Medical-legal partnerships: the role of mental health providers and legal authorities in the development of a coordinated approach to supporting mental health clients' legal needs in regional and rural settings Speldewinde, CA and Parsons, I 2015, Medical-legal partnerships: the role of mental health providers and legal authorities in the development of a coordinated approach to supporting mental health clients' legal needs in regional and rural settings, Rural and remote health, vol. 15, no. 4, Article number: 3387, pp. 1-11. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads speldewinde-medicallegal-2015.pdf Published version application/pdf 401.90KB 39 Title Medical-legal partnerships: the role of mental health providers and legal authorities in the development of a coordinated approach to supporting mental health clients' legal needs in regional and rural settings Author(s) Speldewinde, CA Parsons, I Journal name Rural and remote health Volume number 15 Issue number 4 Season Article number: 3387 Start page 1 End page 11 Total pages 11 Publisher James Cook University Place of publication Cairns, Qld. Publication date 2015-11-11 ISSN 1445-6354 Keyword(s) Australia coordinated approach legal needs medical-legal partnerships mental health Summary INTRODUCTION: Medical-legal partnerships (MLP) are a model in which medical and legal practitioners are co-located and work together to support the health and wellbeing of individuals by identifying and resolving legal issues that impact patients' health and wellbeing. The aim of this article is to analyse the benefits of this model, which has proliferated in the USA, and its applicability in the context of rural and remote Australia. METHODS: This review was undertaken with three research questions in mind: What is an MLP? Is service provision for individuals with mental health concerns being adequately addressed by current service models particularly in the rural context? Are MLPs a service delivery channel that would benefit individuals experiencing mental health issues? RESULTS: The combined searches from all EBSCO Host databases resulted in 462 citations. This search aggregated academic journals, newspapers, book reviews, magazines and trade publications. After several reviews 38 papers were selected for the final review based on their relevance to this review question: How do MLPs support mental health providers and legal service providers in the development of a coordinated approach to supporting mental health clients' legal needs in regional and rural Australia? CONCLUSIONS: There is considerable merit in pursuing the development of MLPs in rural and remote Australia particularly as individuals living in rural and remote areas have far fewer opportunities to access support services than those people living in regional and metropolitan locations. MLPS are important channels of service delivery to assist in early invention of legal problems that can exacerbate mental health problems. Language eng Field of Research 189999 Law and Legal Studies not elsewhere classified 111714 Mental Health 1117 Public Health And Health Services 1303 Specialist Studies In Education 1110 Nursing Socio Economic Objective 970118 Expanding Knowledge in Law and Legal Studies HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2015, The Authors Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30079818 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Law Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 26 Nov 2015, 09:55:50 EST Tue, 19 Jul 2016, 12:22:36 EST Wed, 20 Jul 2016, 05:00:23 EST Wed, 20 Jul 2016, 06:09:16 EST Wed, 20 Jul 2016, 09:54:03 EST Wed, 20 Jul 2016, 09:55:33 EST Wed, 20 Jul 2016, 10:00:36 EST Wed, 20 Jul 2016, 10:01:33 EST Wed, 12 Oct 2016, 12:54:16 EST Thu, 24 Nov 2016, 15:07:31 EST Fri, 16 Jun 2017, 14:41:59 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 12:37:08 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 1 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 269 Abstract Views, 39 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Tue, 19 Jul 2016, 12:22:36 EST

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