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Bridget Bassilios
Researcher at University of Melbourne
Publications - 68
Citations - 733
Bridget Bassilios is an academic researcher from University of Melbourne. The author has contributed to research in topics: Mental health & Health care. The author has an hindex of 14, co-authored 66 publications receiving 607 citations. Previous affiliations of Bridget Bassilios include Centre for Mental Health & University of Queensland.
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Australia's Better Access Initiative: An Evaluation:
Jane Pirkis,Maria Ftanou,Michelle Williamson,Anna Machlin,Matthew J Spittal,Bridget Bassilios,Meredith Harris +6 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that Better Access is playing an important part in meeting the community's previously unmet need for mental health care, with statistically significant improvements in average K-10 and DASS-21 scores from pre- to post-treatment.
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Frequent callers to crisis helplines: Who are they and why do they call?:
Matthew J Spittal,Izabela Fedyszyn,Aves Middleton,Bridget Bassilios,Jane Gunn,Alan Woodward,Jane Pirkis +6 more
TL;DR: Frequent callers have a significant impact on crisis lines, and solutions need to be found for responding to them that are in everybody’s best interests (i.e. the frequent callers themselves, other callers, telephone crisis supporters who staff crisis Lines, and those who manage crisis lines).
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Systematic review of research into frequent callers to crisis helplines
TL;DR: Suggested techniques for responding to frequent callers included: limiting the number and duration of calls allowed, assigning a specific counsellor, implementing face to face contact, and creating a specific management plan for each frequent caller.
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The complementarity of two major Australian primary mental health care initiatives.
Bridget Bassilios,Jane Pirkis,Justine Fletcher,Philip Burgess,Lyle C. Gurrin,Kylie King,Fay Kohn,Grant Blashki +7 more
TL;DR: The introduction of Better Access appears to have halted the steady increase in the number of ATAPS sessions previously observed, and should be interpreted alongside the fact that ATAPS funding is capped.
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Frequent callers to telephone helplines: new evidence and a new service model
Jane Pirkis,Aves Middleton,Bridget Bassilios,Meredith Harris,Meredith Harris,Matthew J Spittal,Izabela Fedszyn,Patty Chondros,Jane Gunn +8 more
TL;DR: A service model is proposed that involves offering frequent callers an integrated, tailored service in which they are allocated a dedicated and specially trained telephone crisis supporter (TCS), and given set calling times.