Alan Rosen, Daniel Rock and Luis Salvador-Carulla December 2020
Australia and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry ANZJP;
Vol 54 Issue 12 :1154-1156. doi:10.1177/0004867420969813
The Australian mental health system is weathering a deep crisis that places us at a critical juncture. The decisions to be made in the coming months could have adverse impact for decades. The Allison et al. (2020) paper tackles two critical issues in this process, though largely based on arguable premises: (a) the number of psychiatric hospital beds needed, and (b) the role of the National Mental Health Services Planning Framework (NMHSPF) as a planning tool for the public resourcing of mental health services.
