Objective: Existing measures of needs in severe mental illness have been developed mainly
from professionals' viewpoints and are Eurocentric. Our aim was to standardize a measure …

Objectives To (1) highlight the profile of the needs for care among a sample of persons with
schizophrenia, using the Camberwell Assessment of Needs (CAN-EU), in comparison with …

Introduction: Needs assessment has been highlighted as a crucial factor in the development,
organisation and evaluation of mental health services. Moreover, meeting self-reported …

The objective of the study was to translate and adapt the Romanian version of the
Camberwell Assessment of Needs, and to assess its inter-rater reliability in a sample of …

The relationship between needs for care and support and subjective quality of life was
investigated in a cross-sectional multi-center study including 418 individuals with …

Background: Evaluation of mental health services based on patients' needs assessments
has never taken place in Greece, although it is a crucial factor for the efficient use of their …

Background The importance of needs assessment for service development has been widely
recognised. Several studies have focused on the associations between ratings of needs by …

Background Although there are many studies from the West, no study has evaluated the
needs of schizophrenia patients in Indian setting. Methodology 100 consecutive patients of …

The definition of need in mental health was initially controversial. One approach defined
need as disabilities in the daily life of the subject. Thus, disabilities were assessed as well as …

Needs assessment of people with severe mental health problems and their family members
provides important information necessary for developing effective interventions at both …