Objective: The objective was to describe and evaluate a community mental health service
developed during 1991–1992 in an attempt to meet the mental illness needs of an isolated …

The literature pertinent to the delivery of psychiatric services to rural areas is briefly
surveyed. Existing rural psychiatric services in Western Australia, the largest State in …

This paper describes the development of a community orientated mental health service
including the introduction of a community-based admission unit. The catchment area is a …

A new community psychiatric service in Nottingham based on general practice clinics was
compared with a conventional hospital-orientated model. Despite providing treatment for an …

This is a description of the psychiatric services at present provided to the Far West Region of
New South Wales. On account of the isolation of the region, and noting that the area …

Community Psychiatry is sometimes regarded as a separate and even as a recent study.
The history of its evolution in Australia shows it to have resulted from a logical progression …

Objectives: To identify challenges faced by psychiatrists working in New Zealand's non-
metropolitan areas and identify strategies that New Zealand psychiatrists use to overcome …

The objective of this study was to determine the extent and nature of psychosocial morbidity
and patterns of treatment and referral in rural general practice in a West Australian …

The definition of community psychiatry and related terms is attempted by reference to
various authors in the field. The development of the concepts of community psychiatry in …

Objective: To describe the progress and achievements of the psychiatric services developed
by the Medical Specialist Outreach Assistance Programme in South Australia over the last 2 …