Exploring the barriers and facilitators to accessing and utilising mental health services in regional, rural, and remote Australia: A scoping review protocol

• Bianca E. Kavanagh ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: bianca.kavanagh@deakin.edu.au

  Affiliations Institute for Mental and Physical Health and Clinical Translation, School of Medicine, Barwon Health, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia, Deakin Rural Health, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1656-2775

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• Hannah Beks,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Deakin Rural Health, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia

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• Vincent L. Versace,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Deakin Rural Health, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia

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• Shae E. Quirk,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute for Mental and Physical Health and Clinical Translation, School of Medicine, Barwon Health, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Psychiatry, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Kuopio Musculoskeletal Research Unit (KMRU), University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland

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• Lana J. Williams

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute for Mental and Physical Health and Clinical Translation, School of Medicine, Barwon Health, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia

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