A scoping review of the barriers and facilitators to accessing and utilising mental health services across regional, rural, and remote Australia

BE Kavanagh, KB Corney, H Beks, LJ Williams… - BMC Health Services …, 2023 - Springer
Background Inadequate healthcare access and utilisation are implicated in the mental
health burden experienced by those living in regional, rural, and remote Australia …

Mental health systems modelling for evidence-informed service reform in Australia

H Whiteford, N Bagheri, S Diminic… - Australian & New …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Australia's Fifth National Mental Health Plan required governments to report, not only on the
progress of changes to mental health service delivery, but to also plan for services that …

The Orange Declaration on rural and remote mental health

D Perkins, J Farmer, L Salvador‐Carulla… - Australian Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Rural mental health outcomes have been persistently poorer than those in larger cities
suggesting that the prevailing investments to improve matters are not working. Mental health …

What is rural adversity, how does it affect wellbeing and what are the implications for action?

J Lawrence-Bourne, H Dalton, D Perkins… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
A growing body of literature recognises the profound impact of adversity on mental health
outcomes for people living in rural and remote areas. With the cumulative effects of …

Boarding versus day‐students: A mixed‐methods analysis of sleep and its relationship with psychological distress

A Reardon, K Lushington, A Junge… - British Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Boarding students face unique challenges when entering school, including:
adapting to a novel environment, where they are separated from family, friends and culture …

Patterns of mental health care in remote areas: Kimberley (Australia), Nunavik (Canada), and Lapland (Finland): Modèles de soins de santé mentale dans les régions …

JA Salinas-Perez… - The Canadian …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: Mental health (MH) care in remote areas is frequently scarce and fragmented and
difficult to compare objectively with other areas even in the same country. This study aimed …

[HTML][HTML] Online mental health forums and rural resilience: mixed methods study and logic model

A Steiner, J Farmer, P Kamstra, K Carlisle… - JMIR Mental …, 2023 - mental.jmir.org
Background Rural mental health is a growing area of concern internationally, and online
mental health forums offer a potential response to addressing service gaps in rural …

A novel mixed methods approach for integrating not-for-profit service data via qualitative geographic information system to explore authentic experiences of ill-health …

P Kamstra, J Farmer, A McCosker… - Journal of Mixed …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Meeting the mental health needs of rural populations is challenging internationally, with few
methods and scarce data available to inform site-specific planning. We developed a mixed …

[HTML][HTML] The No Worries Trial: efficacy of online dialectical behaviour therapy skills training for chronic pain (iDBT-Pain) using a single case experimental design

N Norman-Nott, CR Wilks, N Hesam-Shariati… - The Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Emotion dysregulation frequently co-occurs with chronic pain, which in turn leads to
heightened emotional and physical suffering. This cycle of association has prompted a …

Community co‐produced mental health initiatives in rural Australia: A scoping review

T De Cotta, J Knox, J Farmer, C White… - Australian Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Inaccessibility of mental health services in rural Australia is widely reported.
Community co‐produced mental health and well‐being initiatives could fill gaps and …