The history of InfraPsych
InfraPsych was founded in 1999 by Dr.Dennis Tannenbaum, who has more than twenty years experience working in the field of psychiatry. Dr. Tannenbaum, an Australian psychiatrist, has an extensive background as an internationally respected clinician and researcher in psychiatry, with an impressive record in establishing innovative health care delivery and outcome measurement systems.
The need for InfraPsych
- 1 in 5 people suffer from a mental illness.
- 48% of people with a mental illness do not seek treatment.
- 1 in 10 patients report that they receive quality treatment that effectively reduced their symptoms or resolved their level of dysfunction.
- The cost of disability, due to psychiatric illness, is of major concern to the World Health Organization.
- The market for psychiatric services has expanded due to an increase in prevalence and awareness of mental illnesses.
- Mental health services in all sectors of the economy would be overwhelmed if all people with a mental illness sought treatment. Existing services would have to have major funding increases to deliver the quality services that make a difference.
- People with a mental illness require quality service delivery to maximize their abilities to help themselves understand and monitor their own disorder.
- Patients, their caregivers and health professionals, require up-to-date, succinct information and support, on an ongoing basis.
InfraPsych and Sentiens
InfraPsych used to be our company name, although now it is the name of our mental health systems. The company name is Sentiens Pty Ltd and we are based in West Perth, Western Australia.
Following its establishment and focus-testing in Australia, InfraPsych will be available in other markets.
InfraPsych systems will provide a much needed and unique product: a set of tools for patients, caregivers, mental health professionals and treatment systems. This innovative system fits a unique niche.
InfraPsych offers patients the opportunity to understand their mental health issues and become better equipped to manage and move through treatment systems.
InfraPsych offers health professionals convenient and innovative ways of working with patients.
Professionals who use InfraPsych have easy access to current, credible information on disorders, management and treatments.
Professionals, and their patients, who use InfraPsych, are working together for more informed and empowered patient (and empowered caregivers).
InfraPsych data will be de-identified and, therefore, useable for continuing education and research.
The systems are cost effective and facilitate other system efficiencies
How does InfraPsych work?
InfraPsych's disorder management system, Recovery Road, assists in the ongoing monitoring and management of mental health, including education. It provides ways of gaining a greater understanding of the issues involved in managing mental illness. This process also assists the caregivers, and interested others, to understand appropriate paths and strategies involved in treatment and the problems and issues that may arise.
InfraPsych encourages perseverance with health providers' recommendations and urges continued quality input from professionals. It provides methods to assist in the monitoring of progress for the patient and provides the avenue for ongoing communication between those who seek treatment and those who provide it.
InfraPsych harnesses a sense of hope by assisting in the understanding of complex illnesses and helps to provide information, alternative choices and understanding, especially if treatment is less successful than it might be.
