Psychological Therapies Services

Right service, right time

Providing psychological therapies services for rural SA

Identified service gaps

Psychological therapy services address identified service gaps for people in underserviced groups, including those in rural and remote areas, where there are barriers to accessing Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) based psychological intervention, making optimal use of the available service infrastructure and workforce.

Evidence based intervention

This program provides evidence based, short term psychological intervention to people with a diagnosable mild, moderate, or in some cases severe mental illness, or to people who have attempted, or are at risk of, suicide or self-harm where access to other services is not appropriate.