25Diversity principle

25 Diversity principle

(1) The diverse needs and experiences of a person receiving mental health and wellbeing services are to be actively considered noting that such diversity may be due to a variety of attributes including any of the following—

(a) gender identity;

(b) sexual orientation;

(c) sex;

(d) ethnicity;

(e) language;

(f) race;

(g) religion, faith or spirituality;

(h) class;

(i) socioeconomic status;

(j) age;

(k) disability;

(l) neurodiversity;

(m) culture;

(n) residency status;

(o) geographic disadvantage.

(2) Mental health and wellbeing services are to be provided in a manner that—

(a) is safe, sensitive and responsive to the diverse abilities, needs and experiences of the person including any experience of trauma; and

(b) considers how those needs and experiences intersect with each other and with the person's mental health.