Why did Divisions of General Practice implement some Access to Allied Psychological Services mental health initiatives and not others? | Zendy

Kylie King | Zendy; Angela Nicholas | Zendy; Justine Fletcher | Zendy; Bridget Bassilios | Zendy; Lennart Reifels | Zendy; Grant Blashki | Zendy; Jane Pirkis | Zendy

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Why did Divisions of General Practice implement some Access to Allied Psychological Services mental health initiatives and not others?

Author(s) -

Kylie King,

Angela Nicholas,

Justine Fletcher,

Bridget Bassilios,

Lennart Reifels,

Grant Blashki,

Jane Pirkis

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

australian health review

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.644

H-Index - 46

eISSN - 1449-8944

pISSN - 0156-5788

DOI - 10.1071/ah14044

Subject(s) - mental health , government (linguistics) , population health , service (business) , project commissioning , focus group , health care , public relations , nursing , medicine , psychology , publishing , public health , business , marketing , political science , psychiatry , linguistics , philosophy , law

The Access to Allied Psychological Services (ATAPS) programs implemented through Divisions of General Practice (now Medicare Locals) enables general practitioners (GPs) to refer consumers with high-prevalence mental disorders for up to 12 individual and/or group sessions of evidence-based mental health care. The great strength of ATAPS is its ability to target vulnerable and hard-to-reach populations. Several initiatives have been introduced that focus on particular at-risk populations. This study aimed to determine the factors that had influenced Divisions' decisions to implement the various Tier 2 initiatives.

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