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Integrating vocational services into Australian community mental health services

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 June 2014

G Waghorn
G Waghorn*
Affiliation:
Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research (QCMHR), Brisbane, Australia
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Abstracts from ‘Brainwaves’— The Australasian Society for Psychiatric Research Annual Meeting 2006, 6–8 December, Sydney, Australia
Information
Acta Neuropsychiatrica , Volume 18 , Issue 6 , December 2006 , pp. 273
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Copyright © 2006 Blackwell Munksgaard

Integrating vocational services into community mental health teams is now recognized as an evidence-based practice in psychiatric vocational rehabilitation. This presentation will summarize the evidence supporting service integration and outline progress at several Australian demonstration sites. This is proving to be a challenging enterprise because of organizational cultural differences, and structural and systemic barriers. Nevertheless, the results obtained to date indicate that integration is not only feasible, but necessary, given the potential benefits and low additional costs once an integrated approach is established.