Bulletin of the Royal College of Psychiatrists: Volume 12 -

New Directions in Mental Health Care Evaluation: Report of a workshop∗ held on 3 July 1987 at the Institute of Psychiatry to discuss a proposed new unit and consortium
Isaac Marks, Joseph Connolly, Matthijs Muijen
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02 January 2018, p. 78
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Mental health care evaluation is a priority area as mental health care services are changing rapidly, more than are most other medical services. Budgets are finite, and there is concern for value for money in meeting the needs of patients and families. A one-day workshop brought together leading figures in the USA and Europe to discuss how a unit and consortium might be established to give cohesion and catalyse evaluative research in this fragmented field in the UK. Sound scientific data are available which have not yet been widely disseminated or used in policy making. There are rich opportunities for cross-national projects. The USA has intriguing innovations in evaluative research in mental health, some on a large scale, and these are relevant to the UK.

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