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Steps towards effective teamworking in Community Mental Health Teams

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 December 2013

C. Twomey ,
M. Byrne  and
T. Leahy
C. Twomey
Affiliation:
Roscommon Service Area, Health Service Executive (HSE) West, Ireland
M. Byrne*
Affiliation:
Roscommon Service Area, Health Service Executive (HSE) West, Ireland
T. Leahy
Affiliation:
HSE Mental Health Services, Swords Business Campus, Co. Dublin, Ireland
*
*Address for correspondence: M. Byrne, Principal Psychologist Manager, Roscommon Service Area, Health Service Executive West, Primary Care Centre, Golf Links Road, Roscommon, Ireland. (E-mail: michaelj.byrne@hse.ie)
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Abstract

Objectives

This paper aims to show how effective teamworking can be achieved in Community Mental Health Teams (CMHTs), in the context of recovery-focused care.

Methods

A narrative review of various governmental policy documents and selected papers relevant to teamworking and recovery-focused care within mental health services, in an Irish context.

Findings

Effective teamworking within CMHTs is a prerequisite to the provision of quality, recovery-focused care. It requires the management of various environmental (e.g. adopting a ‘recovery’ model of mental health), structural (e.g. sharing of responsibilities and capabilities) and process (e.g. utilising a clear referral pathway) factors that influence teamworking, as CMHTs develop over time.

Conclusions

Completion by CMHT members of teamworking and other evaluative measures can assist teams in highlighting potential interventions that may improve recovery-focused team functioning and effectiveness.

Keywords

Community mental health teamsrecoveryteamworking
Type
Review Article
Information
Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , Volume 31 , Issue 1 , March 2014 , pp. 51 - 59
Copyright
Copyright © College of Psychiatrists of Ireland 2013 

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