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O'Kearney, Richard; Wilmoth, Deborah – Clinical Psychologist, 2009
The inclusion of evidence-based psychological interventions within Medicare through Better Access addresses an inequity within the Australian health system against people with mental disorders. The question of "Who is qualified to provide these services" is the overriding focus of many commentaries on Better Access within psychology.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Health Services, Evidence, Psychology
Carey, Timothy A.; Rickwood, Debra J.; Baker, Keith – Clinical Psychologist, 2010
This article presents the authors' response to a comment made by O'Kearney and Wilmoth on their article. The authors mention that O'Kearney and Wilmoth's rejoinder contained many positive features and supported the common aim of delivering best practice, improved access and equity, and cost efficiency in psychological therapies. They added that it…
Descriptors: Psychologists, Foreign Countries, Psychology, Psychotherapy
Littlefield, Lyn; Giese, Jill – Clinical Psychologist, 2008
The Australian Government's Better Access to Mental Health Care initiative introduced mental health reforms that included the availability of Medicare-funded psychology services. The mental health initiative has resulted in a huge uptake of these services, demonstrating the strong community demand for psychological treatment. The initiative has…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Psychology, Health Services, Access to Health Care
Whiteford, Harvey A.; Doessel, Darrel P.; Sheridan, Judith S. – Clinical Psychologist, 2008
This paper provides a background to the mental health policy changes introduced by the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) in 2006. It then considers a major Australian Government COAG reform, the revision of the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS), by analysing the month-by-month utilisation of the available time-series data for the 17-month…
Descriptors: Psychologists, Mental Health, Occupational Therapy, Social Work
Carey, Timothy A.; Rickwood, Debra J.; Baker, Keith – Clinical Psychologist, 2009
Since its introduction on 1 November 2006 the Better Access initiative has improved the access and affordability to psychological services. The enthusiastic response by Australians has resulted in the production of a large and growing dataset about the way in which psychological treatments are delivered by different professionals in routine…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Psychological Evaluation, Clinical Psychology, Psychologists