Psychiatry Assessment Clinic Final Evaluation Summary - October 2024

An evaluation of the PAC was funded by the Peregrine Centre, and determined that the majority of parents and health care professionals found the service highly beneficial, with all respondents reporting positive outcomes. [...] Royal Far West, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and the 64% University of New South Wales of parents agreed the PAC was acknowledge the Traditional extremely helpful for supporting Owners of the land on which we understanding of their child’s work and pay our respect to Elders diagnosis. [...] 2 royalfarwest.org.au 3 royalfarwest.org.au The need The Clinic Rates of developmental vulnerabilities increase the further a child lives from a A Telecare Psychiatry Assessment Clinic (PAC) within the Paediatric Development metropolitan centre1, and the gap between city and country children has widened over Program (PDP) was piloted, offering comprehensive psychiatric assessment and the past thre. [...] evidence of readiness for scale, due to the following factors: Self-reported outcomes indicate that the PAC is ▶ Positive perception of acceptability and having the desired impact, with most respondents feasibility of the PAC noting positive outcomes. [...] ▶ Direct costs of the PAC to RFW are lower gain access to them when you Overall, the evidence suggests the PAC is likely than the PDP (multidisciplinary assessment); to enhance goal achievement, diagnosis and families can also access the PAC much faster are a parent advocating for your management, capacity building, future wellbeing of children and timely access to psychiatric assessment.