Psychiatry In Society

These changes include:

• The increasing complexity of the economic contexts within which mental health services are funded and delivered
• The demand for cost-effectiveness evidence
• The rationing of access to new pharmacotherapies and psychotherapies
• The emergence of quality of life as an essential criterion in the assessment of health care interventions
• The growing awareness of the influence of stigma on shaping the long-term course of severe mental disorders
• The enhanced role of advocacy groups in providing information, advice and support to sufferers