title: The history and development of Australia's Black Dog Institute.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To overview the development of the Sydney-based Black Dog Institute.
  
  
  METHODS
  The strengths and limitations of the Institute's predecessor (the Mood Disorders Unit) gave way to a more ambitious Black Dog Institute, and this article gives an overview of the Institute's structural and functional components.
  
  
  RESULTS
  It is argued that the Institute serves as a model for modern psychiatric service delivery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The Institute's model of linking clinical, research, education and community activities to advance the understanding, diagnosis and management of mood disorders is detailed for wider consideration.
authors.affiliation: School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Australia. mail: g.parker@blackdog.org.au
authors.forename: Gordon
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Parker
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000628:therapy; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric / Q000266:history*; D006801:Humans; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000266:history*