Analysis of the mental health service provision in Qatar: Progressing in community mental health in a Middle East country
BackgroundQatari health planning in the last decade aimed to make the transition from the traditional hospital-based psychiatric care to a community-based care, building an integrated and comprehensive mental health system. The objective of this study was to explore the mental health service provisi...
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| author | Jose A. Salinas-Perez Jose A. Salinas-Perez Suhaila Ghuloum Mencia R. Gutierrez-Colosia Nasser Bagheri Luis Salvador-Carulla Luis Salvador-Carulla |
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| description | BackgroundQatari health planning in the last decade aimed to make the transition from the traditional hospital-based psychiatric care to a community-based care, building an integrated and comprehensive mental health system. The objective of this study was to explore the mental health service provision in Qatar in 2018 and 2022. This time span coincided with two mental health plans (2013–2018 and 2019–2022) and one health plan (2018–2022).MethodsThis study followed a healthcare ecosystem approach, including context analysis and the standard description and classification of mental health services. Service provision was studied applying DESDE-LTC system (Description and Evaluation of Services and DirectoriEs–Long Term Care), an internationally validated methodology to assess and describe mental health services. Service data were analyzed along with sociodemographic indicators from public statistics to know the care context.ResultsThe availability of specialized mental health services increased for adults, although it remained the same for other age groups. The diversity of care and the weight of health-related care over social-related care also remained quite similar. It was noteworthy the development of new services for young adults, migrant workers, and female populations.ConclusionThis was the first time that this service research methodology has been applied in a Middle East country to study its mental healthcare pattern. The analysis of the mental healthcare pattern in the study time period showed the continued progress toward community-based care in Qatar in the framework of three health plans and despite the unexpected COVID-19 world pandemic. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1b9fe799bf1c42a78468d0e098d5e4ae2022-12-22T03:53:57ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychiatry1664-06402022-12-011310.3389/fpsyt.2022.10957881095788Analysis of the mental health service provision in Qatar: Progressing in community mental health in a Middle East countryJose A. Salinas-Perez0Jose A. Salinas-Perez1Suhaila Ghuloum2Mencia R. Gutierrez-Colosia3Nasser Bagheri4Luis Salvador-Carulla5Luis Salvador-Carulla6Department of Quantitative Methods, Universidad Loyola Andalucía, Dos Hermanas, Seville, SpainMental Health Policy Unit, Faculty of Health, Health Research Institute, University of Canberra, Canberra, ACT, AustraliaMental Health Services, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, QatarDepartment of Psychology, Universidad Loyola Andalucía, Dos Hermanas, Seville, SpainMental Health Policy Unit, Faculty of Health, Health Research Institute, University of Canberra, Canberra, ACT, AustraliaMental Health Policy Unit, Faculty of Health, Health Research Institute, University of Canberra, Canberra, ACT, AustraliaMenzies Centre for Health Policy and Economics, School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaBackgroundQatari health planning in the last decade aimed to make the transition from the traditional hospital-based psychiatric care to a community-based care, building an integrated and comprehensive mental health system. The objective of this study was to explore the mental health service provision in Qatar in 2018 and 2022. This time span coincided with two mental health plans (2013–2018 and 2019–2022) and one health plan (2018–2022).MethodsThis study followed a healthcare ecosystem approach, including context analysis and the standard description and classification of mental health services. Service provision was studied applying DESDE-LTC system (Description and Evaluation of Services and DirectoriEs–Long Term Care), an internationally validated methodology to assess and describe mental health services. Service data were analyzed along with sociodemographic indicators from public statistics to know the care context.ResultsThe availability of specialized mental health services increased for adults, although it remained the same for other age groups. The diversity of care and the weight of health-related care over social-related care also remained quite similar. It was noteworthy the development of new services for young adults, migrant workers, and female populations.ConclusionThis was the first time that this service research methodology has been applied in a Middle East country to study its mental healthcare pattern. The analysis of the mental healthcare pattern in the study time period showed the continued progress toward community-based care in Qatar in the framework of three health plans and despite the unexpected COVID-19 world pandemic.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1095788/fullmental health serviceintegrated AtlasDESDE-LTChealthcare ecosystemhealth planningQatar |
| spellingShingle | Jose A. Salinas-Perez Jose A. Salinas-Perez Suhaila Ghuloum Mencia R. Gutierrez-Colosia Nasser Bagheri Luis Salvador-Carulla Luis Salvador-Carulla Analysis of the mental health service provision in Qatar: Progressing in community mental health in a Middle East country Frontiers in Psychiatry mental health service integrated Atlas DESDE-LTC healthcare ecosystem health planning Qatar |
| title | Analysis of the mental health service provision in Qatar: Progressing in community mental health in a Middle East country |
| title_full | Analysis of the mental health service provision in Qatar: Progressing in community mental health in a Middle East country |
| title_fullStr | Analysis of the mental health service provision in Qatar: Progressing in community mental health in a Middle East country |
| title_full_unstemmed | Analysis of the mental health service provision in Qatar: Progressing in community mental health in a Middle East country |
| title_short | Analysis of the mental health service provision in Qatar: Progressing in community mental health in a Middle East country |
| title_sort | analysis of the mental health service provision in qatar progressing in community mental health in a middle east country |
| topic | mental health service integrated Atlas DESDE-LTC healthcare ecosystem health planning Qatar |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1095788/full |
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