Objective: Access to services and workforce shortages are major challenges in rural areas
worldwide. In order to improve access to mental health care, it is imperative to understand …

Objective: To develop a transparent, needs-based mental health resource allocation
framework to guide area level service planning in rural and remote settings. Methods: Using …

Background Inadequate healthcare access and utilisation are implicated in the mental
health burden experienced by those living in regional, rural, and remote Australia …

Objective Australian mental health care remains hospital centric and fragmented; it is riddled
with gaps and does little to promote recovery. Reform must be built on better knowledge of …

Objective: To examine the views of rural practitioners concerning issues and challenges in
mental health service delivery and possible solutions. Design: A qualitative study using …

Abstract Objective: Rural Australians face particular difficulties in accessing mental health
care. This paper explores whether 51 rural Access to Allied Psychological Services projects …

Objective: Two pivotal Australian Government primary mental health reforms are the Access
to Allied Psychological Services (ATAPS) projects, introduced in July 2001 and implemented …

Objective: To see if a new model of service delivery ensures that individuals with a mental
illness in rural and remote settings could be assessed, treated and cared for in a more …

This paper draws on a consultation with 200 stakeholders about a mental health plan in the
most remote region of South Australia to discuss primary mental healthcare improvement …

Objectives: To examine whether adult use of mental health services subsidised by Medicare
varies by measures of socioeconomic and geographic disadvantage in Australia. Design …