Shared Care in Mental Illness

"Shared care in mental illness : a rapid review to inform implementation" is recent article by Brian J. Kelly and others.  The authors present a review of the evidence on shared care models of ambulatory mental health services. It was found that shared care models resulted in improved social function, self management skills, service acceptability, reduced hospitalisation, greater access to specialist care and better engagement with and acceptability of mental health services in some clinical settings. Effective shared care models incorporated linkages across various service levels, clinical monitoring within agreed treatment protocols, improved continuity and comprehensiveness of services.

International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2011, 5:31 doi:10.1186/1752-4458-5-31