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Mental Health - Introduction

Vision

To be a valued partner in the improvement of the quality of mental health care by improving mental health information.

Aims

  • To generate high quality information via primary data collection and secondary data analyses.
  • To work in partnership with other organisations to ensure that programme outputs are relevant to key stakeholders in the field of mental health care (e.g. policy makers, practitioners, academics, media).
  • To provide objective and scientifically rigorous interpretations of mental illness data/information.
  • To support national level working groups through the provision of technical advice on uses of information and its generation