scholarly journals Quality indicators for the referral process from primary to specialised mental health care: an explorative study in accordance with the RAND appropriateness method

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Miriam Hartveit ◽  
Kris Vanhaecht ◽  
Olav Thorsen ◽  
Eva Biringer ◽  
Kjell Haug ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Quality Indicators ◽  
Referral Process ◽  
Explorative Study

Tailored mental health care after nursing home admission: improving transfers of people with dementia with behavioral problems. An explorative study

2015 ◽  
Vol 19 (10) ◽  
pp. 902-911 ◽  
Author(s):  
L.D. Van Mierlo ◽  
A. Bootsma-Van der Wiel ◽  
F.J.M. Meiland ◽  
H.P.J. Van Hout ◽  
M.L. Stek ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Nursing Home ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Behavioral Problems ◽  
Nursing Home Admission ◽  
Explorative Study ◽  
People With Dementia

scholarly journals Quality indicators for international benchmarking of mental health care

2006 ◽  
Vol 18 (suppl_1) ◽  
pp. 31-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard C. Hermann ◽  
Soeren Mattke ◽  
David Somekh ◽  
Helena Silfverhielm ◽  
Elliot Goldner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Quality Indicators ◽  
International Benchmarking

scholarly journals Youth Experiences With Referrals to Mental Health Services in Canada: Protocol for a Web-Based Cross-Sectional Survey Study

10.2196/16945 ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. e16945
Author(s):  
Shalini Lal ◽  
Danielle Joanna Starcevic ◽  
Rebecca Fuhrer
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Youth Mental Health ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Referral Process ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Web Based

Background Youth mental health is an important public health concern affecting low-, middle-, and high-income countries, and many young people in need of mental health services do not receive the care they need when they need it. An early step in accessing mental health care is the referral process, yet most of the research done on pathways to care has focused on clinical populations (eg, first-episode psychosis) recruited from mental health care settings. There has been limited research attention on the experiences of referral to mental health services from the perspectives of youth recruited from the general population who may or may not have received the services they need. Objective This study aims to investigate the experiences that youth between the ages of 17 and 30 years have with referrals to mental health services and to better understand their perspectives on the use of technology to facilitate referrals. Methods This study will use a cross-sectional, Web-based survey design. A convenience sample of 400 participants from 3 Canadian provinces (Quebec, Ontario, and British Columbia), between the ages of 17 and 30 years, will be recruited via Facebook and will be invited to complete a Web-based survey anonymously. A questionnaire including a series of quantitative and qualitative questions will ask participants about their sociodemographic characteristics, past experiences with referral and access to mental health services, and opinions about using technology to facilitate the referral process. Results Participant recruitment is planned to be initiated by early January 2020 and is estimated to be completed by May 2020. Data will be analyzed using descriptive statistics and logistic regression or chi-square tests for quantitative data, and descriptive content analysis will be used for the qualitative data. Conclusions The results of this study can help inform the improvement of referral policies and procedures in youth mental health service delivery. A better understanding of young people’s perspectives on referral processes and their opinions on how these processes can be improved are essential to providing appropriate and timely access to mental health care. International Registered Report Identifier (IRRID) PRR1-10.2196/16945

scholarly journals International approaches to measuring the quality of mental health care

2013 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Moran ◽  
S. O'Connor ◽  
M. Borowitz
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Quality Indicators ◽  
Quality Measurement ◽  
Quality Improvements ◽  
Number Of Factors ◽  
Adequate Quality ◽  
Health Quality

The importance of measuring the quality of mental health care is widely recognized. A number of factors should be considered when constructing mental health quality indicators including the aspects of care to be measured; translation of quality measurement concepts into indicators that can be measured; pilot-testing, analysis and display of measures; and maintaining effectiveness of performance measures and policies over time. The impetus to measure quality in mental health care may be dampened by the innumerable challenges inherent in this worthwhile endeavour. In particular, many countries lack adequate quality measurement infrastructure. Challenges may be overcome to a certain extent by international collaboration. While cross-country co-operation can also introduce additional complexities; its benefits usually outweigh the costs. Quality indicators can have many uses but of utmost importance is that quality measurement in mental health care subsequently results in quality improvements.

A Tribute to the Late William J. Curran

1996 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 274-275
Author(s):  
O. Lawrence ◽  
J.D. Gostin
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Harvard University ◽  
Legal Medicine ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
International Institute ◽  
University Professor

In the summer of 1979, a group of experts on law, medicine, and ethics assembled in Siracusa, Sicily, under the auspices of the International Commission of Jurists and the International Institute of Higher Studies in Criminal Science, to draft guidelines on the rights of persons with mental illness. Sitting across the table from me was a quiet, proud man of distinctive intelligence, William J. Curran, Frances Glessner Lee Professor of Legal Medicine at Harvard University. Professor Curran was one of the principal drafters of those guidelines. Many years later in 1991, after several subsequent re-drafts by United Nations (U.N.) Rapporteur Erica-Irene Daes, the text was adopted by the U.N. General Assembly as the Principles for the Protection of Persons with Mental Illness and for the Improvement of Mental Health Care. This was the kind of remarkable achievement in the field of law and medicine that Professor Curran repeated throughout his distinguished career.

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