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IF YOU NEED URGENT/CRISIS ASSISTANCE
Contact Peninsula
Health Psychiatric
Services Triage on 1300 792 977
24 hours a day.
All referrals for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services can be
made by contacting 1300 369 012, 24 hours a day
Program Officer:
Nici Lhuede
The Mornington Peninsula
Division of General Practice’s Mental Health Program provides support to
GPs in the identification and management of the mental health needs of
patients through the provision of training, education and other
professional development and service linkage opportunities.
Quick links
Better
Outcomes in Mental Health Care Program (BOMH)
Funded through the
Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing to improve support to GPs
in the provision of quality mental health care in general practice, the
Better Outcomes in Mental Health Care program has five components that
support education and training, access to specialist services and
incentive payments for GPs who work with people with mental illness. To
be eligible and to register with the Program, GPs must complete the
required training (2 hour Familiarisation Training + 6 hours mental
health skills training) and must work from an accredited and PIP
participating practice.
Program
components:
1.
The 3 Step Mental Health
Process – occurs
over two long consultations (Level C or D) with the review process
triggering the SIP payment of $150 per patient.
2.
Mental Health Skills Training
3.
Focussed Psychological Strategies Skills training and MBS rebates
4.
Access to Allied Psychological Services - enables GPs registered
with BOMH to access time limited (6 sessions) focussed psychological
interventions for their patients who present with mental health issues.
Counselling is free of charge to patients. Referrals must be on the
required forms.
Access to Allied Psychological Services GP Referral and Information Kits
are available from the Program Officer
5.
Access to Psychiatrist Support - available to all GPs
irrespective of registration with BOMH
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MBS Items for
Psychiatrists to provide Assessment and Management Plans (Items 291
and 293). Referral Template under Resources.
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GP Psych Support provides 24 hour feedback on your questions about
patient treatment, management, diagnosis.
www.psychsupport.com.au
Registering with BOMH - What’s in it
for GPs?
What’s in it for your Patients?
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More comprehensive care provided by
GPs.
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For some, access to free time
limited allied psychological interventions health services for short
term intervention.
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Potential health outcomes enhanced
through coordinated management and delivery of care.
TO REGISTER
WITH THE BETTER OUTCOMES IN MENTAL HEALTH CARE PROGRAM
I must be working from an accredited and PIP participating practice
1. Complete the 2 hour Familiarisation Training – this can be
completed on-line via www.adgp.com.au
Select National Primary Mental Health Care Initiative and following
links on left hand side to Familiarisation Training – Resources for GPs.
Or contact the Mental Health Program Officer.
2. Complete 6 hours Level 1 Skills Training - For training
courses go to www.racgp.org.au
select QA&CPD and view Mental Health Standards Collaboration.
GPs wanting to undertake registration training requirements for BOMH can
contact the Program Officer for advice and support.
For
further information about BOMH
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Mental Health Program CPD
Activities
Clinical Case
Discussion Groups
The Clinical Case Discussion Groups are open to all GPs and provide an
opportunity for GPs to discuss relevant mental health management and
treatment issues with their peers and a psychiatrist. See Events
Calendar for dates.
Balint Group
Balint Groups are a specific style of case discussion group for GPs that
focus on the psychological aspects of general practice, and in
particular, on the doctor-patient relationship. A Balint group trains
GPs to deal better not only with mental health issues but with many of
the other challenges of general practice. The groups are led by a
trained facilitator. The Program Officer can provide contact details
fro experienced Balint Facilitators.
Mental Health Training and Education
See Events Calendar for topics and dates.
Networking, Service Linkages and Partnerships
The Mental Health Program also seeks to establish and enhance linkages
and liaisons with local mental health and community based health
services with an aim to increasing the profile of GPs and developing
training and education options and where possible developing beneficial
partnerships between the different health sectors.
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Resources
GP Psych
Support – for non urgent/crisis issues
To access
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Phone: 1800 200 588. You will be asked some
brief questions concerning your enquiry and provided with a time
when a psychiatrist will phone you back
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Email:
www.psychsupport.com.au
is a secure and password protected website. Register online or by
calling 1800 026 965. Then log onto
www.psychsupport.com.au
to submit your question. The psychiatrist's response will be made
available to you on this website.
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Fax: (02) 9425 3879. Using the
faxback form
provide details regarding the issue for discussion. A psychiatrist
will then fax or phone you to discuss case details.
Psychiatrist referral directory - allows GPs and psychiatrists to
search a database of consenting private psychiatrists by location,
speciality, languages and other criteria such as preparedness to bulk
bill some patients.
The
database is not publicly available. GPs will need to authenticate their
identity and status as a general practitioner by logging into the RACGP
website (RACGP membership is not required):
www.racgp.org.au/psychiatristdatabase
Tools
The following tools are
all available for download from this website in PDF from Mental Health
Resources:
Internet Resources for
Patient Information Sheets and Support Options
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www.beyondblue.org.au – has a range
patient information sheets for printing
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www.mentalhealthvic.org.au - Range
of fact sheets for download and printing
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www.sane.org
- range of fact sheets (click on Information) for download and
printing
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www.itsallright.org – youth site
developed by SANE for young people who have a mental illness or who
have friends or family members with a mental illness. Range of fact
sheets for download and printing.
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www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au – range
of patient information sheets for printing
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www.panda.org.au Services and
range of fact sheets for download and printing.
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www.healthinsite.gov.au – click on
A-Z topics and choose M. Range of information sources, fact sheets
and relevant links.
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www.eatingdisorders.org.au - range
of patient information sheets and professional resources.
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www.ceed.org.au – the Centre for
Excellence in Eating Disorders provides training, resources and
support to health professionals.
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www.eppic.org.au – EPPIC is a
state-wide service for the early intervention and treatment of first
presentation psychosis. Provides a range of fact sheets for
download, practitioner resources, newsletter, training and
development opportunities.
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www.health.vic.gov.au/mentalhealth
- patient and carer information, service directory, psychotropic
medication information for patients.
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(Last Updated 08 January
2007) |