Mental health training: the process of collaboration

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Interagency and interprofessional collaboration became in the 1990s issues of high priority for mental health services in the UK. This paper examines the process of collaboration in mental health training, drawing on the literature and reporting research into the planning of a key worker training programme in one locality. The context of this training was the implementation of the Care Programme Approach, a national structure for the delivery of community based mental health care. The training programme was designed and delivered by a planning group drawn from four health and social services agencies; the paper focuses on the work of this interprofessional group. It was found that whereas the literature on interprofessional work tends to emphasise the significance of systems and structures, personal relationships were much more significant for members of the planning group. Four factors which were important in the collaborative process are identified.

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