How do you identify people with severe mental illness in rural communities?
Mental health trusts serving scattered rural communities face particular challenges when attempting to identify and meet unmet need. A number of social, geographical and practical factors are involved. Kim Kirkwood and David Peck describe one such survey, carried out by the Highland Communities NHS Trust, the failure of which raises a number of important issues for practitioners and service planners.
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Edinburgh Healthcare NHS Trust.
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D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing; D012423:Rural Health; D012606:Scotland