Characteristics of severely mentally ill patients in and out of contact with community mental
health services Community mental health nurses have been criticized for failing to prioritize …

Community mental health teams are increasingly focusing their activities on people with
severe mental illnesses. At the same time, the overall extent of mental health need in …

Objectives: In an era of cost containment in the health services, it is important to endeavour
to manage existing resources in the optimum way. This study examines admissions to an …

BACKGROUND: Needs for mental health care are likely to be high in urban areas.
Purchasers must assess the extent to which these are being met. The pathways to care …

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 …

Colleagues—–it is with great pleasure that I present Volume 11, Issue 2 of the Australasian
Emergency Nursing Journal to you. The issue opens with a guest editorial from Associate …

Introduction Sub-acute mental health community services provide a bridging service
between hospital and community care. There is limited understanding of the local factors …

Background Changes to the organisation of mental health services in Australia and a
recognition that general practitioners deliver the great bulk of mental health services to the …

Many Canadians living in rural and remote communities face difficulty accessing mental
health services. This has become a pressing issue in the Canadian healthcare system due …

Aim: This paper describes demographic and diagnostic data for people admitted to three
psychiatric units in Auckland, New Zealand over the year 2000. Methods: A retrospective file …