TY - JOUR
T1 - "The Chicken or the Egg"
T2 - Barriers and Facilitators to Collaborative Care for People With Comorbidity in a Metropolitan Region of South Australia
AU - Groenkjaer, Mette
AU - de Crespigny, Charlotte
AU - Liu, Dennis
AU - Moss, John
AU - Cairney, Imelda
AU - Lee, Deb
AU - Procter, Nicholas
AU - Galletly, Cherrie
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Mental health disorder and alcohol and other drug comorbidity is prevalent in Australia. This qualitative study used semistructured interviews (N = 20) to elicit clinicians' and workers' knowledge, experiences, and opinions regarding issues pertaining to service needs of people with comorbidity in a metropolitan region of South Australia. The study revealed barriers to effective access and delivery of comorbidity care by MH and AOD services. Participants reported difficulties with identification, access, suitability, policy, funding, and collaboration between sectors and services responding to comorbidity. Results suggest that these models of practice were inadequate influencing the delivery, consistency, and reliability of comorbidity care.
AB - Mental health disorder and alcohol and other drug comorbidity is prevalent in Australia. This qualitative study used semistructured interviews (N = 20) to elicit clinicians' and workers' knowledge, experiences, and opinions regarding issues pertaining to service needs of people with comorbidity in a metropolitan region of South Australia. The study revealed barriers to effective access and delivery of comorbidity care by MH and AOD services. Participants reported difficulties with identification, access, suitability, policy, funding, and collaboration between sectors and services responding to comorbidity. Results suggest that these models of practice were inadequate influencing the delivery, consistency, and reliability of comorbidity care.
U2 - 10.1080/01612840.2016.1233596
DO - 10.1080/01612840.2016.1233596
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 27740880
SN - 0161-2840
VL - 38
SP - 18
EP - 24
JO - Issues in Mental Health Nursing
JF - Issues in Mental Health Nursing
IS - 1
ER -