March 16, 2016 Europe Publication

Bringing together physical and mental health: A new frontier for integrated care

In March 2016, the King’s Fund published a compelling case for this ‘new frontier’ for integration:physical and mental health. It gives service users’ perspectives on what integrated care would look like and highlights 10 areas that offer some of the biggest opportunities for improving the quality and controlling costs: 

1. Incorporating mental health into public health programmes
2. Promoting health among people with severe mental illnesses
3. Improving management of medically unexplained symptoms in primary care
4. Strengthening primary care for the physical health needs of people with severe mental illnesses
5. Supporting the mental health of people with long-term conditions
6. Supporting the mental health and wellbeing of carers
7. Supporting mental health in acute hospitals
8. Addressing physical health in mental health inpatient facilities
9. Providing integrated support for perinatal mental health
10. Supporting the mental health needs of people in residential homes

The key findings of this report are precisely that the efforts to develop ...

March 18, 2016 Global Publication

Physical and mental health: a new frontier for integrated care.

Traditionally, integrated care has been focused on closing the gaps between social and health care. Nevertheless, integrating mental and physical care should also be seen as a way to develop integrated care. In this report published by the King’s Fund, this topic is addressed, describing the current situation of mental and physical care and identifying ten areas where this kind of integration would be most needed:

 

1. Incorporating mental health into public health programmes.

2. Promoting health among people with severe mental illness.

3. Improving management of medically unexplained symptoms in primary care.

4. Strengthening primary care for the physical health needs of people with severe mental illnesses.

5. Supporting the mental health for people with long-term conditions.

6. Supporting the mental health and wellbeing for carers.

7. Supporting mental health in acute hospitals.

8. Addressing physical health in mental health inpatient facilities.

9. Providing integrated support for perinatal mental health.

10. Supporting the mental health needs of people ...