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

Published:2024-08-07 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:1039-8562
Container-title:Australasian Psychiatry
language:en
Short-container-title:Australas Psychiatry

Author:

Looi Jeffrey CL¹²^ORCID,Allison Stephen³⁴^ORCID,Bastiampillai Tarun⁵⁶⁷^ORCID,Hensher Martin⁸,Kisely Steve⁹¹⁰,Robson Stephen J¹¹¹²

Affiliation:

1. Academic Unit of Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine, The Australian National University School of Medicine and Psychology, Canberra Hospital, Canberra, ACT, Australia; and

2. Consortium of Australian-Academic Psychiatrists for Independent Policy and Research Analysis (CAPIPRA), Canberra, ACT, Australia

3. Consortium of Australian-Academic Psychiatrists for Independent Policy and Research Analysis (CAPIPRA), Canberra, ACT, Australia; and

4. College of Medicine and Public Health, Finders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia

5. Consortium of Australian-Academic Psychiatrists for Independent Policy and Research Analysis (CAPIPRA), Canberra, ACT, Australia;

6. College of Medicine and Public Health, Finders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia; and

7. Department of Psychiatry, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia

8. Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Medical Science Precinct, Hobart, TAS, Australia

9. School of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia; and

10. Departments of Psychiatry, Community Health and Epidemiology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada

11. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The Australian National UniversityMedical School of Medicine and Psychology, Canberra Hospital, Canberra, ACT, Australia; and

12. Federal President, Australian Medical Association, Barton, Canberra, ACT, Australia

Abstract

Objective 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.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Link

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/10398562241267138

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