Psychology & Wellness A Stepped Care approach to Mental Health
Stepped Care is a staged approach to the delivery of mental health services, comprising a hierarchy of interventions; from the least to the most intensive.
In a stepped care approach, a person seeking support is connected to the services that meet their needs and as their needs change, the services change with them. It has the capacity for the individual to step up and step down to different levels of care as they move along the path to recovery. This is fundamental to a person-centered approach to mental health care
Self help
Guided Self help and groups care Longer
term individual therapy
Brief individual therapy
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Complex disorders. Secondary and tertiary coordinated
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Informational online self-help
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Psychoeducational & therapeutic workshops
Interactional online selfhelp and Therapist assisted e-mental health
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Shared care
Intensive individual Therapy
Individual face-to-face and telehealth
Martin Healy, Deputy Lead Psychology & Wellness Renee Griffin, Team Lead Wellness Support
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