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Table 2 Degree of implementation (DI) of components, subcomponents, and evaluative criteria of the process dimension of community mental health care network (RAPS), Minas Gerais, Brazil, 2020

From: Community mental health care network: an evaluative approach in a Brazilian state

Component

Subcomponent

Activity

Evaluative criterion

Maximum points

Degree of implementation

(DI) %

Minimum units

DI 62.9%

Mental Health Care

DI 66.7%

Multidisciplinary and shared care

DI 68.2%

Multidisciplinary care with shared decisions in municipal mental health care

10

74.1

Participation of the psychiatrist (municipal or from other agreed municipalities) in the discussion of the case

06

50.9

Comprehensive case care of users with common mental disorders by primary healthcare services

10

77.2

Comprehensive case care of users with severe mental disorders by primary healthcare services

10

69.5

Comprehensive case care of users in psychological distress secondary to the use of alcohol or other drugs by primary healthcare services

10

64.2

Assistance to children and adolescents with psychological distress in municipal services

10

66.3

Therapeutic workshops and/or expressive or physical group activities

DI 61.7%

Presence of therapeutic workshops and/or expressive or physical group activities in municipal mental health care

10

61.7

Elaboration of the singular therapeutic project

DI 61.7%

Elaboration of the singular therapeutic project

08

61.7

Crisis management

DI 65.3%

Crisis care in municipal or neighboring agreed-on Psychosocial Care Centers in the region

10

70.4

Crisis management without referral to the psychiatric hospital

10

56.5

Assistance to severe cases of psychic suffering secondary to the use of alcohol or other drugs in municipal or neighboring agreed-on Psychosocial Care Centers in the region

10

68.9

Conversation circles and/or other approaches to health promotion, self-care, appropriate use of medications, and/or prevention of alcohol or other drug abuse

DI 70.5%

Offer of conversation circles, groups, workshops, or other actions on health promotion

06

82.4

Strategies for preventing the harmful use of alcohol or other drugs

08

61.5

 

Psychosocial rehabilitation

DI 48.6%

Promotion of leisure alternatives such as sports and cultural activities

DI 65.2%

Promotion of sports and/or cultural activities for the population by the municipality

06

65.2

Deinstitutionalization

DI 36.1%

Actions for deinstitutionalization of long-term users in psychiatric hospitals or other institutions

08

36.1

Psychosocial interventions

DI 55.1%

Psychosocial interventions for user integration into community support networks

10

55.1

Actions to increase the autonomy of users

DI 52.3%

Actions to increase the autonomy of users

10

57.3

Inclusion of users in the labor market

DI 31.3%

Actions to insert the user into the labor market

08

31.3

Connectivity

DI 61.7%

Network articulation

DI 61.7%

Team meetings, network meetings, matrix support of primary care teams, of the urgency and emergency networks, and reference hospital services

DI 61.5%

Case discussions among the team members

10

74.4

Case discussions between teams of different services

10

62.7

Connection of actions between the different services

10

57.2

Collaborative care actions in mental health at municipal mental health care network

10

74.8

Inclusion of case discussions or joint casework in collaborative care actions

10

59.8

Weekly attendance of collaborative care professionals at the units

06

37.8

Case discussions between the team accompanying the user and the hospital team when users are hospitalized (for reasons related to mental health)

08

51.3

Network meetings (involving professionals from various services of the municipal mental health care network)

10

41.0

  

Development of actions in conjunction with other sectors of the Public Administration for case management or health promotion (e.g., justice, leisure, education, sports, social work)

DI 60.8%

Development of actions in conjunction with other sectors of the municipal administration

10

60.8

Integration

DI 61.7%

Governance

DI 60.0%

Creation of specific spaces for mental health management at the municipal, regional, state, and federal levels

DI 46.2%

Presence of a specific coordinator for mental health at the municipal level

08

46.2

Establishment of Regional RAPS

DI 64.0%

Agreements between regional municipalities for the sharing of mental health care network services

10

78.2

If yes to the previous question: are the pacts in which the municipality participates adequate for the mental health care users?

08

45.5

Care Management

DI 62.2%

Construction of flows between the various RAPS services

DI 55.4%

Existence of structured flows for the circulation of users through the various health services of the local mental health care network

08

55.4

Responsibility of one or more professionals by the user along their path with RAPS

DI 64.3%

Assignment of one or more professionals to be responsible for each user during their course through the mental health care network

08

68.5

Existence of discussion among professionals to articulate a joint care project in the transition between services

06

57.3

Co-responsibility for the user among the professionals of different services of RAPS

DI 58.6%

Existence of co-responsibility of professionals from different services in the follow-up of the case

06

58.6

Normativity

DI 54.8%

Mental Health Policy

DI 63.5%

Knowledge and acceptance of government guidelines, protocols, and instructions for mental healthcare by the correspondent professionals

DI 77.6%

Basis of mental health actions in the municipality in the guidelines of the National Mental Health Policy

10

81.8

   

Knowledge by the municipality's mental health professionals about how the mental health care network operates

06

68.9

Evaluation and monitoring

DI 35.7%

Actions for evaluation and monitoring of mental health care at the municipal leve

08

35.7

Participation and social control

DI 47.0%

Assembly of users

DI 20.8%

Existence of user assemblies in municipal mental health services

08

20.8

Approaches that put the expressed needs of users at the heart of their care

DI 65.4%

Participation of users and/or their families in decisions about their therapeutic projects

08

65.4

Participation of professionals, users, and family members in collegiate, commissions, forums, or other spaces for collective discussions on mental health

DI 46.4%

Participation of users and family members in spaces of collective discussion in mental health

06

35.6

Participation of municipal mental health care network professionals in spaces of collective discussion about mental health

06

53.3

  1. Values for the degree of implantation have been placed in bold only to stand out in the table