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Improving methods of assessment in a community mental health team

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Adrian Treloar
Adrian Treloar*
Affiliation:
Old Age Psychiatry, UMDS (Guy's), Bexley Hospital, Bexley, Kent DA5 2BW
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Abstract

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Changing methods of recording psychiatric histories by a community mental health team for the elderly was associated with a dramatic improvement in the quality of recording of clinical Information and of communication with general practitioners. Comparison is made with published studies of case note audit with feedback. It is suggested that restructuring the way we work may be more effective than simple review of case notes with feedback.

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Audit
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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 20 , Issue 1 , January 1996 , pp. 30 - 32
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1996

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