A Method to Compare the Delivery of Psychiatric Care for People with Treatment-Resistant Schizophrenia
Alonso-Solís, Anna (Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental)
Ochoa, Susana (Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu)
Grasa, Eva (Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental)
Rubinstein, Katya (Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel)
Caspi, Asaf (Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel)
Farkas, Kinga (Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary)
Unoka, Zsolt (Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary)
Usall, Judith (Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu, 08830 Sant Boi Llobregat)
Huerta-Ramos, Elena (Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu)
Isohanni, Matti (Oulu University Hospital (Finlàndia))
Seppälä, Jussi (Psychiatric and Substance Use Services, Lappeenranta, Finland)
Reixach, Elisenda (Fundació TIC Salut Social)
Berdun, Jesus (Fundació TIC Salut Social)
Corripio, Iluminada (Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Date:	2020
Abstract:	Introduction: Community services are gaining ground when it comes to attention to patients with psychiatric diseases. Regarding patients with treatment-resistant schizophrenia (TRS), the use of information and communication technology (ICT) could help to shift the focus from hospital-centered attention to community services. This study compares the differences in mental health services provided for patients with TRS in Budapest (Hungary), Tel-Aviv (Israel) and Catalonia (Spain) by means of a method for the quick appraisal of gaps among the three places, for a potential implementation of the same ICT tool in these regions. Methods: An adapted version of the Description and Standardised Evaluation of Services and Directories in Europe for Long Term Care (DESDE-LTC) instrument was made by researchers in Semmelweis University (Budapest, Hungary), Gertner Institute (Tel-Aviv, Israel) and Hospital de la Santa Creu I Sant Pau and Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu (Catalonia, Spain). Results: Two types of outpatient care services were available in the three regions. Only one type of day-care facility was common in the whole study area. Two residential care services, one for acute and the other for non-acute patients were available in every region. Finally, two self-care and volunteer-care facilities were available in the three places. Conclusion: Although the availability of services was different in each region, most of the services provided were sufficiently similar to allow the implementation of the same ICT solution in the three places.
Grants:	European Commission 643552
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Treatment-resistant schizophrenia ; Information and communication technologies (ICT) ; Mental health services ; Europe ; Mhealth
Published in:	International journal of environmental research and public health, Vol. 17 (october 2020) , ISSN 1660-4601

DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17207527
PMID: 33081208

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