Cultural advice

The Australian National University acknowledges, celebrates and pays our respects to the Ngunnawal and Ngambri people of the Canberra region and to all First Nations Australians on whose traditional lands we meet and work, and whose cultures are among the oldest continuing cultures in human history.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are advised that ANU Library collections may include images, names, voices, and other representations of deceased persons.

Material in the collection may contain terms, language or views that reflect the period in which the item was created and may be considered inappropriate today.

Australian specialised mental healthcare labour shortages: Potential interventions for consideration and further research

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorLooi, Jeffrey C.L.en
dc.contributor.authorAllison, Stephenen
dc.contributor.authorBastiampillai, Tarunen
dc.contributor.authorHensher, Martinen
dc.contributor.authorKisely, Steveen
dc.contributor.authorRobson, Stephen J.en
dc.date.accessioned2025-05-23T14:20:52Z
dc.date.available2025-05-23T14:20:52Z
dc.date.issued2024en
dc.description.abstractObjective: Specialised mental healthcare delivery is highly labour intensive, and the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated workforce shortfalls. We explore the information on the mental healthcare labour supply in Australia from a health policy viewpoint. Our purpose is to stimulate discussion, further research and development of interventions. Conclusions: The mental healthcare labour market has a number of features that make it prone to shortages and other distortions. These include: the labour-intensive nature of healthcare work;, long-training periods; that traditional policy levers like pay are only partially effective; as well as other challenges in retaining and recruiting mental health nurses and psychiatrists, especially in public mental health services. Further research is needed to develop and evaluate effective interventions.en
dc.description.statusPeer-revieweden
dc.format.extent4en
dc.identifier.issn1039-8562en
dc.identifier.otherPubMed:39110758en
dc.identifier.otherORCID:/0000-0003-3351-6911/work/184098204en
dc.identifier.scopus85200940250en
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85200940250&partnerID=8YFLogxKen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1885/733752409
dc.language.isoenen
dc.rightsPublisher Copyright: © The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists 2024.en
dc.sourceAustralasian Psychiatryen
dc.subjectHealthcare workforceen
dc.subjectlabour marketen
dc.subjectmental healthcareen
dc.subjectshortagesen
dc.titleAustralian specialised mental healthcare labour shortages: Potential interventions for consideration and further researchen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dspace.entity.typePublicationen
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage449en
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage446en
local.contributor.affiliationLooi, Jeffrey C.L.; Australian National University Medical Schoolen
local.contributor.affiliationAllison, Stephen; Australian National University Medical Schoolen
local.contributor.affiliationBastiampillai, Tarun; Australian National University Medical Schoolen
local.contributor.affiliationHensher, Martin; University of Tasmaniaen
local.contributor.affiliationKisely, Steve; University of Queenslanden
local.contributor.affiliationRobson, Stephen J.; Medical School Directorate, School of Medicine and Psychology, ANU College of Science and Medicine, The Australian National Universityen
local.identifier.citationvolume32en
local.identifier.doi10.1177/10398562241267138en
local.identifier.puredb1c1708-b772-436d-a0ec-f67403fd2060en
local.identifier.urlhttps://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85200940250en
local.type.statusPublisheden

Downloads

Collections

ANU Research Publications

DSpace software copyright © 2002-2026 LYRASIS