The balance of adult mental health care: provision of core health versus other types of care in eight European countries

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Cetrano, G., Salvador-Carulla, L., Tedeschi, F., Rabbi, L., Gutiérrez-Colosía, M., Gonzalez-Caballero, J., Park, A-L., McDaid, D., Sfetcu, R., Kalseth, J., Kalseth, B., Hope, Ø., Brunn, M., Chevreul, K., Straßmayr, C., Hagmair, G., Wahlbeck, K. and Amaddeo, F. 2020. The balance of adult mental health care: provision of core health versus other types of care in eight European countries. Epidemiology and Psychiatric sciences. 29, pp. 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1017/S2045796018000574
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TitleThe balance of adult mental health care: provision of core health versus other types of care in eight European countries
AuthorsCetrano, G., Salvador-Carulla, L., Tedeschi, F., Rabbi, L., Gutiérrez-Colosía, M., Gonzalez-Caballero, J., Park, A-L., McDaid, D., Sfetcu, R., Kalseth, J., Kalseth, B., Hope, Ø., Brunn, M., Chevreul, K., Straßmayr, C., Hagmair, G., Wahlbeck, K. and Amaddeo, F.
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Abstract

Aims
Although many mental health care systems provide care interventions that are not related to direct health care, little is known about the interfaces between the latter and core health care. ‘Core health care’ refers to services whose explicit aim is direct clinical treatment which is usually provided by health professionals, i.e., physicians, nurses, psychologists. ‘Other care’ is typically provided by other staff and includes accommodation, training, promotion of independence, employment support and social skills. In such a definition, ‘other care’ does not necessarily mean being funded or governed differently. The aims of the study were: (1) using a standard classification system (Description and Evaluation of Services and Directories in Europe for Long Term Care, DESDE-LTC) to identify ‘core health’ and ‘other care’ services provided to adults with mental health problems; and (2) to investigate the balance of care by analysing the types and characteristics of core health and other care services.
Methods
The study was conducted in eight selected local areas in eight European countries with different mental health systems. All publicly funded mental health services, regardless of the funding agency, for people over 18 years old were identified and coded. The availability, capacity and the workforce of the local mental health services were described using their functional main activity or ‘Main Types of Care’ (MTC) as the standard for international comparison, following the DESDE-LTC system.
Results
In these European study areas, 822 MTCs were identified as providing core health care and 448 provided other types of care. Even though one-third of mental health services in the selected study areas provided interventions that were coded as ‘other care’, significant variation was found in the typology and characteristics of these services across the eight study areas.
Conclusions
The functional distinction between core health and other care overcomes the traditional division between ‘health’ and ‘social’ sectors based on governance and funding. The overall balance between core health and other care services varied significantly across the European sites. Mental health systems cannot be understood or planned without taking into account the availability and capacity of all services specifically available for this target population, including those outside the health sector.

KeywordsCommunity mental health; health service research; mental health; psychiatric services
PublisherCambridge University Press
JournalEpidemiology and Psychiatric sciences
ISSN2045-7960
Electronic2045-7979
Publication dates
Online17 Oct 2018
Print31 Dec 2020
Publication process dates
Deposited01 Apr 2020
Accepted10 Sep 2018
Submitted23 Mar 2018
Output statusPublished
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© The Author(s) 2018
This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1017/S2045796018000574
Web of Science identifierWOS:000585061200006
LanguageEnglish
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