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Mental Health Analysis Profiles (MhAPs): Scotland

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  • Alessia Forti

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As part of a wider project on mental health in OECD countries, a series of descriptive profiles have been prepared, intended to provide descriptive, easily comprehensible, highly informative accounts of the mental health systems of OECD countries. These profiles, entitled ‘Mental Health Analysis Profiles’ (MHAPs), will be able to inform discussion and reflection and provide an introduction to and a synthesised account of mental health in a given country. Each MHAP follows the same template, and whilst the MHAPs are stand-alone profiles, loose cross-country comparison using the MHAPs is possible and encouraged. Mental health is a priority area within the Scottish health care agenda. In the Scottish mental health system significant focus is given to recovery, service user involvement, anti-stigma initiatives, and suicide reduction strategies. Amongst the peculiarities, and strengths, of the Scottish mental health system are its focus on data collection, monitoring and evaluation, with a strong focus on improvement and delivery, as data collection and mental health indicators are turned into a management tool for policy makers. However, better indicators could be developed to monitor specialist mental health services delivered in the community. Lancée dans le cadre d’un projet plus vaste consacré à la santé mentale dans les pays de l'OCDE, la série de profils « Santé mentale : profils d’analyse » (Mental Health Analysis Profiles - MHAP) vise à décrire de manière simple et détaillée les systèmes de santé mentale des pays de l'OCDE. Ces profils, qui étayeront les examens et les réflexions qui seront menés, feront le point sur la situation d’un pays donné dans le domaine de la santé mentale. Les profils MHAP sont indépendants les uns des autres mais suivent le même modèle : il est donc possible, et recommandé, de les utiliser pour procéder à des comparaisons entre pays. La santé mentale est un domaine prioritaire du programme de l’Écosse en matière de soins de santé. Le système de santé mentale écossais met l’accent sur la guérison, l’implication des patients, les initiatives de lutte contre la stigmatisation et les plans d’action contre le suicide. Le système de santé mentale de l’Écosse se distingue par certaines spécificités et plusieurs points forts, notamment la priorité accordée à la collecte de données, au suivi et à l'évaluation, avec un fort accent sur l'amélioration et la diffusion, la collecte de données et les indicateurs de la santé mentale étant convertis en outils de gestion à l’intention des décideurs. Toutefois, de meilleurs indicateurs pourraient être développés pour le suivi des services de santé mentale de proximité.

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  • Alessia Forti, 2014. "Mental Health Analysis Profiles (MhAPs): Scotland," OECD Health Working Papers 74, OECD Publishing.
  • Handle: RePEc:oec:elsaad:74-en
    DOI: 10.1787/5jz158xmxkwj-en
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    1. Ringdal, Charlotte & Rootjes, Frank, 2022. "Depression and labor supply: Evidence from the Netherlands," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 45(C).

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