South Australian Premier Steven Marshall has been criticised for saying his government’s new investment in community mental health services will take the pressure off overcrowded hospital emergency departments (ED). The $134 million (US$98 million) mental health package, which comes in partnership with the federal government’s suicide prevention plan, will include four new adult mental health centres, one in northern Adelaide one in Mount Barker, which will be open 24/7, and two others across the state. Other programs under the package include a new headspace site for young people, providing support to people aged 12 to 25 who are struggling with mental illness, alcohol, or drugs; extra funding for the delivery of best practice mental health care for veterans; and establishing an Aboriginal mental health and wellbeing centre to provide direct and culturally appropriate services to Aboriginal people. “Importantly, these extra services will take pressure off our emergency departments and deliver …