TY - JOUR
T1 - The Emperor’s New Clothes
T2 - Head-to-Health Centres expand in the absence of evaluation of efficacy
AU - Looi, Jeffrey C.L.
AU - Bastiampillai, Tarun
AU - Allison, Stephen
AU - Kisely, Stephen R.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists 2021.
PY - 2022/6
Y1 - 2022/6
N2 - Objective: To discuss concerns about the Australian federal government announcement of further funding expansion of the Adult Mental Health Centres (AMHCs), now known as Head-to-Health centres. Conclusions: The expansion of AMHCs prior to evaluation recapitulates the policy predicaments and perils of the headspace federal-infrastructure allied-health private-practice model. Comprehensive evidence-based mental healthcare planning and practice is needed, rather than stand-alone services of unclear efficacy. We describe the principles of such an approach based upon an evidence-based Health Needs Assessment.
AB - Objective: To discuss concerns about the Australian federal government announcement of further funding expansion of the Adult Mental Health Centres (AMHCs), now known as Head-to-Health centres. Conclusions: The expansion of AMHCs prior to evaluation recapitulates the policy predicaments and perils of the headspace federal-infrastructure allied-health private-practice model. Comprehensive evidence-based mental healthcare planning and practice is needed, rather than stand-alone services of unclear efficacy. We describe the principles of such an approach based upon an evidence-based Health Needs Assessment.
KW - Adult Mental Health Centres
KW - Head-to-Health
KW - headspace
KW - health needs assessment
KW - mental health services
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85119407433&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/10398562211054660
DO - 10.1177/10398562211054660
M3 - Article
SN - 1039-8562
VL - 30
SP - 320
EP - 322
JO - Australasian Psychiatry
JF - Australasian Psychiatry
IS - 3
ER -