Severe mental illness registers.
The concept of creating severe mental illness registers is not entirely new to mental health services, although it has not been applied to any great extent in primary care. This article describes the process of setting up severe mental illness registers, which were implemented by Heartlands primary care trust (PCT) and disseminated to other PCTs in Northamptonshire. Diagnostic criteria, the target population, maintaining the register and the physical health review are discussed.
Peel
Andrew
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University College Northampton. andrew.peel@northampton.ac.uk
D000465:Algorithms; D003663:Decision Trees; D005568:Forms and Records Control; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D020380:Needs Assessment / Q000458:organization & administration; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000458:organization & administration; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000458:organization & administration; D018579:Patient Selection; D011159:Population Surveillance; D011320:Primary Health Care; D012042:Registries; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000458:organization & administration; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology