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Using Social Network Analysis for Assessing Mental Health and Social Services Inter-Organisational Collaboration: Findings in Deprived Areas in Brussels and London

Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research volume 40, pages 331–339 (2013)Cite this article

Abstract

Fragmentation in mental health and social care delivery should be addressed at the system level. A Social Network Analysis was carried out on relations between services in order to assess Leutz’s levels of care integration: linkage, coordination, and full integration. Findings for deprived areas in Brussels and London show that linkage across clusters of services is weak in both networks. However, the integration of care relies on the level of linkage in London, while in Brussels it is more dependent on central services playing brokerage roles. The method offers a useful and complementary basis for evaluating the integration of care.

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Acknowledgments

The PROMO study was funded by the Directorate-General for Health and Consumers of the European Commission. The results of this study have been successfully presented orally at the 3rd European Public Health Conference (10–13 November 2010, Amsterdam), and at the 19th European Congress of Psychiatry (12–15 March 2011, Vienna).

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  1. Institute of Health and Society (IRSS), Université Catholique de Louvain, B1.30.15, Clos Chapelle-Aux-Champs, 1200, Brussels, Belgium

    Pablo Nicaise, Vincent Dubois & Vincent Lorant

  2. Unit for Social and Community Psychiatry, Queen Mary University of London, Newham Centre for Mental Health, London, E13 8SP, UK

    Simon Tulloch, Aleksandra Matanov & Stefan Priebe

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Nicaise, P., Tulloch, S., Dubois, V. et al. Using Social Network Analysis for Assessing Mental Health and Social Services Inter-Organisational Collaboration: Findings in Deprived Areas in Brussels and London. Adm Policy Ment Health 40, 331–339 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-012-0423-y

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Keywords

  • Mental health
  • Social care
  • Organisational model
  • Social Network Analysis
  • Partnership practices