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Fitting together the pieces: collaborative care models for adults with severe and persistent mental illness
This report highlights some of the innovative ways that Australian clinicians, service providers and funding bodies have sought to overcome the significant challenges of providing effective and collaborative support to adults with a severe and persistent mental illness.
Fitting together the pieces: collaborative care models for adults with severe and persistent mental illness (html)
Fitting together the pieces: collaborative care models for adults with severe and persistent mental illness (PDF 1089 KB large file)
The same publication in smaller sections:
Cover pages (PDF 260 KB)
Executive summary (PDF 89 KB)
Recommendations to enhance collaborative care (PDF 172 KB)
Moving forward (PDF 142 KB)
Introduction (impact of severe mental illness; the existing mental health system) (PDF 268 KB)
Methodology to showcase collaborative care innovation (PDF 140 KB)
Project findings - mechanisms and models to enhance collaboration
- Consumer and carer priorities and collaborative models; Mechanisms to support a collaborative response between clinical and non-clinical services (PDF 461 KB)
- Collaborative care models to facilitate recovery of key mental illness comorbidities (PDF 408 KB)
- Collaborative care to support specific populations (PDF 323 KB)
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