A Method to Compare the Delivery of Psychiatric Care for People with Treatment-Resistant Schizophrenia

Anna Alonso-Solís, Susana Ochoa, Eva Grasa, Katya Rubinstein, Asaf Caspi, Kinga Farkas, Zsolt Unoka, Judith Usall, Elena Huerta-Ramos, Matti Isohanni, Jussi Seppälä, Elisenda Reixach, Jesús Berdún, Iluminada Corripio and m-RESIST Group
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Anna Alonso-Solís: Psychiatry Department, Institutd’ Investigació Biomèdica-Sant Pau (IIB-SANT PAU), Hospital de la Santa CreuiSant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), 08193 Barcelona, Spain
Susana Ochoa: CIBERSAM, Biomedical Research Networking Centre Consortium on Mental Health, 28029 Madrid, Spain
Eva Grasa: Psychiatry Department, Institutd’ Investigació Biomèdica-Sant Pau (IIB-SANT PAU), Hospital de la Santa CreuiSant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), 08193 Barcelona, Spain
Katya Rubinstein: The Gertner Institute of Epidemiology and Health Policy Research, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Aviv University, 6997801 Tel Aviv, Israel
Asaf Caspi: The Gertner Institute of Epidemiology and Health Policy Research, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Aviv University, 6997801 Tel Aviv, Israel
Kinga Farkas: Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Semmelweis University, 1083 Budapest, Hungary
Zsolt Unoka: Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Semmelweis University, 1083 Budapest, Hungary
Judith Usall: Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu, Sant Boi Llobregat, 08830 Barcelona, Spain
Elena Huerta-Ramos: CIBERSAM, Biomedical Research Networking Centre Consortium on Mental Health, 28029 Madrid, Spain
Matti Isohanni: Centre for Life Course Health Research, University of Oulu, 90570 Oulu, Finland
Jussi Seppälä: Centre for Life Course Health Research, University of Oulu, 90570 Oulu, Finland
Elisenda Reixach: TicSalut Health Department, Generalitat de Catalunya, 08005 Barcelona, Spain
Jesús Berdún: TicSalut Health Department, Generalitat de Catalunya, 08005 Barcelona, Spain
Iluminada Corripio: Psychiatry Department, Institutd’ Investigació Biomèdica-Sant Pau (IIB-SANT PAU), Hospital de la Santa CreuiSant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), 08193 Barcelona, Spain
m-RESIST Group: The m-RESIST Group is composed of: Francisco Alcalde, Enrico d’Amico, CaritatAlmazán, Anna Alonso-Solís, JesúsBerdún, István Bitter, Walter Baccinelli, Chiara Bonizzi, MaríaBulgheroni, Johanna Caro Mendivelso, AsafCaspi, Tanguy Coenen, Anat Cohen, Xavier Constant, IluminadaCorripio, Marisol Escobar, Kinga Farkas, Kata Fazekas, Yoram Feldman, Emmanuel Gimenez, Shenja van der Graaf, Eva Grasa, Levente Herman, Margarita Hospedales, Elena Huerta-Ramos, MattiIsohanni, Erika Jääskeläinen, Charlotte Jewel, TeijaJuola, TimoJämsä, Rachelle Kaye, Panagiotis Kokkinakis, Hannu J. Koponen, Silvia Marcó, GregorisMentzas, JoukoMiettunen, Jani Moilanen, Susana Ochoa, Ilias Papas, Fotis Paraskevopoulos, Elisabeth Reixach, Alexandra Roldán, Katya Rubinstein, Elena Rubio-Abadal, GarifaliaSebú, Annika Seppälä, JussiSeppälä, Valentina Simonetti, Matthias Stevens, Vittorio Tauro, Anna Triantafillou, ZsoltSzabolcsUnoka, Judith Usall, Vincenzo Vella, David Vermeir, Ilaria de Vita.

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 20, 1-13

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.

Keywords: treatment-resistant schizophrenia; information and communication technologies (ICT); mental health services; Europe; mHealth (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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