TY - JOUR
AU - S. P. Cross
AU - I. Hickie
A1 - 
AB - A component of Australia's recent national reform agenda for mental health services is the directive to the Primary Health Networks to develop and implement stepped-care models of service delivery. The current guidance proposes that interventions are aligned to mild, moderate and severe illness categories. Other models in operation are tied to single disorders, such as depression. Both approaches have a number of limitations when applied to real-world, complex clinical practice, especially in primary care. This article outlines some limitations of these models and argues for the development of a transdiagnostic model, based on developments in our work in primary care youth services, which can be generalised to adult populations. Such models aim to ensure that consumers receive the right intensity of care at the right time. The adjunct use of technology within services could also improve service accessibility and outcomes monitoring, and help to improve the efficiency of resource allocation based on consumer need.
BT - Public health research & practice
C5 - General Literature
CP - 2
CY - Australia
DO - 10.17061/phrp2721712
IS - 2
JF - Public health research & practice
N2 - A component of Australia's recent national reform agenda for mental health services is the directive to the Primary Health Networks to develop and implement stepped-care models of service delivery. The current guidance proposes that interventions are aligned to mild, moderate and severe illness categories. Other models in operation are tied to single disorders, such as depression. Both approaches have a number of limitations when applied to real-world, complex clinical practice, especially in primary care. This article outlines some limitations of these models and argues for the development of a transdiagnostic model, based on developments in our work in primary care youth services, which can be generalised to adult populations. Such models aim to ensure that consumers receive the right intensity of care at the right time. The adjunct use of technology within services could also improve service accessibility and outcomes monitoring, and help to improve the efficiency of resource allocation based on consumer need.
PP - Australia
PY - 2017
SN - 2204-2091; 2204-2091
SP - 10.17061/phrp2721712
T1 - Transdiagnostic stepped care in mental health
T2 - Public health research & practice
TI - Transdiagnostic stepped care in mental health
U1 - General Literature
U2 - 28474049
U3 - 10.17061/phrp2721712
VL - 27
VO - 2204-2091; 2204-2091
Y1 - 2017
ER -