Leviathans reprised: Adult Mental Health Centres

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Looi, Jeffrey Cl
Kisely, Stephen R
Allison, Stephen
Bastiampillai, Tarun
Pring, William
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2021
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We raise concerns about, and offer alternatives to, the Commonwealth Government announcement of AUD$114.5 million in the 2019–2020 budget for a trial of eight Adult Mental Health Centres (AMHCs) situated within primary healthcare networks (PHNs) in all state/territory jurisdictions (Department_of_Health, 2020a). AMHCs were inspired by the Headspace model and will provide care to adults who are too old for youth-focused services (over 25 years old). The AMHCs ostensibly are ‘… intended to complement, not replace or duplicate, mental health services already provided in the community’.(Department_of_Health, 2020a). Like Headspace, AMHCs will be run by non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and will operate in parallel to the extensive Commonwealth-funded network of general practices, public and private mental health services (MHS).

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Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

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Biomedical and clinical sciences

Psychology

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Looi, JC; Kisely, SR; Allison, S; Bastiampillai, T; Pring, W, Leviathans reprised: Adult Mental Health Centre.,Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 2021

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