Quality improvement for mental health / World Health Organization.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

World Health Organization.

Contributor:

World Health Organization.

Funk, Michelle.

Saraceno, Benedetto.

Lund, Crick.

Ganju, Vijay.

Series:

Mental health policy and service guidance package.

Mental health policy and service guidance package

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mental health services--Standards.

Mental health services.

Mental health services--Evaluation.

Mental health policy.

Mental Health Services--standards.

Quality Assurance, Health Care--methods.

Health Care Reform--methods.

Health Policy.

Medical Subjects:

Mental Health Services--standards.

Quality Assurance, Health Care--methods.

Health Care Reform--methods.

Health Policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (90 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Geneva : World Health Organization, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Quality determines whether services increase the likelihood of achieving desired mental health outcomes and whether they meet the current requirements of evidence-based practice. Quality is important in all mental health systems because good quality ensures that people with mental disorders receive the care they require and that their symptoms and quality of life improve. This module sets out practical steps for the improvement of the quality of mental health care.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Preface

Executive summary

Aims and target audience

1. Introduction

2. Quality improvement: from policy alignment to review of mechanisms

Step 1. Align policy for quality improvement

Step 2. Design a standards document

Step 3. Establish accreditation procedures

Step 4. Monitor the mental health service by using the quality mechanisms

Step 5. Integrate quality improvement into the ongoing management and delivery of services

Step 6. Consider systematic reform for the improvement of services

Step 7. Review the quality mechanisms

3. Barriers and solutions

4. Recommendations and conclusions

Annex 1. Glossary of terms

Annex 2. Clinical guidelines that may be used as references for countries' mental health service development

Annex 3. Country example: accreditation of therapeutic communities in Chile

References.

Notes:

The Mental health policy and service guidance package was produced under the direction of Michelle Funk and supervised by Benedetto Saraceno. Crick Lund and Vijay Ganju prepared this module--P. iii.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 71-73).

ISBN:

9781417521082

9781417521081

1417521082

9789240681217

9240681213

OCLC:

559625929