IAR-DST
The Initial Assessment and Referral (IAR) Decision Support Tool (DST) for mental healthcare
CESPHN’s regional mental health planning and commissioning of services is founded upon a stepped care approach.
Stepped care aims to:
- Match a person’s needs to the least intensive treatment likely to lead to the most significant possible gain
- Provide flexible services as a person’s needs change (I.e. step up or step down)
- Provide accessible, quality, outcomes-focused care that responds to the needs of the population
Knowing what “step” or level of mental healthcare is required by a patient can be challenging and without a consistent pathway, GPs and other clinicians take a variety of approaches to assess and assign levels of care. This results in discrepancies in the type of care provided for similar clinical presentations.
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