title: 'Shared Care - Shared Dream': Model of shared care in rural Australia between mental health services and general practitioners.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To identify a working model between rural and remote mental health services and the local GPs in Australia.
  
  
  METHODS
  Postal questionnaire to assess the GPs' satisfaction level with the involvement of the mental health services in their ongoing management of mentally ill in the community.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was a greater sense of satisfaction with the mental health services over the five years this program was implemented.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study offers a model on how a rural mental health service could enter into a shared care program with the local GP practice and achieve a greater level of satisfaction in serving the rural communities in Australia.
authors.affiliation: Beenleigh Mental Health Services and Logan Hospital - Mental Health, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. chinnasamy@optusnet.com.au
authors.forename: D Chinna
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Samy
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.forename: Jacquie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rounsevell
authors.forename: Rodney
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Carr
mesh_terms: D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005194:Family Practice / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008297:Male; D017146:Models, Organizational; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D017060:Patient Satisfaction / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019035:Rural Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014739:Victoria