The Emperor's New Clothes: Head-to-Health Centres expand in the absence of evaluation of efficacy.
Jeffrey C L LooiTarun BastiampillaiStephen AllisonMeshary Khaled N AlotibyPublished in: Australasian psychiatry : bulletin of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (2021)
The expansion of AMHCs prior to evaluation recapitulates the policy predicaments and perils of the headspace federal-infrastructure allied-health private-practice model. Comprehensive evidence-based mental healthcare planning and practice is needed, rather than stand-alone services of unclear efficacy. We describe the principles of such an approach based upon an evidence-based Health Needs Assessment.