title: Integrated Care Pathways for Schizophrenia: A Scoping Review.
abstract: This paper summarizes the existing evidence for integrated care pathways (ICPs) for the treatment of schizophrenia. Scoping review methods following PRISMA guidelines were employed due to the variable nature of the evidence in this area. The review identified 13 papers. Of these papers, 7 focused on describing ICP content and process-related data and 6 examined clinical outcomes. Of the 6 studies providing outcome data, 2 reported improved outcomes associated with ICPs. Conceptually, ICPs hold great promise for improving the quality of schizophrenia care. However, in contrast with other specialty healthcare domains, the schizophrenia ICP evidence base is very limited and has not fulsomely begun to address ICPs for effectiveness.
authors.affiliation: Complex Mental Illness Program, Toronto Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, 1001 Queen St. W., Unit 2-1, #161, Toronto, ON, M6J 1H1, Canada.
authors.forename: Sheng
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: ICP Program, Toronto Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada.
authors.forename: Saima
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Awan
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Toronto Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
authors.forename: Tarek
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rajji
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Toronto Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
authors.forename: Petal
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Abdool
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Toronto Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
authors.forename: Tony P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: George
authors.affiliation: Complex Mental Illness Program, Toronto Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, 1001 Queen St. W., Unit 2-1, #161, Toronto, ON, M6J 1H1, Canada.
authors.forename: April
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Collins
authors.affiliation: Complex Mental Illness Program, Toronto Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, 1001 Queen St. W., Unit 2-1, #161, Toronto, ON, M6J 1H1, Canada. sean_kidd@camh.net.|Department of Psychiatry, Toronto Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. sean_kidd@camh.net.
authors.forename: Sean A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Kidd
mesh_terms: D019091:Critical Pathways / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D006801:Humans; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000628:therapy*
keywords: Integrated care pathways; Review; Schizophrenia