The provision of mental healthcare is vital for the sustainable development of societies.
However, current systems in several countries fail to meet citizens' needs and are called to …

Over the past decade, there has been a severe staffing shortage in mental healthcare,
exacerbated by increased demand for mental health services due to COVID-19. This …

A mental healthcare system in which the scarce resources are equitably and efficiently
allocated, benefits from a predictive model about expected service use. The skewness in …

Purpose: To develop and validate a prediction model for mental health needs (MHN) and
psychiatric needs (PN) using specific social indicators, obtainable from census data, within …

Evidence-informed strategic planning is a top priority in Mental Health (MH) due to the
burden associated with this group of disorders and its societal costs. However, MH systems …

Background Previous works that uses patterns of prior spending to predict future mental
health care expenses (utilization models) are mainly concerned with demand (need) …

Well-planned care arrangements with effective distribution of available resources have the
potential to address inefficiencies in mental health services. We begin by exploring the …

The purpose of this module is to present a clear and rational planning model for assessing
the needs of local populations for mental health care and planning services. The module …

Latest epidemiological research shows that psychiatric disorders and mental health
problems have become one of the main causes for disability in present-day societies. The …

Background The care of the severe mentally ill who need intensive support for their daily
living (dependent persons), accounts for an increasingly large proportion of public …