Literature Review: A Community Mental Health Service Delivery Model

Scientific inquiry through clear and easy-to-understand literature review formats is integral to facilitating evidence-based learning and evidence-based practice in nursing. In this case, a review of mental health service delivery modes by Flannery, Adams & O'Connor (2011) is done to determine the performance of different service delivery methods in an urban setting. Thus, it is critical to use precise methods of reviewing the literature to quickly grasp and understand the study and its findings on these various mental care delivery methods. 

A review of the study by Flannery, Adams & O'Connor (2011) indicates the various mental care delivery models and their performance and concludes that an integrated model of mental health care in urban communities is the best delivery model. According to Hudson‐Barr (2004), the best manner to review any academic study is to determine the core and principle format used in the literature and first review the conclusion segments of the study to determine its significance. Hence, to determine the paper's significance, a review of the abstract and the discussion is mainly focused on. These conclusive parts indicate the paper's research question, the study's limitations, and any further recommendations. In this case, although the research question is not clearly defined nor easily identified, the research objective is precise and concise. Flannery, Adams & O'Connor (2011) indicates the main objectives of the research as an evaluation of mental health service delivery methods and the determination of the best model in an urban or metropolitan community. Furthermore, the study illustrates an integrated model that consists of emergency response services, continuous mental health care services, the use of rehabilitation teams, and the formation of cooperations and partnerships with medical and human service firms. However, the study is limited to evaluating the performance of each care delivery effort since each has its own dynamic limitation according to its cost, resources, and political elements. Thus, the paper is not exhaustive in determining each model and gives recommendations for future research to determine the whole dynamics of each model and determine gap analysis. Therefore, the paper is well structured in its abstract and conclusion in determining the best forms of care delivery and advises evidence-based practice in using integrated models for mental health care. 

The study by Flannery, Adams & O'Connor (2011) determines that the best method of maintaining mental health care in metropolitan communities involves using integrated services. These integrated services are mainly composed of emergence and acute services, continuing care, and rehabilitation, including intervention programs, especially for young people, and the formation of partnerships with community mental health care providers. 

References

Flannery, F., Adams, D., & O'Connor, N. (2011). A community mental health service delivery model: integrating the evidence base within existing clinical models. Australasian Psychiatry, 19(1), 49-55. From doi: 10.3109/10398562.2010.539220

Hudson‐Barr, D (2004). How to read a research article. Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing, 9(2), 70-72. From https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1111/j.1088-145X.2004.00070.x?casa_token=TyGGwDTP0fgAAAAA:phdKEsnzloqLANNCRauc0YUtIMSkWbTwncMRph_hdvKckf5gFZfwBWcU0oZl3YeSnr7L8gxEBiPE4CWi