12.30pm – 1.30 pm (light lunch from 12 noon), Tue 13th Oct 2009
Seminar Room 405A, Level 4, 207 Bouverie Street, Carlton
Bridget Bassilios is part of the mental health work stream at the Centre for Health Policy, Programs and Economics.
The Access to Allied Psychological Services (ATAPS) projects enable GPs to refer consumers with high prevalence disorders (e.g., depression and anxiety) to allied health professionals for up to 12 (or 18 in exceptional circumstances) sessions mental health care. The care is evidence based and predominantly consists of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT. The Department of Health and Ageing recently provided new funding for a trial of telephone-CBT to 22 rural and remote Divisions of General Practice under the existing ATAPS model. This trial began on 1 July 2008 and has enabled targeted Divisions to refer consumers with high prevalence mental health disorders to allied health professionals for treatment via the telephone CBT service, as a means to assist consumers to overcome geographical and other access barriers. The mental health work stream at the Centre for Health Policy, Programs and Economics at the University of Melbourne is currently involved in evaluating this project. This presentation will outline the preliminary findings of the evaluation to date, including the benefits and challenges of implementing the telephone-CBT service from the perspective of Divisions.
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