This study statistically analyses the location and distribution of some aspects of mental health in Queensland. The health status measured here is not the conventional 'count' approach, i.e. counting people diagnosed with/without illness, but rather an approach that was developed in the context...

This article considers the relevant framework for evaluating a major process innovation in mental health services, viz. community-based service provision. Such services involve multiple inputs from various channels (or departments) in government and 'the community'. Conventional economic theory...

Economic studies of innovation are relevant to the mental health sector, not just for innovations in more conventional industries, such as telecommunications. We present an economic examination of the impact of an innovation in the mental health sector. The innovation examined here was first...