Better outcomes in mental health care - evaluation of access to allied psychological services programs - Southern Highlands division of general practice

Project Status
Completed

Chief Investigators
Iqbal Hasan, Sanjyot Vagholkar, Nicholas Zwar

Rationale

ATAPS programs have been established in Divisions across the country as part of the BOiMHC initiative. Local evaluations are contributing to a national evaluation.

Aim

The evaluations aimed to describe the patients and providers who participated, reasons for referral, clinical outcomes of patients and patient, GP and psychologist satisfaction with the programs.

Design and Method

A mixture of quantitaive and qualitative data was collected for analysis. Quantitaive program data was obtained from Division databases in a de-identified form. This included patient demographics, reasons for referral and psychological scores. Satisfaction data was obtained from semi-structured questionnaires and interviews with patients and providers.