Mental health referral role of rural financial counsellors

The Australian Journal of Rural Health
Jeffrey Fuller, Jessica Broadbent

Abstract

To quantify the proportion of rural financial counsellors' (RFC) clients requiring social, emotional and stress-related (SESR) assistance and the referral of these clients to other services. Survey of all Australian RFCs. Rural and remote agricultural locations in Australia. Australian RFCs employed over the months of November and December 2004. The proportion of counsellors' clients who required assistance with SESR problems and the proportion of these who were referred. Counsellors' usual referral networks, rating of referral difficulty and ranking of strategies to improve referrals. Counsellors reported that on average 20% of their clients required SESR assistance and half of the counsellors referred more than 75% of these clients. Referrals were mainly to GPs, mental health teams, personal counselling and health and welfare organisations. Almost half (49%) reported that referrals were difficult because of rural clients' reluctance to acknowledge such problems and use mental health services, as well as the lack of these services. Counsellors were placed in a practical role dilemma when clients raised personal issues that were beyond the counsellors' role but were linked to the financial reason for presentation. Strategies id...Continue Reading

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Apr 20, 2007·The Australian Journal of Rural Health·Jeffrey FullerTrevor Hazell
Apr 20, 2007·The Australian Journal of Rural Health·Shirley A Morrissey, Joseph P Reser
May 13, 2008·The Australian Journal of Rural Health·Lyn FragarAnne Tonna
Nov 27, 2008·The Australian Journal of Rural Health·Delwar HossainDon Gorman
Jun 2, 2009·BMC Health Services Research·Jeffrey D FullerLyn Fragar
Oct 5, 2011·The Journal of Rural Health : Official Journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association·JoAnn E KirchnerGreer Sullivan
Dec 3, 2010·Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing·Annette Woodhouse
Jul 9, 2013·Suicide & Life-threatening Behavior·Samara McPhedran, Diego De Leo
Jul 15, 2009·Australasian Psychiatry : Bulletin of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists·Delwar HossainRob Eley
May 7, 2019·The Journal of Rural Health : Official Journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association·Meg PercevalKairi Kolves
Nov 20, 2021·The Australian Journal of Rural Health·Kate M Gunn, Donna Hughes-Barton

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