º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ Health Research Institute
11 Kirinari Street
Bruce ACT 2617
+61 (02) 6206 8312
uchri@canberra.edu.au
The following studies have used ESMS/DESDE to analyse service provision in local health districts and geographic regions.
Fernandez A, Smith-Merry J, Gillespie J, Feng X, Astell-Burt T, Maas C, Salvador-Carulla L. The Integrated Mental Health Atlas of Western Sydney Local Health District: Gaps and Recommendations. Aust Health Rev. 2017 Mar;41(1):38-44.
Furst MA, Salinas-Perez JA, Gutiérrez-Colosia MR, Salvador-Carulla L. A new bottom-up method for the standard analysis and comparison of workforce capacity in mental healthcare planning: Demonstration study in the Australian Capital Territory. PloS One. 2021;16(7):e0255350.
Furst MA, Salinas-Perez JA, Salvador-Carulla L. Organisational impact of the National Disability Insurance Scheme transition on mental health care providers:the experience in the Australian Capital Territory. Australas Psychiatry. 2018 Dec;26(6):590-594. :
Salinas-Perez JA, Ruiz Gutiérrez-ColosÃa M, Garcia-Alonso C, Furst M, Tabatabaei Jafari H, Kalseth J, et al. Patterns of mental healthcare provision in rural areas: A demonstration study in Australia and Europe. Front Psychiatry. 2023 Feb 1;14:993197.
Salvador-Carulla L, Furst MA, Tabatabaei-Jafari H, Mendoza J, Riordan D, Moore E, Rock D, Anthes L, Bagheri N, Salinas-Perez JA. Patterns of service provision in child and adolescent mental health care in Australia. J Child Health Care. 2022 Dec 20:13674935221146381. doi: 10.1177/13674935221146381. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36538047.
Spijker BA van, Salinas-Perez JA, Mendoza J, Bell T, Bagheri N, Furst MA, Reynolds J, Rock D, Harvey A, Rosen A, Salvador-Carulla L. Service availability and capacity in rural mental health in Australia: Analysing gaps using an Integrated Mental Health Atlas. Aust N Z J Psychiatry. 2019 Oct;53(10):1000-1012.
Tabatabaei-Jafari H, Bagheri N, Lueck C, Furst MA, Salinas-Perez JA, Salvador-Carulla L. Standardized Systematic Description of Provision of Care for Multiple Sclerosis at a Local Level: A Demonstration Study. Int J MS Care [Internet]. 2022 Dec 13 [cited 2023 Feb 9]; Available from: https://doi.org/10.7224/1537-2073.2022-014
Tabatabaei-Jafari H, Salinas-Perez JA, Furst MA, Bagheri N, Mendoza J, Burke D, et al. Patterns of Service Provision in Older People’s Mental Health Care in Australia. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Nov 17;17(22):8516.
Cetrano G, Salvador-Carulla L, Tedeschi F, Rabbi L, Gutiérrez-ColosÃa MR, Gonzalez-Caballero JL, Park AL, McDaid D, Sfetcu R, Kalseth J, Kalseth B, Hope Ø, Brunn M, Chevreul K, Straßmayr C, Hagmair G, Wahlbeck K, Amaddeo F; REFINEMENT group. The balance of adult mental health care: provision of core health versus other types of care in eight European countries. Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci. 2018 Jan 25;16(3). pii: E332. doi:
Gutiérrez-ColosÃa MR, Salvador-Carulla L, Salinas-Pérez JA, GarcÃa-Alonso CR, Cid J, Salazzari D, Montagni I, Tedeschi F, Cetrano G, Chevreul K, Kalseth J, Hagmair G, Straßmay C, Park AL, Sfectu R, Ala-Nikkola T, González-Caballero JL, Rabbi L, Kalseth B, Amaddeo F; REFINEMENT Group. Standard comparison of local mental health care systems in eight European countries. Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci. 2019, Apr;28(2):210-223.
Sadeniemi M, Almeda N, Salinas-Pérez JA, Gutiérrez-ColosÃa MR, GarcÃa-Alonso C, Ala-Nikkola T, Joffe G, Pirkola S, Wahlbeck K, Cid J, Salvador-Carulla L. A Comparison of Mental Health Care Systems in Northern and Southern Europe: A Service Mapping Study. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2018 May 31;15(6). pii: E1133.
Fernandez A, Salinas-Perez JA, Gutierrez-Colosia MR, Prat-Pubill B, Serrano-Blanco A, Molina C, Jorda E, Garcia-Alonso CR, Salvador-Carulla L. Use of an integrated Atlas of Mental Health Care for evidence informed policy in Catalonia (Spain). Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci. 2015;24(6):512-24.
Sabes-Figuera R, Knapp M, Bendeck M, Mompart-Penina A, Salvador-Carulla L. The local burden of emotional disorders. An analysis based on a large health survey in Catalonia (Spain). Gac Sanit. 2012;26(1):24-9. doi:
Salvador-Carulla L, Haro JM, Cabasés J, Madoz V, Sacristán JA, Vázquez-Barquero JL. Service utilization and costs of first-onset schizophrenia in two widely differing health service areas in North-East Spain. PSICOST Group. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 1999;100(5):335-343. doi
Tibaldi G, Munizza C, Pasian S, Johnson S, Salvador-Carulla L, Zucchi S, et al. Indicators predicting use of mental health services in Piedmont, Italy. J Ment Health Policy Econ. 2005, 8(2):95-106.
Salvador-Carulla L, Tibaldi G, Johnson S, Scala E, Romero C, Munizza C. Patterns of mental health service utilisation in Italy and Spain--an investigation using the European Service Mapping Schedule. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2005;40(2):149-159. doi:
Salinas-Perez JA, Salvador-Carulla L, Saldivia S, Grandon P, Minoletti A, Romero Lopez-Alberca C. Integrated mapping of local mental health systems in Central Chile. Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2018;42:e144.
º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ Health Research Institute
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Bruce ACT 2617
+61 (02) 6206 8312
uchri@canberra.edu.au
º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ acknowledges the Ngunnawal people, traditional custodians of the lands where Bruce campus is situated. We wish to acknowledge and respect their continuing culture and the contribution they make to the life of Canberra and the region. We also acknowledge all other First Nations Peoples on whose lands we gather.