WHO Collaborating Centre on Mental Health Services Development
For further information, contact:
Professor Stefan Priebe
Unit for Social and Community Psychiatry
Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry
Queen Mary, University of London
London, United Kingdom
Email: s.priebe@gmul.ac.uk
Dr Sima Sandhu
Email: s.sandhu@gmul.ac.uk
WHO Collaborating Centre (CC) objectives
- Collect and analyse data, in collaboration with WHO, on mental health service provision in Member States.
- Assist WHO in the implementation of the WHO mental health action plan.
Contributions
Together with WHO, the WHO CC aims to increase political, financial and technical commitment in Member States by providing data on trends within institutionalized mental health care, guidance on influential factors and good quality evaluations of projects linked to WHO activities.
It further contributes with reviews on conceptual issues and evidence on quality improvement that underpins the development of the European Mental Health Strategy. The WHO CC mainly provides information on availability and accessibility of high-quality mental health services, as well as the provision of effective and safe interventions.
About the Unit for Social and Community Psychiatry
The Unit focuses its research on social interactions in mental health care, in particular the development and evaluation of new interventions. It is situated within the Newham Centre for Mental Health and is closely linked with the Pragmatic Clinical Trials Unit under the Blizard Institute, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry.
The Unit is supported by the Department of Health (United Kingdom), the European Commission, the Medical Research Council, the National Institute for Health Research and the Wellcome Trust.
