Primary care-led mental health service reform: An outline of the Better Outcomes in Mental Health Care initiative

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 376-382

  Hickie, Ian ^a,b   Groom, Grace ^c  

^a Beyondblue: The Natl Depr Initiat   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c Mental Health Council of Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

'Better Outcomes in Mental Health Care'; General practitioners; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY CARE; CONSUMER; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PURCHASING; REWARD; SKILL;

EID: 0036910525     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1665.2002.00498.x     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Bernie McKay & Associates. Issues and Options: Supplementary Paper: Optimum Supply and Effective Use of Psychiatrists. A Project for the National Mental Health Strategy. Australia: Bernie McKay & Associates, 1996.
2. Australian Medical Workforce Advisory Committee. The Specialist Psychiatry Workforce in Australia: Supply and Requirements 1999-2010. North Sydney: Australian Medical Workforce Advisory Committee, 1999.
3. Burgess P, Pirkis J, Buckingham B et al. Mental Health Needs and Expenditure in Australia. Canberra: Mental Health and Special Programs Branch, Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing, 2002.
4. Highet NJ, Hickie IB, Davenport TA. Monitoring awareness of and attitudes to depression in Australia. Medical Journal of Australia 2002; 176 Suppl May 20: S63-S68.
5. Mental Health Consumer Outcomes Task Force. Mental Health: Statement of Rights and Responsibilities. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1991.
6. Australian Health Ministers. National Mental Health Policy. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1992.
7. Australian Health Ministers. National Mental Health Plan. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1992.
8. National Inquiry concerning the Human Rights of People with Mental Illness (Australia). Human Rights and Mental Illness: Report of the National Inquiry Into the Human Rights of People with Mental Illness (Commissioner B Burdekin). Canberra: Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, Australian Government Publishing Service, 1993.
9. Murray C, Lopez A. The Global Burden of Disease. Harvard: Harvard University Press, 1996.
10. Australian Bureau of Statistics. The National Survey of Mental Health and Well-being: Profile of Adults, Australia. Cat No 4326.0. Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics, 1997.
11. National Mental Health Strategy Evaluation Steering Committee, for the Australian Health Ministers Advisory Council. Evaluation of the National Mental Health Strategy: Final Report. Canberra: Commonwealth Department of Health and Family Services, Mental Health Branch, 1997.
12. Joint Consultative Committee in Psychiatry of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners and the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists. Primary Care Psychiatry: The Last Frontier. Canberra: Commonwealth Department of Health and Family Services, 1997.
13. Mathers C, Vos E, Stevenson C. The Burden of Disease and Injury in Australia. Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 1997.
14. Australian Health Ministers. Second National Mental Health Plan: 1998-2003. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1998.
15. Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care and The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Mental Health: A Report Focusing on Depression, 1998. National Health Priorities Areas Report. AIHW cat no. PHE 11. Canberra: Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care and the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 1999.
16. Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care. Primary Mental Health Care Initiative Minute. Canberra: Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care, 1999.
17. Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care. National Action Plan for Depression. Canberra: Mental Health and Special Programs Branch, 2000.
18. Hickie IB. Building a 'national coalition for people with depression'. Australasian Psychiatry 2000; 8: 125-131.
19. Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care. Better Outcomes in Mental Health Care. Committee for Incentives for Mental Health, Information Sheet 1, July 2001.
20. General Practice Strategy Review Group. General Practice: Changing the Future Through Partnerships: Report of the General Practice Strategy Review Group. Canberra: Commonwealth Department of Health and Family Services, 1998.
21. Groom G. Primary mental health care reform in Australia: The vision and the reality [dissertation]. Canberra: Deakin University, 2002.
22. Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care. General Practice in Australia. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1996.
23. Commonwealth Department of Health and Family Services. National Standards for Mental Health Services. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1996.
24. Committee for Incentives in Mental Health. Meeting Minutes, June 2001. Canberra: Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing, 2001.
25. McNair BG, Highet NJ, Hickie IB, Davenport TA. Exploring the perspectives of people whose lives have been affected by depression. Medical Journal of Australia 2002; 176 Suppl May 20: S69-S76.
26. Jorm AF, Korten AE, Jacomb PA et al. 'Mental health literacy': A survey of the public's ability to recognise mental disorders and their beliefs about the effectiveness of treatment. Medical Journal of Australia 1997; 166: 182-186.
27. Coghlan R, Lawrence D, Holman CDJ, Jablensky AV. Duty to Care: Physical Illness in People with Mental Illness. Perth: University of Western Australia, 2001.
28. Hickie IB, Koschera A, Davenport TA et al. Comorbidity of common mental disorders and alcohol or other substance misuse in Australian general practice. Medical Journal of Australia 2001; 175 Suppl Jul 16: S31-S36.
29. Isacsson G. Suicide prevention - A medical breakthrough? Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 2000: 102: 113-117.
30. Britt HC, Miller GC. The BEACH study of general practice. Medical Journal of Australia 2000; 173: 63-64.
31. Hickie IB, Davenport TA, Naismith SL et al. Treatment of common mental disorders in Australian general practice. Medical Journal of Australia 2001; 175 Suppl Jul 16: S25-S30.
32. Hickie IB, Davenport TA, Naismith SL, Scott EM Conclusions about the assessment and management of common mental disorders in Australian general practice. Medical Journal of Australia 2001; 175 Suppl Jul 16: S52-S55.
33. Australian Divisions of General Practice. Report on the National Primary Mental Health Care Initiative. Canberra; 2001.
34. Katon W, Von Korff M, Lin E et al. Stepped collaborative care with primary care patients with persistent symptoms of depression: A randomized trial. Archives of General Psychiatry 1999; 56: 1109-1115.
35. Katon W, Rutter C, Ludman EJ et al. A randomized trial of relapse prevention of depression in primary care. Archives of General Psychiatry 2001; 58: 241-247.