Shared care, individual expertise: Invited commentary on… Shared care for people with mental illness

Shared care for people with mental illness: a GP’s perspective†

Shared care in mental health is now a policy imperative in England and Wales, yet its meaning, form and function are still open to debate. In this article, I discuss the benefits of and barriers to a shared care approach, explain how policy is currently driving practice in this area, discuss recent shared care initiatives and highlight some of the tensions inherent in the approach, particularly...

Shared Care in Serious Mental Illness:

Interrelation of Preventive Care Benefits and Shared Costs under the Affordable Care Act (ACA)

With the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), access to insurance and coverage of preventive care services has been expanded. By removing the barrier of shared costs for preventive care, it is expected that an increase in utilization of preventive care services will reduce the cost of chronic diseases. Early detection and treatment is anticipated to be less costly than treatment at ...

Shared mental health care in Canada.

Pilot study of records of shared care for people with mental illnesses.

OBJECTIVE To develop and evaluate a record of shared care to be held by the patient designed to increase the effectiveness of long term care of patients with severe mental illness. DESIGN Questionnaires completed by medical staff, community psychiatric nurse, and patients to evaluate the shared care record. SETTING General practices, a psychiatric outpatient clinic, and a mental health reso...