title: Surveying perceptions of the progress of national mental health reform.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To provide comment on the latest Australian government commitment to a 5 year plan under the National Mental Health Strategy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In the absence of a credible system of accountability for the implementation of mental health reform, the Mental Health Council of Australia, in association with the Brain and Mind Research Institute, has taken up the task of auditing. A national, government-supported system needs to be developed in order to monitor progress of genuine mental health reform in Australia.
authors.affiliation: Brain & Mind Research Institute, PO Box M160, Camperdown, NSW 1450, Australia. ianh@med.usyd.edu.au
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hickie
authors.forename: Grace
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Groom
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D005544:Forecasting; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000639:trends*; D006284:Health Plan Implementation / Q000639:trends; D006292:Health Priorities / Q000639:trends*; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000639:trends*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000639:trends*; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000639:trends*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000639:trends; D012939:Social Planning