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- The article focuses on the difficulties of implementing integrated mental health services in Australia, highlighting the need for collaboration among various health sectors, including specialists and community services.
- Integrated mental health services are becoming increasingly essential and expected by the community, prompting efforts from government initiatives and health organizations to improve access and efficiency.
- Despite these initiatives, significant work is still needed, particularly in changing the culture within healthcare services and developing new technologies to facilitate better service integration.
Article Abstract
Objective: To review the challenge of providing integrated mental health services from a policy and health management perspective.
Conclusions: The provision of integrated mental health services involving specialist mental health services, general practitioners, psychiatric disability and rehabilitation services and public community health services is a major challenge in the Australian health care context and is increasingly an expectation of the community. Government, Divisions of General Practice and public community health policy and many Government, State and local initiatives have attempted to address this challenge. However, much remains to be done, including culture change within services and professions and the development of technology to support integrated service provision.
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