Mental well-being: an important outcome for mental health services?

Angharad de Cates; Saverio Stranges; Amy Blake; Scott Weich

doi:10.1192/bjp.bp.114.158329

Mental well-being: an important outcome for mental health services?

Br J Psychiatry. 2015 Sep;207(3):195-7. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.114.158329.

Authors

Angharad de Cates¹, Saverio Stranges², Amy Blake², Scott Weich²

Affiliations

¹ Angharad de Cates, MRCPsych, Division of Mental Health and Wellbeing, University of Warwick and Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust, Coventry; Saverio Stranges, MD, PhD, FFPH, Division of Health Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, and Population Health Department, Luxembourg Institute of Health, Luxembourg; Amy Blake, MRCPsych, Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust, Coventry; Scott Weich, MD, FRCPsych, Division of Mental Health and Wellbeing, University of Warwick and Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust, Coventry, UK A.de-Cates@warwick.ac.uk.
² Angharad de Cates, MRCPsych, Division of Mental Health and Wellbeing, University of Warwick and Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust, Coventry; Saverio Stranges, MD, PhD, FFPH, Division of Health Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, and Population Health Department, Luxembourg Institute of Health, Luxembourg; Amy Blake, MRCPsych, Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust, Coventry; Scott Weich, MD, FRCPsych, Division of Mental Health and Wellbeing, University of Warwick and Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust, Coventry, UK.

PMID: 26329562
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.114.158329

Abstract

Mental well-being is being used as an outcome measure in mental health services. The recent Chief Medical Officer's (CMO's) report raised questions about mental well-being in people with mental illness, including how to measure it. We discuss whether mental well-being has prognostic significance or other utility in this context.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Adult
Delivery of Health Care
Humans
Interpersonal Relations
Mental Disorders / diagnosis
Mental Disorders / therapy*
Mental Health Services*
Mental Health*
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales