Multidisciplinary mental health care guidelines

Objective:

To develop a series of multidisciplinary guidelines in cooperation with professional associations in mental health and with patient organisations. Subjects on which guidelines have been created since 2000 are depression, anxiety disorders, personality disorders, schizophrenia, eating disorders, attention deficit and hyperactivity disorders (ADHD) in children, depression in children, depression in older people, anxiety disorders in older people, problem drinking, domestic violence in the family, and somatoform and unexplained physical symptoms.

Additional information:

• suicide, alcohol (Geurt van de Glind)
• schizophrenia (Daniëlle van Duin)
• somatoform symptoms, domestic violence (Ina Boerema)

Final result:

The creation of guidelines for mental health professionals and patients for making appropriate decisions on diagnosis and treatment

Start and end date:

1 January 2006 / 31 May 2009

Funding:

Netherlands Health Ministry (VWS), Curative Care Directorate (CZ)

Contact:

drs. GC Franx
+31 (0)30 - 2959(297)
Contact

Secretariat:

+31 (0)30 - 2971(101)