Far West Area Health Service mental health integration project

• Reach:

  NSW

• Focus area:

  Mainstream

• Status:

  Current

• Evaluated:

  Yes

Overview

This project delivers mental health services to people with a mental illness in rural and remote regions within the western districts of New South Wales. The aim of this project is to deliver these services in more appropriate and efficient ways and to give community health teams, general practitioners and other local agencies broader support from public and private psychiatric consultants.

Related publications

Perkins DA, Roberts R, Sanders T, Rosen A (2006)

Far West Area Health Service Mental Health Integration Project: model for rural Australia.

Australian Journal of Rural Health; 14(3): 105-110

• Links
• View abstract: Far West Area Health Service Mental Health Integration Project: model for rural Australia
• View website: Wiley Interscience

Evaluated publications

Perkins D, Lyle D (2003)

Far West Mental Health Integration Project evaluation report.

Canberra: Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing

• Links
• View report: Far West Mental Health Integration Project evaluation report (PDF - 975.6 KB)
• View website: Department of Health and Ageing

Links

• No links available.