A Self-Assessment Program for Multidisciplinary Mental Health Teams

Fichtner, Christopher G.; Hardy, Daniel W.; Patel, Malini; Stout, Chris E.; Simpatico, Thomas; Dove, Henry G.; Cook, Laura; Grossman, Linda S.; Giffort, Daniel W.

doi:10.1176/appi.ps.52.10.1352

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“…Teams should be well balanced with respect to work experience in general and experience with seclusion in particular (14,37). Supervision is also helpful in the process of team building, where professionals learn to trust each other (42,43).…”

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Factors Contributing to Mental Health Professionals' Decision to Use Seclusion

Mann-Poll

Smit²,

Vries³

et al. 2011

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The model explained nearly half of the decision by mental health professionals to seclude vignette patients. Rater characteristics were at least as important as patient variables, including problem behaviors and diagnosis, and ward features. Because perceived approachability of the patient was a key factor, seclusion reduction policies should focus on supporting professionals in their efforts to manage inpatients with problem behaviors in an appropriate way.

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“…Pragmatic, top-down-implemented seclusion reduction programs have been established and evaluated in recent years (10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18). Overall, these programs have succeeded in reducing seclusion rates.…”

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Factors Contributing to Mental Health Professionals' Decision to Use Seclusion

Mann-Poll

Smit²,

Vries³

et al. 2011

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“…For most consumers, there was only one discipline mentioned in the care plan (nursing), and in many cases, there were multiple care plans documented by individual disciplines with no apparent attempt to implement an integrated multidisciplinary care plan. There seems to be underutilization of the potential of the care plan to support multidisciplinary communication (Fichtner et al, 2001). None of the care plans analysed were written in a SMART format, making effective review and evaluation of these plans a difficult task.…”

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Care planning and nonpharmacological interventions in a metropolitan inpatient dual diagnosis service: A retrospective exploratory study

MacLeay

Fry

Roche

et al. 2020

Int J Mental Health Nurs

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In Australia, the terms dual diagnosis and comorbidity are commonly used, often interchangeably, to describe the experience of consumers with both mental health difficulties and difficulties with alcohol and other drug use. Consumers with comorbidity often have complex needs that require comprehensive assessment, multidisciplinary team support, and trauma-focused management. More information about the demographics of consumers admitted with comorbidity, and the documented assessed needs, care, and interventions provided, would provide the foundations for working towards improved quality and continuity of care. Therefore, the aim of this study was to explore the documentation of inpatient assessment, care, and interventions provided to people with comorbidity. The research design was a retrospective exploratory study, and data collection involved a 12-month healthcare record audit. Forty-one records were screened, and 36 consumer healthcare records were identified as eligible for inclusion in the study. Most consumers (n = 34, 94%) were admitted on an involuntary basis, and 8 (22.2%) were female. Consumers had a median length of stay of almost six months. In most healthcare records, there was no documented evidence of care planning involvement by consumers or the multidisciplinary team. There was great variance in the delivery of nonpharmacological interventions. Most consumers did not receive trauma-focused assessment or intervention, and assessment tools were often incomplete with outcome measures poorly documented. This study has demonstrated significant gaps in consumer and multidisciplinary engagement with care planning and goal setting. There was poor documentation of comprehensive assessment and nonpharmacological interventions.

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“…Corrigan et al demonstrated the superiority of transformational over transactional and laissez‐faire leadership styles in 54 mental health service teams. Studies demonstrate that training to improve leadership and team functioning is feasible 36–38 …”

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