Table of contents

  • Preliminary material
    • Title and verso pages
    • Therapy by flowers
    • Contents
    • Introduction
  • Body section
    • Mental illness in Australia-prevalence and impact
      • Prevalence of mental illness
      • Impact of mental illness
    • Australia's mental healthcare system-an overview
      • Who receives mental health care?
      • Who provides mental health care?
      • Where is specialised mental healthcare provided?
      • How much does mental healthcare cost?
    • Mental health care services and support
      • Mental health care provided by general practitioners
      • Mental health-related services provided by psychologists
      • Mental health-related services provided by psychiatrists
      • Mental health-related medications
      • Community mental health care services provided by state and territory governments
      • State and territory residential mental health care services
      • Mental health services provided in emergency departments
      • Admitted patient mental health care
      • Personal Helpers and Mentors services
      • Specialist Homelessness Services
      • Psychiatric disability support services
    • Mental health care resources
      • Mental health workforce
      • Mental health services expenditure
      • State and territory specialised mental health care facilities and workforce
    • In focus 2014-involuntary care and seclusion
      • Involuntary mental health care
      • Use of seclusion as a restrictive practice in mental health care services
    • Key Performance Indicators for Australian Public Mental Health Services
      • MHS KPI 2: 28 day readmission rate
      • MHS KPI 11: Rate of pre-admission community care
      • MHS KPI 12: Rate of post-discharge community care
  • End matter
    • Glossary
    • References