A DRAMATIC decline in access to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) for people with mental health-related disabilities is putting vulnerable Australians at risk and will have far-reaching consequences, the Australian Psychosocial Alliance (APA) has warned.

The national alliance of leading mental health support organisations released a report last week, “Access Denied”, showing NDIS application approval rates for people with psychosocial disability have plummeted by nearly two-thirds (62 per cent) within the past five years.