Estimating the Prevalence of Mental and Substance Use Disorders: A Systematic Approach to Triangulating Available Data to Inform Health Systems Planning:: Estimer la pr évalence des troubles mentaux et des troubles liés à une substance: une approche systématique de la triangulation des données disponibles pour éclairer la planification du système de santé

CONCLUSION: Obtaining reliable assessments of disorder prevalence and severity is a useful first step toward rationally estimating service need and plan health services. We propose a methodology to leverage existing information to obtain robust estimates in a timely manner and with sufficient granularity to, after adjusting for comorbidity and matching with severity-specific service bundles, inform need-based planning efforts for adult (15 years and older) mental health and substance use services.PMID:33827278 | DOI:10.1177/07067437211006872

Source: Canadian Journal of Psychiatry - April 8, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Daniel Vigo Wayne Jones Naomi Dove Daniel E Maidana Corinne Tallon Will Small Hasina Samji Source Type: research