guidance and Vocational Training in the Development of Human Resources, particularly Articles 1 to 4; or
                                                                                                                                                               (c) for measures undertaken in the exercise of the executive power of the Commonwealth; or
                                                                                                                                                               (d) in, or in relation to, a Territory.