Burvill P W
Med J Aust. 1977 Jul 9;2(2):57-9.
Psychiatric units in general hospitals will, increasingly, play a larger part in the delivery of psychiatric services to the community. Australian units are compared with those in England and Wales. It is very difficult to envisage the widespread adoption in Australia of large comprehensive district general hospital psychiatric units similar to those planned for Britain. A current challenge to existing psychiatric units in the large teaching hospitals in the capital cities of Australia is whether they will take on a catchment area responsibility, or remain independent of any plans for regionalization of psychiatric services.
综合医院的精神科部门将在为社区提供精神科服务方面发挥越来越大的作用。澳大利亚的精神科部门与英格兰和威尔士的进行了比较。很难设想澳大利亚会广泛采用类似于英国计划的大型综合性地区综合医院精神科部门。澳大利亚首都城市大型教学医院中现有精神科部门目前面临的一个挑战是，它们是将承担起一个集水区的责任，还是继续独立于任何精神科服务区域化计划之外。
