Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Salvador-Carulla, L.
• Haro, J. M.
• Ayuso-Mateos, J. L.

Titel

A framework for evidence-based mental health care and policy

Ist Teil von

• Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 2006-12, Vol.114 (s432), p.5-11

Ort / Verlag

Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2006

Quelle

EBSCOhost Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Objective:  Care planning integrates a growing number of disciplines, research fields and analysis techniques. A framework of the main areas of interest with regard to evidence‐based health care in mental health is provided here. Method:  The framework is based on the experience of working with data analysts and health and social decision makers at the PSICOST/RIRAG network, a Spanish research association which includes psychiatrists, health economists and health policy experts, as well as on a review of the literature. Results:  Three main areas have been identified and described here: outcomes management, knowledge discovery from data, and decision support systems. Their use in mental health care is reviewed. Conclusion:  It is important to promote bridging strategies among these new fields in order to enhance communication and information transfer between the different parts involved in mental health decision making: i) clinicians and epidemiologists, ii) data analysts, iii) care policy makers and other end‐users.