Is a national framework for implementing early psychosis services necessary? Results of a survey of Australian mental health service directors

Early Intervention in Psychiatry

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-30

  Catts, Stanley V ^a,b   Evans, Russell W ^a   O'Toole, Brian I ^c   Carr, Vaughan J ^d   Lewin, Terry ^a   Neil, Amanda L ^e   Harris, Meredith G ^a   Frost, Aaron D J ^a,b   Crissman, Belinda R ^a   Eadie, Kathy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Early psychosis; Funding model; Mental health; Program evaluation; Rural and remote

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY INTERVENTION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SELF REPORT; STANDARDIZATION;

AUSTRALIA; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH FACILITY ADMINISTRATORS; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS;

EID: 75649094171     PISSN: 17517885     EISSN: 17517893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7893.2009.00157.x     Document Type: Article

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