Integrated Health Care Atlases and Directories assess and collate standardised information about specialised mental health services in a geographical area. Whilst Directories list service information, Atlases present the information visually using Geographical Information Systems (GIS). Both are decision support tools which support evidence-informed policy and planning. These tools account for local factors, highlight variations in care (including disparities in service access), and gaps in service provision. They make it easier to compare services across a number of health service areas.
Integrated atlases of care are built using a standardised taxonomy which allows comparisons between different geo-demographic areas. They provide a unique picture of the services provided by Primary Health Networks (PHNs) to individuals with a lived experience of mental illness. Services include residential care, outpatient care, facilitating accessibility to care for patients with long term care needs, facilities that provide patients with information and/or assessment of their needs, and self-help and voluntary care. They map services provided by the public health sector, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), family and community services (FACs), and the justice system.
Current Australian Atlases map areas covering almost 50% of the Australia’s population.
Related Content: Atlases and Directories of Care for other target populations
Australia
Mental Health Atlases produced by the Mental Health Policy Unit (ANU)
ACT
- 2020 ACT Mental Health Atlas All Ages (CONSULTATION DRAFT) (PDF, 4.05MB)
- 2020 ACT Mental Health Atlas All Ages Annexes (PDF, 1.44MB)
- 2016 ACT Mental Health Atlas All Ages (PDF, 4.9MB)
NSW
- 2019 (2020) Western Sydney: The Integrated Atlas of Psychosocial Care in the Western Sydney Primary Health Network Region (PDF, 4.3MB)
- 2017 Western NSW (PDF, 2.8MB)
- 2017 Sydney North (PDF, 4.7MB)
- 2016 Western Sydney (PDF, 4.2MB)
- 2016 South Western Sydney (PDF, 10.0MB)
- 2016 Central and Eastern Sydney (PDF, 16.2MB)
- 2016 Annex 1 to Central and Eastern Sydney - Sydney Local Health District (PDF, 6.1MB)
- 2016 Annex to Central and Eastern Sydney - South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (PDF, 6.3)
- 2016 Annex to Central and Eastern Sydney - St Vincent's Health Network (PDF, 1.5)
- 2016 Far West NSW (PDF, 9.3MB)
Western Australia
Mental Health Atlases produced by ConNetica
Queensland
New South Wales
Victoria
- South East Melbourne includes Alcohol and Other Drugs & Homelessness
- 2018 Eastern Melbourne (PDF, 4.3MB)
Western Australia
- Perth Metropolitan
- Country WA
