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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.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.01.1790

EV806

Towards new models of care:

Developing a curriculum for

interprofessional mental health

training

C. Attoe

1 ,

, Z. Jabur

1

, M. Lavelle

2

, S. Cross

1

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.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.01.1791

EV807

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

1

, N. Bragazzi

2 ,

, I. Rammouz

3

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.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.01.1792

EV808

Nurses in mental health – Case of

Albania

A. Com

o 1 ,

, F . E

lezi

2 , F. D

obi

3 , S. T

omori

4 , E. S

otiri

2

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