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Services to support carers of people with mental health problems: overview report
- Authors:
- ARSKEY Hilary, et al
- Publisher:
- University of York. Social Policy Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 47p.
- Place of publication:
- York
The overall aim of the scoping study was to advise the NHS Service Delivery and Organisation (SDO) Research and Development Programme as to what further research should be commissioned in the area of services to support carers, including young carers, of working-age adults and older people with mental health problems. The five key objectives were: to define what was meant by ‘effectiveness’ and ‘cost-effectiveness’ in relation to services to support the target group, recognising that the major stakeholders will have different perspectives on, and interpretations of, these terms; to examine and summarise the evidence from published and grey literature (both UK and international) about effective and cost effective services to support the target group; to ensure that the views of key stakeholders were central to the scoping study and informed its findings and recommendations ; to draw on the evidence from the literature, and the consultation with relevant stakeholders, to identify the key gaps in existing knowledge and, where possible, to describe how these gaps are affecting development of services; and to advise SDO on which areas should be a priority for further research, taking particular note of the requirements of the two NSFs, and the concerns and issues raised by different groups of carers or their representatives.