Illawarra Mental Health Integration Project: Final Evaluation Report

This is an evaluation of the Illawarra Mental Health Integration Project. The aim of the project was to develop an integrated mental health network for the Illawarra that would provide a more comprehensive, coordinated system of mental health care for a broad range of consumers.

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The same publication in smaller sections:

Cover pages (PDF 121 KB)

Preface (PDF 89 KB)

Table of contents (PDF 160 KB)

Abbreviations (PDF 87 KB)

Executive summary (PDF 124 KB)

1. Introduction (PDF 356 KB)

2. Impact on consumers and carers (PDF 226 KB)

3. Impact on providers and the mental health system (PDF 286 KB)

4. Impact on the wider system (PDF 297 KB)

5. Discussion and conclusion (PDF 295 KB)

Appendix A - MHIP budgets and expenditure (PDF 115 KB)

Appendix B - Illawarra Health MHIP Map (PDF 158 KB)

Appendix C - Sixteen Journeys - Report on a longitudinal consumer study (PDF 291 KB)

Appendix D - Full Report on the Consumer Focus Groups (PDF 173 KB)

Appendix E - ARAFMI (PDF 125 KB)

Appendix F - Consumer Rehabilitation Assistants' contact hours (PDF 98 KB)

Appendix G - Participant Observation Methodology (PDF 97 KB)

Appendix H - Mental Health Outcomes Data Analysis (PDF 181 KB)

Appendix I - Community Mental Health Team Focus Group Questions (PDF 88 KB)

Appendix J - Clinical Liaison Service - further details (PDF 103 KB)

Appendix K - Illawarra and Shoalhaven Districts of General Practice Annual Surveys - list of answers to open-ended question included in set of MHIP questions (PDF 120 KB)

Appendix L - List of diagnoses - GP VMO working in Northern CMHT (PDF 95 KB)

Appendix M - Interview schedule for key informants; list of key informants interviewed (PDF 90 KB)

Appendix N - Lifeline Telephone Counsellors' Survey (PDF 129 KB)

Appendix O - Members of the IH-MHS Partnerships Committee (PDF 95 KB)

Appendix P - Interagency Protocol Pro Forma between Job Network Member and the Shoalhaven Mental Health Service (PDF 129 KB)

Bibliography (PDF 123 KB)

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Page last reviewed: 13 February 2009

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