Care plans in community mental health: an audit focusing on people with recent hospital admissions
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Date
2016-03-03
Authors
Stanislaus, Vimal
Bastiampillai, Tarun
Harris, Melanie
Battersby, Malcolm Wayne
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Publisher
Springer Verlag
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© 2016 National Council for Behavioral Health
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National Council for Behavioral Health
Abstract
Care planning is a key requirement for recovery-focused mental health care. Audit tools are available so that services can assess their alignment with accepted care planning standards but few benchmarks are available, especially for health services outside the United Kingdom. To assess implementation of recommended care planning in an Australian mental health setting for people recently hospitalised, a sample of service user records was audited against care plan requirements. Of 164 eligible records, 113 (69%) showed a care plan. Of the 113 care plans, 40 (35%) contained a risk assessment and 1 (1%) a crisis management plan. Thirty five (31%) contained some social needs assessment, 1 (1%) contained a physical health assessment, and 53 (47%) identified a primary healthcare physician. This audit indicated a large gap between recommendations and actual practice. Similar audits in other health services are required. Action is needed to integrate care planning into behavioural health practice.
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The final publication is available at Springer via: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11414-016-9504-0
Keywords
Community Mental Health Services, Mental disorders; patient care planning; consumer participation; clinical audit., Mental disorders, Patient care planning, Consumer participation, Clinical audit
Citation
Stanislaus, V., Harris, M., Battersby, M., & Bastiampillai, T. (2016). Care Plans in Community Mental Health: An Audit Focusing on People with Recent Hospital Admissions. Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research, 1-9.