CSGPN was one of nineteen GP Networks that received funding for the trial of ATAPS Self Harm and Early Intervention Project from 2008. This project has been a resounding success across the nineteen GP networks as judged by the reduction in the outcome scores of the individuals who underwent counseling for self harm or suicidal ideation.

Success of the ATAPS program: Article by Helen Tang, Psychologist

The Mental Health Professionals Network (MHPN) is a not-for-profit organisation contracted by the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing to promote, develop and support sustainable, interdisciplinary collaboration in the local primary mental healthcare sector.

The World Health Organisation estimates that there are about 370 million indigenous people living in more than 70 countries worldwide.

Article by Robert A. Battisti, Clinical Psychologist, Postdoctoral Research Fellow Clinical Research Unit, The Brain & Mind Research Institute.

The National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing conducted in 2007 by the Australian Bureau of Statistics estimates that 3.2 million Australians, or 20% of the adult population, experienced symptoms of a mental health disorder in the preceding 12 months.

RPA Women & Babies encourage women to book their first antenatal visit via their online form.
Funds still available for referral through the ATAPS Program for women experiencing Perinatal Depression.

CSGPN has been administering the ATAPS program since 2005. Funded by the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing, the ATAPS program enables GPs to refer patients with mental health disorders to an allied health professionals, at no cost to that patient.