Leadership for change in complex systems.
OBJECTIVE
To examine clinician leadership for change from the perspective of complexity.


METHODS
The core features of complex adaptive systems are described and examples of these characteristics are identified in Australia's mental health system. The implications of conceiving of the mental health system as a complex adaptive system are explored.


CONCLUSIONS
It is concluded that there is value in conceiving of Australia's mental health system as a complex adaptive system and that such a conception provides useful guidance for leadership for change and for management.
Minas
Harry
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Victorian Transcultural Psychiatry Unit, and Centre for International Mental Health, School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic., Australia. h.minas@unimelb.edu.au
D001315:Australia; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D011361:Professional Competence