Purpose Rural areas persistently face a shortage of mental health specialists. Task shifting,
or task sharing, is an approach in global mental health that may help address unmet mental …

Mental health service integration currently has no consensus definition and exists in a
variety of settings, including primary care, addiction treatment and chronic disease …

Objective This study examines consumer engagement with a social marketing digital media
strategy designed to support the implementation of Equally Well—a program to improve the …

Objective: Access to services and workforce shortages are major challenges in rural areas
worldwide. In order to improve access to mental health care, it is imperative to understand …

Objective: This paper outlines the methods and baseline data from a multisite cohort study of
the determinants and outcomes of mental health and well‐being within rural and remote …

Background The patterns of health service use by rural and remote residents are poorly
understood and under-represented in national surveys. This paper examines professional …

The implications of the advantages and disadvantages of rural versus urban living on the
subjective well-being (SWB) of children are diverse and, in many cases, also inconclusive …

Introduction: Integrated behavioral health care (IBHC) is an emerging solution for the
delivery of behavioral health in primary care contexts. Although IBHC has been …

Objective: To identify the needs of the region's general practitioners concerning diagnosing,
treating and referring patients with mental health disorders and major barriers to the general …

This paper describes the older people's mental health workforce development, policy
development and implementation process and quantifies the rural service delivery and …