Improving access to primary mental health care for Australian children

Conclusions:
The Child Mental Health Service has increased services provided within the Access to Allied Psychological Services programme for children with emotional and behavioural issues and their families, and is potentially filling a service gap in the area of prevention and early intervention for children who have significant levels of need but are unable to access other mental health services. Our findings are policy-relevant for other developed countries with a similar primary mental health care system that are considering means of improving service access by children.

Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry - October 30, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Bassilios, B., Nicholas, A., Reifels, L., King, K., Spittal, M. J., Fletcher, J., Pirkis, J. Tags: Research Source Type: research