Murray PHN
Introduction
Murray PHN has commissioned APMHA HealthCare to deliver mental health services in line with the Stepped Mental Health Model of Care.
Services Available
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Central Intake, Triage and Allocations
For more information about this process, please see the ‘How do I refer?’ section below.
Psychological Therapy Services (PTS)
PTS provides free short term face-to-face or Telehealth psychological services to eligible clients who have been identified as under-serviced and/or hard to reach. This includes support for drought or fire affected communities.
This service targets;
Low need – mild presentations (high prevalent disorders): requiring brief psychological interventions. These can be provided face to face, phone or Skype and are delivered by Psychologists, Mental Health Social Workers, Credentialed Mental Health Nurses and Mental Health Occupational Therapists.
Moderate need – moderate presentations (high prevalent disorders): requiring medium term psychological interventions. These can be provided face to face, phone or Skype and are delivered by Psychologists, Mental Health Social Workers, Credentialed Mental Health Nurses and Mental Health Occupational Therapists.
PTS is a complementary program to Better Access (Medicare subsidised psychological services). The GP will need to assess whether Better Access or to PTS is more appropriate based on the clients circumstances. While these programs cannot be accessed at the same time, approval can be requested to access a secondary referral pathway if all sessions from the first referral pathway have been utilised.
Our specialist PTS streams include:
- Children’s Mental Health (o-13 yo)
- General Services (14yo+)
- Older Persons (65yo+) in residential aged care facilities
- Suicide Preventon Services (low risk intensive support)
Primary Mental Health Clinical Care Coordination (PMHCCC)
This service targets;
Moderate episodic disorders (low prevalent disorders): requiring assertive support with a team approach for up to 12 months. Delivered by Credentialed Mental Health Nurses.
Complex, enduring and severe (low prevalent disorders): requiring longer term assertive support with a team approach for up to 24 months. Delivered by Credentialed Mental Health Nurses.
Older Minds Mental Health Program for Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACF)
This service also provides mental health training for aged care facility staff to enable timely identification of psychological distress in residents and appropriate referral.
Areas of service
- Goulburn Valley Regions: Greater Shepparton, Strathbogie, Murrindindi and Mitchell Shires.
- North East Regions: Albury/Wodonga, Alpine, Wangaratta, Benalla, Mansfield and Indigo Shires.
Eligibility
Clients who are considered low income, living in rural locations, CALD, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, homeless or at risk of homelessness are eligible to receive services.
How do I refer?
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Referral Pathway
Step One.
Complete the newly updated GP Mental Health Treatment Plan(GPMHTP).
Step Two.
Cick on GP Referral templates below to access these files for your general practice software.
Step Three.
Send the fully completed MHTP and consent form to the APMHA HealthCare Central Intake Line:
- Via secure fax on 03 9376 0317
- Via secure email through Medical Objects by searching APMHA HealthCare
Please do not send your referrals via post.
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