Amos, Andrew, and Coleman, Mat (2023) Battling the tyranny of distance: Mental health in regional, rural, and remote Australia. Australasian Psychiatry, 31 (1). pp. 5-7.

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As Banjo Patterson memorably noted, not all Australians share the same view of what constitutes the good life. Australia is an enormous country, with a few densely populated coastal cities at the centre of widely dispersed networks of regional, rural, and remote communities. Given the realities of economies of scale and scope, and the fact of centralised political decision making and resource allocation, it is understandable that the evolution of Australia’s health systems has been largely driven by the needs, circumstances, and resources of metropolitan centres. However, there is growing recognition that centralised models of care and support developed for urban populations may require significant modification to achieve equivalent outcomes for some groups, particularly regional, rural, remote, and Indigenous Australians.

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