ETYKA W PSYCHIATRII

ETYKA W PSYCHIATRII - Przeglądy aktów prawnych

Quality Improvement of Mental Health (WHO)

• „In mental health care, quality is a measure of whether services increase the likelihood of desired mental health outcomes and are consistent with current evidence-based practice. This definition incorporates two components. For people with men disorders, their families and the population as a whole, it emphasizes that services should produce positive outcomes. For practitioners, service planners and policy makers, it emphasizes the best use of current knowledge and technology.” (s. 2)

• “Everyone in need should have access to basic mental health care. This key principle, identified by the World Health Organization, requires that mental health care should be affordable, equitable, geographically accessible, available on a voluntary basis and of adequate quality.” (s. 10)

• “Mental health care law: ten basic principles: 1. Promotion of mental health and prevention of mental disorders (…). 2. Access to basic mental health care (…). 3. Mental health assessments in accordance with internationally accepted principles (…). 4. Provision of the least restrictive type of mental health care (…). 5. Self-determination (…). 6. Right to be assisted in the exercise of self-determination (…). 7. Availability of review procedure (…). 8. Automatic periodic review mechanism (…). 9. Qualified decision-maker (…). 10.Respect for the rule of law (…).” (s. 20)