Better Mental Health Care

A concise guide to establishing, developing and evaluating modern mental health services.

Graham Thornicroft (Author), Michele Tansella (Author)

9780521689465, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 6 November 2008

194 pages, 10 b/w illus. 53 tables
23.4 x 15.5 x 1 cm, 0.34 kg

'… a highly relevant topic … This is an important book and is recommended reading for anyone wishing to gain a good understanding of the overriding areas that need to be considered for the future planning of mental health care.' Perspectives in Public Health

A concise guide to establishing, developing and evaluating modern mental health services, providing the relevant evidence to support necessary choices between alternative models of care. It includes a step-by-step guide to what to do and how to do it, taking into account the needs of people with mental illnesses in the general population, the available resources, and the main policy requirements. It also gives readers practical resources to assist them in their role in establishing and developing mental health services with examples of best practice taken from countries world-wide. In addition, key relevant issues such as international agreements on human rights and guidelines on best practice to reduce stigma and discrimination are explained.

Foreword Benedetto Saraceno
Acknowledgements
1. Beginning the journey - mapping the route
2. Mental health of the population and care in the community
3. The historical context
4. The ethical base for mental health care
5. The evidence base for mental health care
6. The experience base for mental health care
7. The geographical dimension: the country/regional level
8. The geographical dimension: the local level
9. The geographical dimension: the individual level
10. The time dimension: the input phase
11. The time dimension: the process phase
12. The time dimension: the outcome phase
13. The central role of staff for better mental health care
14. Informed actions for better mental health care.

Subject Areas: Psychiatry [MMH], Epidemiology & medical statistics [MBNS], Public health & preventive medicine [MBN]