Abstract

Despite many attempts at promoting systems integration, seamless care, and partnerships among service providers and users, mental health services internationally continue to be fragmented and piecemeal. We exploit recent ideas from complexity science to conceptualise mental health services as complex adaptive systems (CASs). The core features of CASs are described and Australia’s headspace initiative is used as an example of the kinds of problems currently being faced. We argue that adopting a CAS lens can transform services, creating more connected care for service users with mental health conditions.

Details

Title
Mental health services conceptualised as complex adaptive systems: what can be learned?
Author
Ellis, Louise A; Churruca, Kate; Braithwaite, Jeffrey
Publication year
2017
Publication date
2017
Publisher
BioMed Central
e-ISSN
17524458
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2118386697
Copyright
Copyright © 2017. This work is licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.