Open Accesse-Therapy in primary care mental health
Author(s) -
Jan Orman,
Bridianne O’Dea
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
australian journal of general practice
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2208-7958
DOI - 10.31128/ajgp-11-17-4410
Subject(s) - mental health , psychological intervention , government (linguistics) , health care , mental healthcare , mental health care , quality (philosophy) , psychology , medicine , nursing , psychiatry , political science , linguistics , philosophy , epistemology , law
The Australian Government's Fifth National Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Plan recommends a stepped care model of mental healthcare that focuses on matching the intensity of care to the severity of illness. General practitioners (GPs) need to learn more about low-intensity online interventions to better meet the needs of patients of lower severity.