Providing integrated mental health services: A policy and management perspective

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 351-356

  Callaly, Tom ^a   Fletcher, Anna ^a  

^a Barwon Health ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Government policy; Integration; Mental health; Partnerships

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY CARE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOSIS; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; ARTICLE; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; OCCUPATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICE; LEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL DISEASE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC RELATIONS;

AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 33645740172     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: 14401665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1665.2005.02213.x     Document Type: Review

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