http://hdl.handle.net/2328/3187 2013-06-19T11:35:22Z http://hdl.handle.net/2328/3205 Title: Major issues facing primary care mental health in Australia 2001 Authors: Holmwood, Chris Abstract: There are many unanswered research questions regarding mental health in the general practice setting. These need to be adequately researched to inform policy and reform. Developments in services should not be stalled by the fact that there are still many unanswered questions. There are plenty of opportunities for true innovation in the primary care metal health arena. The general practice workforce has an important role in managing these disorders but cannot do it alone. Further development though Divisions needs to be done in a measured way and needs to engage Divisions and their members and meet their agendas firstly. The development of three way partnerships between consumers, GPs and specialist services is essential to future success. 2008-10-12T04:19:19Z http://hdl.handle.net/2328/3204 Title: General Practitioners' peer support needs in managing consumer's mental health problems: A literature review and needs analysis. Authors: Jackson Bowers, Eleanor; Holmwood, Chris Abstract: Looks at current arrangements for peer support/supervision in Australia in a number of professions which undertake psychotherapy. .A number of different models and issues are examined. The need for peer support/supervision for GPs undertaking psychotherapy is also assessed and an argument is made for its necessity. Description: This literature review was commissioned by the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing to inform the development of the Access to Allied Health Services component of the Better Outcomes in Mental Health Care Initiative. 2008-10-12T04:11:23Z http://hdl.handle.net/2328/3203 Title: GPs and Psychiatrists Working Together: Literature Review Authors: Jackson Bowers, Eleanor Abstract: This literature review is about general practitioners and psychiatrists working together in the interest of their patients, how it has been done over the last twenty or so years and what has been learned. What has become clear with this review is that General practitioners and psychiatrists do not work in isolation. Both are dependent on systems of remuneration, fee-for-service and Medicare in the case of GPs and private psychiatrists, Government funding from many different ‘buckets’ for the Divisions of General Practice and State Mental Health funding in the case of publicly employed psychiatrists and mental health workers. Thus working together involves the interaction of professional cultures, systems and bureaucracies, not to mention pharmaceutical companies. Description: This literature review was completed to inform the development of the Access to Psychiatry component of the Better Outcomes in Mental Health Care Initiative. 2008-10-12T04:04:56Z http://hdl.handle.net/2328/3202 Title: Mental Health Shared Care in Australia 2001: Report for the Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care Authors: Holmwood, Chris; Groom, Grace; Nicholson, Sally-Anne Abstract: This study provides a summary of the current policy and research literature on shared care and comments on the current debates around workforce, training and better coordination and integration of care between general practice and mental health services. It contributes to the knowledge base on the current state of mental health care reform in Australia. The review focuses specifically on better ways of integrating mental health care across the general practice and specialty mental health sectors and provides commentary on the points of influence, key players and social, political and economic events, which together have reshaped the culture of mental health care in Australia. Particular attention is paid to key national policy events in Australian general practice and the specialist mental health sector in the last decade, and how policy makers in both contexts have been influential in shaping a shift in emphasis from an isolationist service delivery model to one of partnership and community-based mental health care. Description: This literature review was completed to inform the development of the Access to Psychiatry component of the Better Outcomes in Mental Health Care Initiative 2008-10-12T03:50:22Z