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

Objective: The MindSpot Clinic provides online mental health services to Australian adults
with anxiety and depression. This paper describes users of MindSpot between January …

Background and Purpose—Screening tools for depression and psychological distress
commonly used in medical settings have not been well validated in stroke populations. We …

Perspective simultaneously (national and community levels, decisionmakers and grassroot
practitioners, families, mass media);(iii) the initial training was extensive and provided expert …

Objectives: To describe the frequency, type and quality of mental health treatment among
Australian adults with past‐year affective and/or anxiety disorders. Design, setting and …

Background: Concerns about low levels of service utilisation for mental and substance use
disorders in Australia–especially among males–have prompted targeted help-seeking and …

There are consistent data showing that mental health services have expanded over the past
two decades. This can be seen in increases in the amount of money spent, the size of the …

Counselling psychology in Australia has developed and matured since its emergence in the
1970s. This article provides a brief historical overview and situates counselling psychology …

This paper compares income-based inequities in access to psychotherapy and other mental
health services in Canada and Australia, two federal parliamentary systems with sharply …

It is now more than 15 years since the Howard government first provided Commonwealth
funding support for psychological interventions. First, in 2001, the Better Outcomes in Mental …