Development sources

Quality standard

Evidence sources
Policy context
Definitions and data sources

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 in adults: recognition and management. NICE guideline CG90 (2009)
Depression in adults with a chronic physical health problem: recognition and management. NICE guideline CG91 (2009)

Policy context

It is important that the quality standard is considered alongside current policy documents, including:

Department of Health. New Horizons: a shared vision for mental health (2009)
Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme
Department of Health. Mental health ten years on: progress on mental health care reform (2007)
Department of Health. National service framework for mental health: modern standards and service models (1999)

Definitions and data sources

References included in the definitions and data sources sections can be found below:

NHS Quality and Outcomes Framework indicators
World Health Organization. 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