- Foreword
- Preface
- Contributors
- Chapter 1 Role and responsibilities of psychiatrists
- Chapter 2 How to develop leadership skills
- Chapter 3 Evaluating mental healthcare systems by studying pathways to care
- Chapter 4 Managing self: time, priorities, and well-being
- Chapter 5 Managing financial resources in healthcare settings
- Chapter 6 Managing difficult people in the workplace
- Chapter 7 Managing the media
- Chapter 8 Mentoring and career coaching
- Chapter 9 How to organize and manage scientific meetings
- Chapter 10 Raising funds for research and educational activities
- Chapter 11 Medical mobility: how to gain further skills
- Chapter 12 Building an academic career in psychiatry
- Chapter 13 Curriculum development for psychiatric training
- Chapter 14 Social media and e-learning for professional development in psychiatry
- Chapter 15 The philosophical basis of psychiatry
- Chapter 16 How to build a strong therapeutic alliance in mental healthcare: things to do, things to avoid
- Chapter 17 Managing psychiatric emergencies
- Chapter 18 Building ties in the community for patients with mental illness
- Chapter 19 Practical strategies to fight stigma in mental health
- Chapter 20 Working with families of patients with mental illness
- Chapter 21 Informed consent in research settings
- Chapter 22 Ethics and clinical practice in psychiatry
- Chapter 23 Mental healthcare in the transition from child and adolescent to adult psychiatry: what a psychiatrist cannot ignore
- Chapter 24 How to responsibly prescribe psychotropics
- Chapter 25 Dealing with aggressive and violent behaviours in psychiatric settings
- Chapter 26 Practical skills in old age psychiatry
- Chapter 27 Management of intellectual disability
- Chapter 28 Managing child psychiatry
- Chapter 29 Liaison psychiatry—is it possible?
- Chapter 30 Presentation and treatment of mental disorders in migrants
- Chapter 31 Management of mental disorders during pregnancy and the post-partum period
- Chapter 32 Involuntary hospitalizations in psychiatry: what to do and what to avoid
- Chapter 33 Sexual variation and mental health
- Chapter 34 Translational neuroimaging
- Chapter 35 Psychotherapy in practice
- Index
(p. 23) Evaluating mental healthcare systems by studying pathways to care
- Chapter:
- (p. 23) Evaluating mental healthcare systems by studying pathways to care
- Author(s):
Adriana Mihai
, Vesna Jordanova
, Umberto Volpe
, and Norman Sartorius
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med/9780198723646.003.0003
Pathways to care studies describe the way people seek care for mental disorders and give an insight on how mental health systems work. These studies provide data that can be used to generate health policy and to improve the quality of services, proposing interventions that contribute to the better use of resources and that provide more effective care. The Pathway Encounter Form is a standardized method for describing pathways to care. Data collection is simple and can be done as a part of routine assessment, without additional resources. Studies of pathways make it possible to compare care in different regions or in the same region at different times. The results of pathway studies should be interpreted in relation to their cultural, social, and economic context. They may serve people working within mental health facilities, administrators, and policy makers in their efforts to improve the provision of mental healthcare.
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- Foreword
- Preface
- Contributors
- Chapter 1 Role and responsibilities of psychiatrists
- Chapter 2 How to develop leadership skills
- Chapter 3 Evaluating mental healthcare systems by studying pathways to care
- Chapter 4 Managing self: time, priorities, and well-being
- Chapter 5 Managing financial resources in healthcare settings
- Chapter 6 Managing difficult people in the workplace
- Chapter 7 Managing the media
- Chapter 8 Mentoring and career coaching
- Chapter 9 How to organize and manage scientific meetings
- Chapter 10 Raising funds for research and educational activities
- Chapter 11 Medical mobility: how to gain further skills
- Chapter 12 Building an academic career in psychiatry
- Chapter 13 Curriculum development for psychiatric training
- Chapter 14 Social media and e-learning for professional development in psychiatry
- Chapter 15 The philosophical basis of psychiatry
- Chapter 16 How to build a strong therapeutic alliance in mental healthcare: things to do, things to avoid
- Chapter 17 Managing psychiatric emergencies
- Chapter 18 Building ties in the community for patients with mental illness
- Chapter 19 Practical strategies to fight stigma in mental health
- Chapter 20 Working with families of patients with mental illness
- Chapter 21 Informed consent in research settings
- Chapter 22 Ethics and clinical practice in psychiatry
- Chapter 23 Mental healthcare in the transition from child and adolescent to adult psychiatry: what a psychiatrist cannot ignore
- Chapter 24 How to responsibly prescribe psychotropics
- Chapter 25 Dealing with aggressive and violent behaviours in psychiatric settings
- Chapter 26 Practical skills in old age psychiatry
- Chapter 27 Management of intellectual disability
- Chapter 28 Managing child psychiatry
- Chapter 29 Liaison psychiatry—is it possible?
- Chapter 30 Presentation and treatment of mental disorders in migrants
- Chapter 31 Management of mental disorders during pregnancy and the post-partum period
- Chapter 32 Involuntary hospitalizations in psychiatry: what to do and what to avoid
- Chapter 33 Sexual variation and mental health
- Chapter 34 Translational neuroimaging
- Chapter 35 Psychotherapy in practice
- Index