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Mental Health Integrated Care Pathways in the UK: A Review of Their Content

As UK health and social care organisations respond to the current mental health modernisation agenda, the use of integrated care pathways (ICPs) in mental health is fast growing. Care pathways that detail expected multidisciplinary interventions within a care experience and use variances to monitor care and facilitate quality improvement are emerging throughout mental health services. The association between care pathways, quality improvement and implementation of evidence-based practice has been increasingly reported. However, realising these benefits suggests that appraisal of care pathway content is fundamental. To investigate this further, this article describes a review of mental health care pathway content in the UK. This review stems from the need for robust evaluation of the effectiveness of care pathways in developing practice and improving outcomes. This article tells how a sample of ten ICPs, piloted or implemented in the UK, were analysed to establish common elements of content. Then the significance and their prominence in mental health ICPs is further considered. Conclusions outline the implications of current themes in care pathway content and implications for the future development of mental health ICPs.