scholarly journals Changing practice to support self-management and recovery in mental illness: application of an implementation model

2015 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melanie Harris ◽  
Phil Jones ◽  
Marie Heartfield ◽  
Mary Allstrom ◽  
Janette Hancock ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Community Mental Health ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Change Strategies ◽  
Implementation Model ◽  
Implementation Models ◽  
Parihs Model

Health services introducing practice changes need effective implementation methods. Within the setting of a community mental health service offering recovery-oriented psychosocial support for people with mental illness, we aimed to: (i) identify a well-founded implementation model; and (ii) assess its practical usefulness in introducing a new programme for recovery-oriented self-management support. We reviewed the literature to identify implementation models applicable to community mental health organisations, and that also had corresponding measurement tools. We used one of these models to inform organisational change strategies. The literature review showed few models with corresponding tools. The Promoting Action on Research Implementation in Health Services (PARIHS) model and the related Organisational Readiness to Change Assessment (ORCA) tool were used. The PARIHS proposes prerequisites for health service change and the ORCA measures the extent to which these prerequisites are present. Application of the ORCA at two time points during implementation of the new programme showed strategy-related gains for some prerequisites but not for others, reflecting observed implementation progress. Additional strategies to address target prerequisites could be drawn from the PARIHS model. The PARIHS model and ORCA tool have potential in designing and monitoring practice change strategies in community mental health organisations. Further practical use and testing of implementation models appears justified in overcoming barriers to change.

The future of specialist community teams in the care of those with severe mental illness

2007 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 225-230 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Tyrer
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Community Mental Health ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Severe Mental Illness ◽  
Community Mental Health Services ◽  
Community Services ◽  
Crisis Resolution ◽  
Crisis Resolution Teams

SummaryAims – Specialist interventions in community psychiatry for severe mental illness are expanding and their place needs to be re-examined. Methods – Recent literature is reviewed to evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of specialist teams. Results – Good community mental health services reduce drop out from care, prevent suicide and unnatural deaths, and reduce admission to hospital. Most of these features have been also demonstrated by assertive community outreach and crisis resolution teams when good community services are not available. In well established community services assertive community teams do not reduce admission but both practitioners and patients prefer this service to other approaches and it leads to better engagement. Crisis resolution teams appear to be more successful than assertive community teams in preventing admission to hospital, although head- to-head comparisons have not yet been made. All specialist teams have the potential of fragmenting services and thereby reducing continuity of care. Conclusions – The assets of improved engagement and greater satisfaction with assertive, crisis resolution and home treatment teams are clear from recent evidence, but to improve integration of services they are probably best incorporated into community mental health services rather than standing alone.Declaration of Interest: The author has been the sole consultant in two assertive outreach teams since 1994 and might there- fore be expected to be in favour of this genre of service. He has received grants for evaluation of different services models from the Department of Health (UK) and the Medical Research Council (UK).

scholarly journals Morbidity profile of patients attending the centers for mental health service provided jointly by the Government of Nepal and Community mental health service of Community Mental Health and Counseling- Nepal (CMC-Nepal)

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
KD Upadhyaya ◽  
B Nakarmi ◽  
B Prajapati ◽  
M Timilsina
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Service ◽  
Community Mental Health ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Health Program ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Mental Health Program ◽  
Community Mental Health Program ◽  
The Government

Introduction: Community mental health program initially conducted in Lalitpur district by UMN and later in the western region demonstrated the possibility of providing mental health services in the primary health care level if proper mental training is provided to different levels of health workers and the program is well supervised. Community Mental Health and Counseling- Nepal (CMC-Nepal) extended the same model of community mental health program to several other districts of the country after taking permission from the Ministry of Health and Population. The basic objective of the study was to prepare morbidity profile of patients attending the centers for mental health conducted jointly by the government of Nepal and Community Mental Health and Counseling- Nepal (CMC-Nepal). Material and method: Ten days block training in mental health for health assistant (HA) and Auxiliary Health Workers (AHW) was conducted by the CMC-Nepal. Senior psychiatrists, psychologists and psychiatric nurse were the trainers. Materials like mental health manual, audiovisuals, flip charts and case stories were used during training by the facilitators. An especially developed patient record card was used for case record, diagnosis and treatment. The study was carried out in between July 2010 to June 2011. A total of 6676 cases were studied during the study period. Results: Community mental health program identified 4761 total new cases in 12 months (July 2010 to June 2011), out of which 2821 were females (59%) and 1940 were males (41%). Similarly total old cases both females and males were 6676 registered in these centers for treatment. Out of all new cases patients with Anxiety Neurosis emerged as the largest group (50%) followed by Depression (24.88%). Other commonly diagnosed conditions were Epilepsy (7.5%), Psychosis (5.3%) and Conversion disorder (5.7%) and unspecified cases (6.5%). The implications of the results are discussed, in the current context. Conclusion: Mental health services need to be provided at the community so as to prevent cases of prolonged subjection to mental illness and also prevent cases of stigma and discrimination. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jpan.v2i1.8569 J Psychiatrists’ Association of Nepal Vol .2, No.1, 2013 14-19

Quality of mental health services: a self audit in the South Verona mental health service

2006 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 138-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liliana Allevi ◽  
Giovanni Salvi ◽  
Mirella Ruggeri
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Service ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Community Mental Health ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Community Mental Health Services ◽  
Community Mental Health Service ◽  
Continuous Quality ◽  
One Year

SUMMARYAims – To start a process of Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) in an Italian Community Mental Health Service by using a quality assurance questionnaire in a self audit exercise. Methods – The questionnaire was administered to 14 key workers and clinical managers with different roles and seniority. One senior manager's evaluation was used as a benchmark for all the others. Changes were introduced in the service practice according to what emerged from the evaluation. Meetings were scheduled to monitor those changes and renew the CQI process. Results – There was a wide difference in the key workers' answers. Overall, the senior manager's evaluation was on the 60th percentile of the distribution of the other evaluations. Those areas that required prompt intervention were risk management, personnel development, and CQI. The CQI process was followed up for one year: some interventions were carried out to change the practice of the service. Conclusions – A self audit exercise in Community Mental Health Services was both feasible and useful. The CQI process was easier to start than to carry on over the long term.

Trajectories of psychological distress after prison release: implications for mental health service need in ex-prisoners

2015 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 611-621 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. G. Thomas ◽  
M. J. Spittal ◽  
E. B. Heffernan ◽  
F. S. Taxman ◽  
R. Alati ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Mental Health Service ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Community Mental Health ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Community Mental Health Services ◽  
Mental Health Service Use ◽  
Very High

BackgroundUnderstanding individual-level changes in mental health status after prison release is crucial to providing targeted and effective mental health care to ex-prisoners. We aimed to describe trajectories of psychological distress following prison discharge and compare these trajectories with mental health service use in the community.MethodThe Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10) was administered to 1216 sentenced adult prisoners in Queensland, Australia, before prison release and approximately 1, 3 and 6 months after release. We used group-based trajectory modeling to identify K10 trajectories after release. Contact with community mental health services in the year following release was assessed via data linkage.ResultsWe identified five trajectory groups, representing consistently low (51.1% of the cohort), consistently moderate (29.8%), high increasing (11.6%), high declining (5.5%) and consistently very high (1.9%) psychological distress. Mood disorder, anxiety disorder, history of self-harm and risky drug use were risk factors for the high increasing, very high and high declining trajectory groups. Women were over-represented in the high increasing and high declining groups, but men were at higher risk of very high psychological distress. Within the high increasing and very high groups, 25% of participants accessed community mental health services in the first year post-release, for a median of 4.4 contact hours.ConclusionsFor the majority of prisoners with high to very high psychological distress, distress persists after release. However, contact with mental health services in the community appears low. Further research is required to understand barriers to mental health service access among ex-prisoners.

scholarly journals Development of Mental Health Services

1986 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 180-181
Author(s):  
Ian B. Cookson
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Health Authority ◽  
Regional Health Authority ◽  
Regional Health ◽  
Voluntary Organisations

In the Mersey Regional Health Authority it has been decided that closure of at least one large mental illness hospital will take place within some 10 years and may be complete by 1992. To facilitate this the region has provided funding for every long-stay patient who might be discharged to the care of voluntary organisations or Social Services Departments and joint assessments of patients have been undertaken by the Health Service and Social Services staff.

For a more rational funding system of Mental Health Services. Analyses of costs for services supplied by a Community Mental Health Service during a 7-year period

2001 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 163-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paola De Agostini ◽  
Paola Bonizzato ◽  
Francesco Amaddeo ◽  
Giulia Bisoffi ◽  
Federico Perali ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Service ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Community Mental Health ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Community Mental Health Service ◽  
Funding System ◽  
Sono Stati

RIASSUNTOScopo – Negli ultimi anni si è assistito, in Italia come in altri paesi del mondo occidentale, ad un forte aumento dell'interesse, da parte dei ricercatori, per l'economia sanitaria. Anche l'assistenza psichiatrica è stata analizzata riguardo a questi aspetti e, più recentemente, l'attenzione di molti gruppi di lavoro si è rivolta a studi in grado di individuare possibili sistemi di finanziamento dei Servizi psichiatrici altemativi a quelli esistenti e di valutarne l'effetto sul funzionamento dei Servizi. Lo scopo di questo lavoro è quello di definire un nuovo tariffario basato sui costi reali delle prestazioni erogate dai Servizi psichiatrici. Metodo – Utilizzando il Registro Psichiatrico dei Casi di Verona-Sud, sono stati considerati tutti i contatti avvenuti nelle varie sedi del Servizio Psichiatrico Territoriale (SPT) di Verona-Sud in un periodo di 7 anni (1992-1998), per un totale di 125632 prestazioni, riferite a 2819 soggetti. I contatti sono stati successivamente raggruppati in 19 tipi di prestazioni. La funzione di costo è stata utilizzata per descrivere, attraverso la stima dell'elasticit?à, il comportamento dei costi nel SPT di Verona-Sud. Il costo di una prestazione psichiatrica risulta così comprensivo della spesa per gli operatori coinvolti nell'erogazione del servizio (direttamente e/o indirettamente a contatto con il paziente) e del costo delle strutture utilizzate. Risultati – Per ciascuna prestazione vengono riportati (a) i costi stimati per la prestazione effettivamente erogata, (b) il costo stimato al minuto, (c) il costo della prestazione standard erogata con caratteristiche definite (per la durata si è utilizzato il tempo modale rilevato nel campione; per gli operatori, la composizione è stata decisa tenendo conto, da una parte, della reale operatività del SPT e, dall'altra, di considerazioni su quella che potrebbe essere, date le risorse disponibili nel nostro SPT, una buona pratica clinica) ed, infine, (d) i costi relativi alle prestazioni effettuate, raggruppate nelle otto voci contemplate dal Tariffario della Regione Veneto attualmente in vigore. Conclusioni – I risultati hanno dimostrato che le definizioni delle prestazioni, da noi utilizzate, descrivono in maniera soddisfacentemente univoca i diversi tipi di attività svolti dal SPT. Il nomenclatore nazionale attualmente in vigore, invece, avrebbe permesso di descrivere solo il 28% delle prestazioni erogate (35230 su 125632). Ciò dimostra la necessità di disporre, in tempi brevi, di un nuovo nomenclatore delle prestazioni psichiatriche, accettato a livello nazionale, che sia adeguato alle modalita reali con le quali si fomisce assistenza per la salute mentale. I valori di costo da noi ottenuti dimostrano chiaramente che il finanziamento di un Servizio psichiatrico, basato sul nomenclatore nazionale attualmente in vigore, sottostima fortemente le risorse effettivamente utilizzate. La funzione di costo delle diverse prestazioni pud fornire la base per esperienze di finanziamento dei servizi fondato sulle "funzioni assistenziali" previste dal decreto 229 del 1999.

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