Objective: To identify reasons why rural general practitioners (GPs) treat a large proportion
of patients with a primary psychiatric diagnosis in general beds of their local hospitals, and …

Introduction. We aimed to describe perceptions of Australian emergency clinicians of
differences in management of mental health patients in rural and remote Australia compared …

People living in rural and remote areas have been found to suffer higher rates of mental
illness and psychological distress than their urban counterparts. However, rural and remote …

Introduction: Mental illness is a common medical condition which is increasing in frequency.
In Australia, almost one in five persons have experienced an anxiety, depressive or …

Objective To evaluate a rural emergency telepsychiatry program, the Mental Health
Emergency Care–Rural Access Program (MHEC-RAP), which aims to improve access to …

Objective: To examine the needs and practices of rural GPs and their relationships with local
acute mental health services, particularly in the provision of care to depressed patients …

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 …

Objective: To evaluate the management of mental health presentations to Victorian
emergency departments. Method: An observational study in five Victorian emergency …

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 …

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 …