Improving access for rural Australians to treatment for anxiety and depression: The University of Melbourne Depression and Anxiety Research AND Treatment Group–Bendigo Health Care Group initiative

Abstract

Rural Australians have limited access to care for mental health problems. We describe a collaboration between the University of Melbourne Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry and a rural Area Mental Health Service to provide a specialist anxiety and depression treatment service in rural Victoria. The clinical service and the education and training approach are described.