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Australasian Psychiatry Volume 12, 2004 - Issue 1
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Rural and Remote Psychiatry

Rural Integrated Primary Care Psychiatry Programme: a systems approach to education, training and service integration

Fiona Judd Centre for Rural Mental Health, Bendigo Health Care Group, Bendigo and School of Psychology, Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine, Monash University, Vic., AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Julian Davis Centre for Rural Mental Health, Bendigo Health Care Group, Bendigo and School of Psychology, Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine, Monash University, Vic., Australia
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Gene Hodgins Centre for Rural Mental Health, Bendigo Health Care Group, Bendigo and Department of Psychology, University of Melbourne, Vic., Australia
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Joe Scopelliti Centre for Rural Mental Health, Bendigo Health Care Group, Bendigo and School of Psychology, Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine, Monash University, Vic., Australia
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Biliana Agin Centre for Rural Mental Health, Bendigo Health Care Group, Bendigo, Vic., Australia
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Carol Hulbert Centre for Rural Mental Health, Bendigo Health Care Group, Bendigo and Department of Psychology, University of Melbourne, Vic., Australia
Pages 42-47 | Published online: 07 Aug 2009
 

Abstract

Objective: To describe the development of a rural primary care psychiatry programme, within a stepped collaborative care model.

Conclusion: Development of a system-wide approach to the provision of mental health services offers the opportunity to increase the proportion of people with mental health problems who receive effective treatment. In addition, it enables allocation of resources and matching of interventions to patient preference and clinical need. This is particularly important in rural areas where there is a shortage of specialist mental health services and practitioners.

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