DEVELOPING FOCUS - A PROJECT TO PROMOTE EFFECTIVE PRACTICE IN CHILD AND ADOLESCENT MENTAL-HEALTH-SERVICES IN THE UK

Authors
JOUGHIN C KELLY C
Citation
C. Joughin et C. Kelly, DEVELOPING FOCUS - A PROJECT TO PROMOTE EFFECTIVE PRACTICE IN CHILD AND ADOLESCENT MENTAL-HEALTH-SERVICES IN THE UK, European child & adolescent psychiatry, 7(1), 1998, pp. 54-56
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry,"Psychology, Developmental
Journal title
European child & adolescent psychiatry → ACNP
ISSN journal
10188827
Volume
7
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
54 - 56
Database
ISI
SICI code
1018-8827(1998)7:1<54:DF-APT>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
UK health policy requires child and adolescent mental health service p roviders to demonstrate that their services are effective. The FOCUS p roject has been developed to improve the availability and accessibilit y of research evidence and innovation, to support purchasers in the ef fective commissioning of services and to help providers base service p rovision on evidence of effectiveness and develop methods of evaluatio n.