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Useful Links
Project Officer -
Jerry Bacich Ph 8752 4907
Mental Health, Drug & Alcohol GP Advisors -
Dr Margo Hoekstra & Dr Andrew Small, Dr Hester Wilson (Co-morbidity) & Dr Paul Sztolcman

BETTER OUTCOMES IN MENTAL HEALTH CARE / BETTER ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH CARE

• Better Access Orientation Manual

Mental Health Skills Training for GPs interested in registration with BOiMHC

Familiarisation & Level 2 training

• Familiarisation Training
  RACGP - Mental Health
• Black Dog Institute
  • General Practitioner Education and Training Program
• NSW Institue of Psychiatry - Courses for Medical Practitioners
• Mind Performance
• Educational Health Solutions
  • Sphere

GP mental health care plan

Referral information

For further information please visit: http://www.primarymentalhealth.com.au/
If you need any help with medicare item numbers and billings procedures please call Jerry Bacich, Mental Health Project Officer on 8752 4907.

• Outcome tools for GPs for Mental Health
• Transcultural Mental Health Centre - K10 Outcome Tool

Access to Allied Psychological Services (ATAPS)

CSGPN ATAPS Evaluation January 2006
10th Interim Evaluation Report on ATAPS
The Tenth Interim Report indicates that the ATAPS projects have become a crucial part of the mental health care landscape in Australia, and there continues to be a high demand for their services despite alternative avenues of service provision having been made available. This may reflect the fact that there was an excess demand for psychological services that could not be met by the projects, which is now being addressed, at least to some extent, by psychological services delivered through the Better Access program. Perhaps one of the reasons for the ongoing high demand for services provided through the ATAPS projects is the good evidence that the projects are achieving their desired results.
The full report is available at http://boimhc.org/

• 2008/09 Referral guide for GPs
  • Patient eligibiliy & referral guide
    
• 2008/09 Application kit for interested ATAPS providers
  • Explanatory notes
  • Application form
  • Working with Children Check screening consent form
  • Working with Children Check prohibited employment declaration form
    
• 2008/09 Reporting templates and patient information for ATAPS providers
• Patient eligibility & referral process
• Mental Health Care Plan
• DASS 21 assessment tool and Scoring Template
• Initial progress report to GP
• Final progress report to GP
• Minimum Data Set (MDS) report to CSGPN
• Patient information leaflet
• Patient satisfaction survey

Urgent advice from pychiatrists

• GP Psych Support service
• New MBS item numbers 291-293 Descriptor
• Psychiatrist referral directory

Resources

• Downloads

Evidence on short term psychological interventions

• Utilising survey data to inform public policy: comparison of the cost-effectiveness of treatment of ten mental disorders
• Cost-effectiveness of cognitive behavioural therapy and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors for major depression in children and adolescents
• Cost-effectiveness of psychological and pharmacological interventions for generalized anxiety disorder and panic disorder