Home from home: Psychiatric clinic in Wagga Wagga/AUS.

摘要

Not many people outside Australia know what the "Wagga Effect" is. The phrase was coined by the Australian Institute of Sport to describe the disproportionately high number of elite sports men and women who come from regional cities, such as Wagga Wagga in New South Wales. It makes sense that children from smaller towns have more space to play, are exposed to many different sports, and will often participate alongside adults. Healthy sports activity is believed to lead to sound physical and mental health, and with its reputation Wagga Wagga is not the sort of place one would immediately associate with a psychiatric clinic. But they have one - a new one - and it is exemplary.