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Looi, Jeffrey CL, Stephen Allison, Tarun Bastiampillai, and William Pring. "Private practice metropolitan telepsychiatry in smaller Australian jurisdictions during the COVID-19 pandemic: preliminary analysis of the introduction of new Medicare Benefits Schedule items." Australasian Psychiatry 28, no. 6 (October 5, 2020): 639–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1039856220960381.

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Objective: To analyse the smaller Australian state/territory service impact of the introduction of new COVID-19 psychiatrist video and telephone telehealth Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) items. Method: MBS item service data were extracted for COVID-19 psychiatrist video and telephone telehealth item numbers corresponding to the pre-existing in-person consultations for the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), Northern Territory (NT), South Australia (SA) and Tasmania. Results: The overall rate of consultations (face-to-face and telehealth) increased during March and April 2020, compared to the monthly face-to-face consultation average, excepting Tasmania. Compared to an annual monthly average of in-person consultations for July 2018–June 2019, total telepsychiatry consultations were higher for April than May. For total video and telephone telehealth consultations combined, video consultations were lower in April and higher in May. As a percentage of combined telehealth and in-person consultations, telehealth was greater for April and lower for May compared to the monthly face-to-face consultation average. Conclusions: In the smaller states/territories, the private practice workforce rapidly adopted COVID-19 MBS telehealth items, with the majority of psychiatric consultation shifting to telehealth initially, and then returning to face-to-face. With a second wave of COVID-19 in Australia, telehealth is likely to remain a vital part of the national mental health strategy.
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Smith, Graeme C. "The Future of Consultation–Liaison Psychiatry." Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 37, no. 2 (April 2003): 150–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1440-1614.2003.01136.x.

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Objective: To review the status of consultation–liaison psychiatry and the factors shaping it, and suggest strategies for its future development. Method: In addition to searches of the main computerized psychiatric databases and review of relevant Commonwealth of Australia publications, the author drew on discussions with national and international colleagues in his role as convenor of the International Organization for Consultation–Liaison Psychiatry. Results: Physical/psychiatric comorbidity and somatization, the conditions in which consultation–liaison psychiatry specializes, are the commonest forms of psychiatric presentation in the community. They are as disabling as psychotic disorders, and comorbid depression in particular is a predictor of increased morbidity and mortality. Acknowledging this, the Second Australian National Mental Health Plan called for consultation–liaison psychiatry to be allowed to participate fully in the mental health care system. It stated that failure to define the term ‘severe mental health problems and mental disorders’ in the First Plan had led to some public mental health systems erroneously equating severity with diagnosis rather than level of need and disability. The call has been largely unheeded. The implication for patient care is both direct and indirect; the context created for psychiatry training by such a restricted focus is helping to perpetuate the neglect of such patients. This is a worldwide problem. Conclusions: Proactive involvement with consumers is required if the problem is to be redressed. At a service level, development of a seamless web of pre-admission/admission/post-discharge functions is required if patients with physical/psychiatric comorbidity and somatoform disorders are to receive effective care, and consultation–liaison psychiatry services are to be able to demonstrate efficacy. Focus on comorbidity in the Australian Third National Mental Health Plan may force resolution of the current problems.
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Looi, Jeffrey C. L., Stephen Allison, Stephen R. Kisely, William Pring, Rebecca E. Reay, and Tarun Bastiampillai. "Greatly increased Victorian outpatient private psychiatric care during the COVID-19 pandemic: new MBS-telehealth-item and face-to-face psychiatrist office-based services from April–September 2020." Australasian Psychiatry 29, no. 4 (April 13, 2021): 423–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10398562211006133.

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Objective: The Australian Federal government introduced new COVID-19-Psychiatrist-Medicare-Benefits-Schedule (MBS) telehealth-items to assist with providing private specialist care. We investigate private psychiatrists’ uptake of telehealth, and face-to-face consultations for April–September 2020 for the state of Victoria, which experienced two consecutive waves of COVID-19. We compare these to the same 6 months in 2019. Method: MBS-item-consultation data were extracted for video, telephone and face-to-face consultations with a psychiatrist for April–September 2020 and compared to face-to-face consultations in the same period of 2019 Victoria-wide, and for all of Australia. Results: Total Victorian psychiatry consultations (telehealth and face-to-face) rose by 19% in April–September 2020 compared to 2019, with telehealth comprising 73% of this total. Victoria’s increase in total psychiatry consultations was 5% higher than the all-Australian increase. Face-to-face consultations in April–September 2020 were only 46% of the comparative 2019 consultations. Consultations of less than 15 min duration (87% telephone and 13% video) tripled in April–September 2020, compared to the same period last year. Video consultations comprised 41% of total telehealth provision: these were used mainly for new patient assessments and longer consultations. Conclusions: During the pandemic, Victorian private psychiatrists used COVID-19-MBS-telehealth-items to substantially increase the number of total patient care consultations for 2020 compared to 2019.
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Bidargaddi, Niranjan, Geoffrey Schrader, David Smith, Dean Carson, and Jörg Strobel. "Characteristics of patients seen by visiting psychiatrists through Medicare in a rural community mental health service with an established telemedicine service." Australasian Psychiatry 25, no. 3 (February 7, 2017): 266–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1039856216689527.

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Objective: We aimed to determine characteristics of patients receiving Medicare-funded face-to-face consultations by psychiatrists in a rural service with an established telemedicine service. Methods: For this study, 55 case-managed patients from four rural community mental health teams in South Australia provided information through questionnaires regarding psychological symptoms, quality of life, body mass index (BMI) and gave access to their Medicare data. Results: In a logistic regression, it was found that being younger was more likely associated with a Medicare psychiatric consultation ( p<0.05). Participants with at least one recorded visit to a Medicare psychiatrist consultation also tended to have lower levels of psychological distress at the end of the 4-year period, have a higher BMI, and more general practitioner consultations. Conclusion: The study provides clinicians and policy makers with preliminary information on the subtle differences in clinical profile of patients seen by Medicare-funded psychiatrists within an established state-managed telepsychiatry service.
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Looi, Jeffrey CL, Stephen Allison, Tarun Bastiampillai, William Pring, and Stephen R. Kisely. "Telepsychiatry and face-to-face psychiatric consultations during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia: patients being heard and seen." Australasian Psychiatry 30, no. 2 (November 23, 2021): 206–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10398562211046301.

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Objective: The Australian federal government introduced additional Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) telehealth-items to facilitate care by private psychiatrists during the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: We analysed private psychiatrists’ uptake of video and telephone-telehealth, as well as total (telehealth and face-to-face) consultations for April 2020–April 2021. We compare these to face-to-face consultations for April 2018–April 2019. MBS-Item service data were extracted for COVID-19-psychiatrist-video- and telephone-telehealth item numbers and compared with face-to-face consultations for the whole of Australia. Results: Psychiatric consultation numbers (telehealth and face-to-face) were 13% higher during the first year of the pandemic compared with 2018–2019, with telehealth accounting for 40% of this total. Face-to-face consultations were 65% of the comparative number of 2018–2019 consultations. There was substantial usage of telehealth consultations during 2020–2021. The majority of telehealth involved short telephone consultations of ⩽15–30 min, while video was used more, in longer consultations. Conclusions: Private psychiatrists and patients continued using the new telehealth-items during 2020–2021. This compensated for decreases in face-to-face consultations and resulted in an overall increase in the total patient contacts compared to 2018–2019.
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Cammell, Paul. "Emergency psychiatry: a product of circumstance or a growing sub-speciality field?" Australasian Psychiatry 25, no. 1 (September 26, 2016): 53–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1039856216665286.

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Objectives: This article reviews recent trends in the provision of psychiatric services to the emergency departments of tertiary hospitals in Australia, involving the establishment of specialised in-reach or liaison services as well as various forms of short stay unit attached to emergency departments. The Emergency Psychiatry Service at Flinders Medical Centre, South Australia, is described as a case example. Its specialised models of assessment and clinical care are described, highlighting how these are differentiated from more traditional models in inpatient, community and general hospital consultation–liaison psychiatry. Conclusions: Emergency psychiatry, and in particular the application of specialised psychiatric models of in-reach service and short stay units, is an increasingly important and growing field of psychiatry that warrants further exploration in research. The Emergency Psychiatry Service at Flinders Medical Centre has developed a distinct group of assessment and treatment approaches that exemplifies this growing field.
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Carr, Vaughan J., Terry J. Lewin, Jane M. Walton, Catherine Faehrmann, and Alexander L. A. Reid. "Consultation—Liaison Psychiatry in General Practice." Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 31, no. 1 (February 1997): 85–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/00048679709073804.

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Objective:This paper describes the characteristics of 303 consecutive referrals, over a 12-month period, to a consultation—liaison (C—L) psychiatry service provided to eight group general practices in Newcastle, Australia. Method:A purpose designed service audit form was used throughout the evaluation period to collect information about demographic characteristics, reasons for referral, service contacts, psychiatric diagnoses and clinical management. In addition, patients were invited to participate in a separate, prospective outcome evaluation study, which involved structured interviews and questionnaires. Results:The most common reasons for referral were: depression (33%); anxiety (12%); diagnostic assessment (9%); and impaired relationships (8%). The most common psychiatric diagnoses were: mood disorders (29%); mild, transient conditions (29%); anxiety (14%); and substance abuse disorders (12%). Following the psychiatric consultation(s), GPs were actively involved in patients’ treatment in 53% of cases. However, there was a higher than expected rate of referral (44%) to another mental health agency. Selected comparisons are also reported between patients referred to the C—L service (n = 303) and a sample of non-referred GP attenders (n = 535). Conclusions:As expected, the diagnostic profiles of patients attending the C—L service differed in several respects from those using similar services in general hospitals. There were comparatively low rates of organic brain syndromes, suicide risk evaluations, and problems of differential diagnosis of somatic symptoms. Greater emphasis needs to be placed on more formal psychiatric education for GPs, on ways of screening out from the referral process those patients with mild, transient conditions who do not require specialist expertise, and on the development of strategies to help GPs manage such conditions.
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Paterson, Tom, Christopher Seiboth, Barbara Magin, Rajan Nagesh, Cyndy Lloyd, and Helena Williams. "An initiative in primary care psychiatry in South Australia." Australasian Psychiatry 10, no. 3 (September 2002): 259–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/103985620201000313.

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Objective: To describe a joint mental health project involving the Adelaide Northern Division of General Practice (ANDGP) and the North West Adelaide Mental Health Service (NWAMHS). Conclusions: This project has been developed to explore alternative strategies to facilitate the identification and management of patients with mental illness in the primary care setting. The project has also endeavoured to explore alternative types of psychiatrist/general practitioner interactions other than the conventional ‘general practitioner referred psychiatrist consultation’. The development of adequate and clinically relevant evaluation methods, both quantitative and qualitative, has also been an explicit objective of the project. While the project provides an exciting stimulus for ongoing development of models of Primary Psychiatric Care, it is evident that such models can only evolve in the context of significant service and systemic change. It is hoped that the experiences in the northern suburbs of Adelaide can stimulate others to explore the ongoing collaborations between psychiatric services and general practitioners in ways that can produce better mental health outcomes in our patients.
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Looi, Jeffrey CL, Stephen Allison, Tarun Bastiampillai, William Pring, Rebecca Reay, and Stephen R. Kisely. "Increased Australian outpatient private practice psychiatric care during the COVID-19 pandemic: usage of new MBS-telehealth item and face-to-face psychiatrist office-based services in Quarter 3, 2020." Australasian Psychiatry 29, no. 2 (February 24, 2021): 194–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1039856221992634.

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Objective: The Australian federal government introduced new COVID-19 psychiatrist Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) telehealth items to assist with providing private specialist care. We investigate private psychiatrists’ uptake of video and telephone telehealth, as well as total (telehealth and face-to-face) consultations for Quarter 3 (July–September), 2020. We compare these to the same quarter in 2019. Method: MBS-item service data were extracted for COVID-19-psychiatrist video and telephone telehealth item numbers and compared with Quarter 3 (July–September), 2019, of face-to-face consultations for the whole of Australia. Results: The number of psychiatry consultations (telehealth and face-to-face) rose during the first wave of the pandemic in Quarter 3, 2020, by 14% compared to Quarter 3, 2019, with telehealth 43% of this total. Face-to-face consultations in Quarter 3, 2020 were only 64% of the comparative number of Quarter 3, 2019 consultations. Most telehealth involved short telephone consultations of ⩽15–30 min. Video consultations comprised 42% of total telehealth provision: these were for new patient assessments and longer consultations. These figures represent increased face-to-face consultation compared to Quarter 2, 2020, with substantial maintenance of telehealth consultations. Conclusions: Private psychiatrists continued using the new COVID-19 MBS telehealth items for Quarter 3, 2020 to increase the number of patient care contacts in the context of decreased face-to-face consultations compared to 2019, but increased face-to-face consultations compared to Quarter 2, 2020.
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Kissane, David W., and Graeme C. Smith. "Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry in an Australian Oncology Unit." Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 30, no. 3 (June 1996): 397–404. http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/00048679609065005.

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Objective: To provide an overview of the work of a consultation-liaison (C-L) psychiatry service to an oncology unit in a university affiliated teaching hospital, with the aid of a comprehensive clinical database. Method: The MICROCARES prospective clinical database system was used to record data on all oncology inpatients referred to C-L psychiatry, and the hospital clinical database was used to compare referred inpatients with all oncology inpatients. Results: Two hundred and seventy-one referrals were made in the 3 years from 1991 to 1993, a referral rate of 10.4%. The referred patients were younger but there was no bias in sex and marital status. The mean length of stay was twice that for all other oncology admissions, day cases excluded. The most frequent reasons for referral were coping problems, depression, terminal illness issues and anxiety. The most common psychiatric diagnoses were Systemic Family Problems (V codes, 24%), Mood Disorders (23%), Adjustment Disorders (16%) and Organic Mental Disorders (10%). Management involved family conferences in half of the patients and antidepressant medication in one-quarter. Concordance with pharmacological recommendations was 98%. Existential issues and family-centred care are discussed. Conclusions: Both individual and family-centred care is required in an oncology service; a dedicated liaison attachment offers considerable staff support. Psycho-oncology is underdeveloped in Australia compared to many overseas services; there is scope for substantial growth in preventive and supportive work.
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Psychiatric consultation Australia"

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Barrelle, Kate. "Referrals to clinical psychologists : effects of the perceived identity of the referral source." Master's thesis, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/143950.

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Book chapters on the topic "Psychiatric consultation Australia"

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Gribble, Robert. "Australia: Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry not Psychosomatic Medicine." In Global Psychosomatic Medicine and Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, 559–96. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12584-4_26.

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Reuber, Markus, Gregg H. Rawlings, and Steven C. Schachter. "Psychiatrist, 17 years’ experience, Australia." In Non-Epileptic Seizures in Our Experience, edited by Markus Reuber, Gregg H. Rawlings, and Steven C. Schachter, 85. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780190927752.003.0030.

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This chapter examines patients’ broad range of responses to their initial psychiatric consultation with a psychiatrist. Over the years, psychiatrists have grown more comfortable when discussing non-epileptic seizures, and the responses have become more positive as a result. However, there is still a large group of patients who do not come back after that first visit, and they are hard to get a hold of again. When they can be contacted, they sometimes say that they have not come back because they have stopped having seizures. This can be a bit frustrating for the psychiatrist. There is a missing story and the psychiatrist has to fill in the gaps by making it up.
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