A systematic review of the international published literature relating to quality of institutional care for people with longer term mental health problems

Abstract

Background: A proportion of people with mental health problems require longer term care in a psychiatric or social care institution. However, there are no internationally agreed quality standards for institutional care and no method to assess common care standards across countries.

Keywords

• randomized controlled-trial
• chronic psychiatric group
• supported employment
• therapeutic alliance
• residential care
• community care
• of-life
• psychological treatments
• neurocognitive deficits
• psychosocial treatment