mental health outcomes

Beyond diagnosis: developing an outcome orientated approach

Author: Editorial 12th August 2020 0 Comments

This presentation by Sami Timimi (Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist) was given at a 2015 Conference – POSITIVE ACTION FOR CHANGE IN MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. The conference was hosted by PCCS Books, who say: “The presentation addresses evidence that highlights why…
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collaborative practice

children and adolescents, diagnostic labelling, mental health outcomes, Outcome Orientated Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services (OO-CAMHS), PCCS Books, psychiatry, Sami Timimi

Outcomes for mental health services: what really matters?

Author: Editorial 6th August 2020 1 Comment

“For service users, it can be deeply disempowering when clinicians discount their understanding of their own illness, stripping their experience back to a set of symptoms and converting individual suffering into a 1–10 score in the search for a diagnosis.”…
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a coherent system

Ben Collins, King's Fund, mental health outcomes