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BENCHMARKING

Overview of the National Mental Health Benchmarking Project

Tim Coombs Training and Service Development, Australian Mental Health Outcomes and Classification Network, Sydney, NSW and Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
(Director) ,
Garry Walter Discipline of Psychological Medicine, University of Sydney, Area Clinical Director, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, Northern Sydney Central Coast Health, Sydney, NSW, Australia, and Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
(Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry) &
Peter Brann Research and Evaluation, Senior Psychologist and Acting Team Manager, Wundeela, Eastern Health CAMHS and Adjunct Lecturer, School of Psychology, Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
(Director)
Pages 37-44 | Published online: 09 Feb 2011

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