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– self-help – self-help groups offer patients a voice and an audi-
ence with the time and inclination to listen to patients’ concerns
and reassure them and ease their anxiety. For example, a self-help
group may be able to quell anxiety regarding side effects, to reas-
sure the patient, from first-hand experience, that these side effects
are transient, normal and non-threatening and will diminish over
time. The real experts on living with a mental disorder are those
who are already doing so. Therefore, most support groups are full
of peoplewho can share information about howthey havemanaged
to cope with their illnesses.
Disclosure of interest The author has not supplied his declaration
of competing interest.
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Value-based mental healthcare: The
quality aspect
W. Gaebel
Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, LVR-Klinikum Düsseldorf,
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Düsseldorf, Germany
Introduction The goal of value-based healthcare is to improve the
quality of carewhile also lowering healthcare costs. Valuesmay also
include societal or research benefits.
Objectives To outline the emergence and quality-related con-
cepts of value-based healthcare.
Aims To give a comprehensive overviewand critical discussion of
quality aspects of value-based mental healthcare including aspects
of personal, societal and scientific values.
Methods Reviewof quality aspects of value-basedmental health-
care.
Results The quality aspect of value-based healthcare includes
the implementation of patient-centered care and may include
the assessment of societal values or values for research purposes.
Current concepts focus on the reduction of disability-adjusted life
years to measure the achievement of values, but may need to be
broadened to include benefits to society as a whole or the progress
of knowledge about mental disorders in research. Conceptually,
addressing such broader value issues may lead to increased
benefits and a better appraisal of the value of mental healthcare.
Conclusions The trend towards value-based mental healthcare
aims at creating an efficient care delivery model, that strongly
focuses on achieving favorable patient outcomes and may in the
future also include creating societal values. It includes the devel-
opment and implementation of suitable mental health policies and
comprehensive quality assessment, plus a broad conceptualization
of the value-term and its assessment in value-basedmental health-
care.
Disclosure of interest The author has not supplied his declaration
of competing interest.
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Value-based mental healthcare: The
cost aspect
M. Knapp
London School of Economics and Political Science, London, United
Kingdom
Economic hardship can be a factor in the incidence and exacer-
bation of mental health problems, and economic constraints have
always constrained availability of resources. But examining the
economic case – whether treatment or longer-term preventive
strategies are cost-effective – can actually provide strong support
for investing more in them. This presentation will provide illus-
trations of how economic evidence has helped decision-makers
(in government and in funding bodies) to recognise the enormous
contributions often generated by prevention, treatment and care.
Disclosure of interest The author has not supplied his declaration
of competing interest.