Targeting services to meet need: a tired approach to mental health care

Author:
MAUNDER Lesley
Journal article citation:
Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Care, 4(11), July 2001, pp.366-369.
Publisher:
Pavilion

Faced with ever-increasing and often conflicting demands Northumberland's health and social services have developed a structured framework to ensure patients with mental health problems receive the level of care appropriate to their needs. The Northumberland tiered approach has meant that primary care practitioners receive training and support to treat patients with more common mental health problems while secondary and specialist services are able to focus their resources on those with more disabling conditions. Describes the evolution and operation of the framework.

Subject terms:
interagency cooperation, mental health problems, mental health services, multidisciplinary services, needs, primary care, severe mental health problems, social services, training, general practitioners;
ISSN print:
1466-8785

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