Quality standard
Development sources
Evidence sources
The documents below contain clinical guideline recommendations or other recommendations that were used by the TEG to develop the quality standard statements and measures.
Depression: the treatment and management of depression in adults. NICE clinical guideline 90 (2009; NHS Evidence accredited source).
Depression in adults with a chronic physical health problem. NICE clinical guideline 91 (2009; NHS Evidence accredited source).
Policy context
It is important that the quality standard is considered alongside current policy documents, including:
Department of Health (2009) New Horizons: a shared vision for mental health.
Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme.
Department of Health (2007) Mental health ten years on: progress on mental health care reform.
Department of Health (1999) National service framework for mental health: modern standards and service models.
Definitions and data sources
References included in the definitions and data sources sections can be found below:
Quality and Outcomes Framework indicators.
World Health Organisation. International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health.
The Royal College of Psychiatrists. A competency based curriculum for specialist training in psychiatry.
Specifications for the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) dataset.