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S608 24th European Congress of Psychiatry / European Psychiatry 33S (2016) S349–S805
Disclosure of interest The authors have not supplied their decla-
ration of competing interest.
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Towards new models of care:
Developing a curriculum for
interprofessional mental health
training
C. Attoe ∗, Z. Jabur , M. Lavelle , S. Cross
1 South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, Maudsley
Simulation, London, United Kingdom
2 King’s College London, Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing &
Midwifery, London, United Kingdom
∗ Corresponding author.
Introduction Interprofessional training remains rare in mental
health and psychiatry, yet this is an ideal area to benefit from
this approach. Traditionally clinicians from various specialities
have trained ‘in silos’, with knowledge expansion the focus rather
than experiential team-based learning. There is no unifying mental
health curriculum to meet training needs of healthcare workforces,
particularly in light of NewModels of Care. A move towards reduc-
ing traditional barriers between disciplines, andmore collaborative
patient-focused care, must be reflected in training strategies aswell
as service structure.
Aims To develop a comprehensive mental health curriculum
relating to New Models of Care with an interprofessional focus,
having recognised gaps in existing provision.
Methods A literature, strategy, and policy review identified best
practice in interprofessional training for mental health. A scoping
exercise collected current training plans for mental health across
professions, mental health trusts, primary care and others within
Community Education Provider Networks. Focus groups were held
with key stakeholders across professions, trusts, and institutions
to further develop the curriculum structure and pilot ideas. The
curriculum was drafted and reviewed with local education leads,
before being finalised.
Results The final interprofessional mental health curriculum
presents a clearly structured, innovative approach tomental health
training applicable to all professions and organisations, with an
interprofessional focus to facilitate the transition to New Models
of Care and improved patient experience and outcomes.
Conclusion We hope this curriculum will be adopted by local
education leads and departments, and will have significant, wide-
reaching impact on mental health training and subsequently
patient care.
Disclosure of interest The authors have not supplied their decla-
ration of competing interest.
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Task-shifting and organization of
psychiatric services in a low-resource
context: Using peer therapy at a
mental rehabilitation center in Fès as
a case study
H. Khabbache , N. Bragazzi ∗, I. Rammouz
1 Faculté des lettres et des sciences humaines,Sais, laboratoire études
théologiques, sciences cognitives et sociales, University of Fez Sidi
Mohamed Ben Abdellah, Fès, Morocco
2 University of Genoa, Department of Health Sciences DISSAL, Genoa,
Italy
3 University of Fez Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, Department of
Psychiatry, University Hospital of Fez, centre psychiatrique
universitaire, CHU Hassan II, hôpital Ibn Alhassan, Clinical
Neuroscience Laboratory, Fès, Morocco
∗ Corresponding author.
In this contribution, we will address the challenges that psycholog-
ical and psychiatric services have to face in a low-resource context.
Despite its large and young population made up of approximately
thirty million inhabitants, Morocco has no more than 350 psy-
chiatrists, 60 clinical psychologists, about 400 nurses specializing
in psychiatry, and social workers. According to the World Health
Organization (WHO), in Morocco there are an average of about 9
health-workers in the field of mental health per 100,000 persons.
This shortage of specialized health-workers dramatically contrasts
with the burden of mental disorders (which have a prevalence of
48.9% in Morocco, with depression affecting an estimated 26.5% of
the general population). Psychiatric cures can be ensured, notwith-
standing these hurdles, if a public health perspective is assumed.
In resource limited settings, working in the field of mental health
calls up for putting oneself on the line, exposing to new experi-
ences and re-organizing one’s own skills and expertise. The Italian
scholar CamilloGolgi, a prominent researcher of the brain, was used
to say that a poor laboratory but rich of ideas is preferable to a rich
laboratory without ideas. In particular, in the present contribution
we will use our clinical experience at a rehabilitation center in Fès
(the association NOUR) as a case study and we will show how to
use peer therapy in order to overcome the drawbacks that we daily
encounter in a setting of limited resources.
Disclosure of interest The authors have not supplied their decla-
ration of competing interest.
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Nurses in mental health – Case of
Albania
A. Com ∗ lezi obi omori otiri
1 University Hospital Center “Mother Teresa”, Neuroscience, Tirana,
Albania
2 University Hospital Center “Mother Teresa”, Psychiatric Service,
Tirana, Albania
3 Tirana Mental Health Community Center, Community Center,
Tirana, Albania
4 University Hospital Center “Mother Teresa”, Pediatric Service,
Tirana, Albania
∗ Corresponding author.
Human resources in mental health in Albania, a three million pop-
ulation LMIC, are essentially scarce as presented in a number of
WHO publications over the last decade. The ‘Reform’ of the system
of care in mental health is much spoken about during the last 20
years using ‘community mental health care’ as a basic keyword in
national official documents describing short and long-term plans.
The objective of the presentation is to describe the shortcomings
in a developmental agenda when priority in building capacities
is missing, pointing to nurses in mental health as a particularly
important component.
Data from different WHO and other UN publications are organized
to offer a contextualized picture of the situation compare to other
countries in the region too. Results are presented to fuel a discus-
sion onhowto prioritize the possible education activities/strategies
in the way that the huge gap is starting being filled in a meaning-
ful way for the benefit of the existing network of mental health
institutions/services and future developments considering finan-
cial constrains and massive migratory trends on educated nurses.
Establishing and strengthening the system of continuing education
for nurses is presented as possibly the best solution besides other
paths need being taken.
Keywords Mental health nurses; LMIC; Community mental
health