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Def :  1. Education of a person with a psychiatric disorder in subject areas that serve the goals of treatment and rehabilitation. 2. " Process of teaching clients with mental illness and their family members about the nature of the illness, including its etiology, progression, consequences, prognosis, treatment, and alternatives."  Pyschoeducation Models - Information Model - Skill Model - Supportive Model - Blended Model How it helps? - Provide information on illness - Insight into illness - Treatment adherence - Relapse rate - Hospital Stay - Global functioning Components of Pyschoeducation 1. Models of illness 2. Etiological Factors 3. Common Signs/ Symptoms 4. Treatment Options 5. Help seeking 6. Need for treatment/ Adherence 7. Life Style Modifications 8. Role of substance use 9. Early signs of relapse 10. Crisis management 11. Course and outcome 12. Home / Community care 13. Do's and Don'ts 14. Rehabilitation 15. Stress Managmenet 16. Family interventions 17. M...

  8 Principles of Caldicott Principles - For sharing information 1. Justify the purpose 2. Use only unless it is necessary 3. Use the minimum necessary confidential information 4. Should be strict-need-to know basis 5. Everyone accessing should be aware of the responsibilities 6. Understand and comply with the law 7. The duty to share information can be as important as the duty to protect patient confidentiality. 8. Inform patients and service users about how their confidential information is used References/ Resources Lusignan S. D. (no year). Caldicott Principle: an overview. Available on https://orchid.phc.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Caldicott_Guardian_SdeL_Thurs_0900_1100.pdf . Accessed on 9/9/2022. Gov.UK (2020). Guidance The Caldicott Principle. Available on  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-caldicott-principles. Accessed on 9/9/2022.  Other topics https://helenngjourney.blogspot.com/2022/08/learn-together-link.html

  Audit & Quality Improvement Project (QIP) -both aim to improve patient care Audit cycle  - involved collecting data, analyzing data, implementing changes, and repeating the cycle Framework to do QIPs - test changes successfully and quickly Quality Improvement Activity (QIA)  - look at areas for change/improvement within the clinical setting more broadly. PDSA cycle (Plan, Do, Study, Act) NHS Horizons (2021). PDSA cycle. Available on  https://horizonsnhs.com/improvement-method-olympics-the-final/ . Accessed on 24/8/2022. Useful link NHS Improving Quality. A simple guideline for improving service. https://www.england.nhs.uk/improvement-hub/wp-content/uploads/sites/44/2011/06/service_improvement_guide_2014.pdf QIP project idea. Available on  https://www.yorksandhumberdeanery.nhs.uk/sites/default/files/qip_resources_-_jodie_lockwood_2_of_3.pdf.   Bradford Quality Improvement. Available on https://www.bradfordvts.co.uk/quality-improvement/ Dr C Walsh (2012...