Lecture 6: Psychotherapy guidelines

Question 1

FACT manual

Answer 1

Flexible Assertive Community Treatment

Question 2

How do AKWA GGZ workers know what to do

Answer 2

1. Education
2. FACT manual
3. Quality standards
4. Experience as professionals and as a team
5. Understanding patient
6. Common sense
7. Treat how you want to be treated

Question 3

Quality standards

Answer 3

Quality standards outline what quality care looks like for clinicians and patients for particular conditions.
They are based on scientific evidence based knowledge and experience of patients and professionals.
It’s one national source for good, safe and responsible mental health care.

Question 4

Why do we have quality standards

Answer 4

• Reduces practice variations
• For patients and their relatives: it gives clarity about what they can expect & what are the options in care and treatment
• For patients and professionals: it is an excellent basis for making choices about care and treatment
• For professionals and mental health care centers: it provides insight into how to organize good care