PSYCHLOPS impacts

1) Publications:

– see separate sheet

2) Department of Health:

1. Primary Care Mental Health Outcomes Sub-Group report, Mar 2005: -PSYCHLOPS was one of three outcome measures recommended for use in primary care. The others were CORE-OM and FACE HRU
2. Outcomes Practice Group
   • This DH group is accountable to Louis Appleby and is working on outcome measures to be routinely incorporated into electronic records through Connecting for Health.
   • List of possible outcome measures being compiled into a Compendium. The list includes PSYCHLOPS
   • This list is available on NIMHE website: http://www.nimhe.csip.org.uk/~outcomemeasures/compendium/tools.html

3) Service providers

1. Asylum agency in the north-west of England who have translated PSYCHLOPS into Farsi, Urdu, French and Kurdish
2. Charity in Clydebank, working with dockers exposed to asbestos
3. Counselling service for staff at a hospital in Carmarthen, Wales
4. PSYCHLOPS group licence has been purchased for use by three PCTs and two Mental Health Trusts.

4) Research users

1. Evaluation of graduate MHWs, Liverpool John Moores University
2. Evaluation of mental health issues for round the world yachtsmen, King’s College London
3. Evaluation of exercise-on-referral scheme, London South Bank University

5) Service users

1. PSCYHLOPS was developed by Depression Alliance

Mark Ashworth, May 2007

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