{"title":"Mental Health Treatment Needs and Preferences for People Living with Bipolar Disorder in Australia.","authors":"Chelsea Ho, Eileen McDonald, Tania Perich","doi":"10.1007/s10597-025-01495-4","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>People living with bipolar disorders may face a range of treatment challenges, however, the treatment needs of those living with bipolar disorder in Australia have not been directly assessed. The present study aimed to explore the treatment and care preferences of people living with bipolar disorder in Australia. Participants were part of a large co-designed survey that assessed preferred settings, barriers, and access to treatment. A total of 494 participants provided responses regarding preferred treatment settings with 188 (38%) preferring the public system, 175 (35%) private, and 153 (31%) indicating a preference for both/either private or public care. The setting that was most frequently endorsed was at home (n = 343; 69%), then outpatient (n = 155; 31%), and inpatient (n = 93; 19%). Affordability, resourcing, geographical and timely access, improving education and addressing stigma were reported as key unmet needs, indicating that more work is needed to improve access to care for Australians.</p>","PeriodicalId":10654,"journal":{"name":"Community Mental Health Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7000,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Community Mental Health Journal","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-025-01495-4","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
People living with bipolar disorders may face a range of treatment challenges, however, the treatment needs of those living with bipolar disorder in Australia have not been directly assessed. The present study aimed to explore the treatment and care preferences of people living with bipolar disorder in Australia. Participants were part of a large co-designed survey that assessed preferred settings, barriers, and access to treatment. A total of 494 participants provided responses regarding preferred treatment settings with 188 (38%) preferring the public system, 175 (35%) private, and 153 (31%) indicating a preference for both/either private or public care. The setting that was most frequently endorsed was at home (n = 343; 69%), then outpatient (n = 155; 31%), and inpatient (n = 93; 19%). Affordability, resourcing, geographical and timely access, improving education and addressing stigma were reported as key unmet needs, indicating that more work is needed to improve access to care for Australians.
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Community Mental Health Journal focuses on the needs of people experiencing serious forms of psychological distress, as well as the structures established to address those needs. Areas of particular interest include critical examination of current paradigms of diagnosis and treatment, socio-structural determinants of mental health, social hierarchies within the public mental health systems, and the intersection of public mental health programs and social/racial justice and health equity. While this is the journal of the American Association for Community Psychiatry, we welcome manuscripts reflecting research from a range of disciplines on recovery-oriented services, public health policy, clinical delivery systems, advocacy, and emerging and innovative practices.
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