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How do we know it works? : mental health service evaluation, recovery and routine outcome measurement

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posted on 2017-12-06, 00:00 authored by Brenda Happell
The introduction of standardised instruments to measure the outcomes of mental health services is now well advanced in Australia. At the same time, consumer participation in all aspects of mental health service delivery, including evaluation, is now firmly positioned with Australian mental health policy. However, considerable evidence now exists to support the view that consumers have not been active participants in the development and implementation of routine outcome measures, and that the instruments used do not necessarily reflect consumer priorities. The aim of this paper is to discuss consumer participation in the evaluation of services in relation to the introduction of routine outcome measurement. More specifically this discussion is set within the context of the recovery movement, and the inherent incompatibility between outcome measurement and the recovery movement is explored.

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Category 1 - Australian Competitive Grants (this includes ARC, NHMRC)

History

Volume

14

Issue

1

Start Page

1

End Page

9

Number of Pages

9

ISSN

0968-0624

Location

United Kingdom

Publisher

International Journal of Psychiatric Nursing Research

Language

en-aus

Peer Reviewed

  • Yes

Open Access

  • No

External Author Affiliations

Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Health; Institute for Health and Social Science Research (IHSSR);

Era Eligible

  • Yes

Journal

International journal of psychiatric nursing research.

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