Federal and state cooperation necessary but not sufficient for effective regional mental health systems: insights from systems modelling and simulation.

ABSTRACT: For more than a decade, suicide rates in Australia have shown no improvement despite significant investment in reforms to support regionally driven initiatives. Further recommended reforms by the Productivity Commission call for Federal and State and Territory Government funding for mental health to be pooled and new Regional Commissioning Authorities established to take responsibility for efficient and effective allocation of 'taxpayer money.' This study explores the sufficiency of this recommendation in preventing ongoing policy resistance. A system dynamics model of pathways between psychological distress, the mental health care system, suicidal behaviour and their drivers was developed, tested, and validated for a large, geographically diverse region of New South Wales; the Hunter New

SUBMITTER: Occhipinti JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8160145 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature