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Presentation<br />

Healthcare practice is <strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>gly more complex due to a multitude of factors, one of the most<br />

relevant of which is undoubtedly the exponential <strong>in</strong>crease <strong>in</strong> scientific <strong>in</strong><strong>for</strong>mation available to us.<br />

Science is someth<strong>in</strong>g that is permanently chang<strong>in</strong>g and thus requires permanent updates. This<br />

means that cl<strong>in</strong>icians have to constantly refresh their knowledge, objectives and <strong>in</strong>terventions to<br />

be able to cover people’s needs. This means that professionals have to face up to the situation of<br />

tak<strong>in</strong>g cl<strong>in</strong>ical decisions each day. These decisions are becom<strong>in</strong>g more and more complicated due<br />

to the constant changes and the needs and expectations generated <strong>in</strong> society.<br />

In 2003, the Interterritorial Council of the Spanish National Health Service (SNHS) created<br />

the GuiaSalud Project whose ultimate purpose is to improve cl<strong>in</strong>ical decision-mak<strong>in</strong>g based on<br />

scientific evidence, through tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g activities and by sett<strong>in</strong>g up a register of cl<strong>in</strong>ical practice<br />

guidel<strong>in</strong>es (<strong>CPG</strong>). S<strong>in</strong>ce then, the GuiaSalud Project, f<strong>in</strong>anced by the M<strong>in</strong>istry of Health and<br />

Consumer Affairs, has evaluated dozens of <strong>CPG</strong>s, accord<strong>in</strong>g to explicit criteria determ<strong>in</strong>ed by<br />

its scientific committee. It has registered those guidel<strong>in</strong>es and it has dissem<strong>in</strong>ated them over the<br />

Internet.<br />

At the beg<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g of 2006, the General Directorate of the Quality Agency of the National<br />

Health System prepared the Quality Plan <strong>for</strong> the National Health System, which is deployed accord<strong>in</strong>g<br />

to twelve strategies. The purpose of this Plan is to <strong>in</strong>crease the cohesion of the National<br />

Health System and help guarantee the highest quality healthcare <strong>for</strong> everyone, regardless of their<br />

place of residence.<br />

As part of the Plan, the preparation of several <strong>CPG</strong>s was commissioned to various expert<br />

agencies and groups on prevalent pathologies related to health strategies.<br />

This project was renewed <strong>in</strong> 2007 and the guidel<strong>in</strong>e on <strong>Psychosocial</strong> <strong>Interventions</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Severe</strong><br />

<strong>Mental</strong> Illnesses is the result of this assignment. This guidel<strong>in</strong>e follows the common guidel<strong>in</strong>e development<br />

methodology set <strong>for</strong> the NHS, which was prepared among the expert groups <strong>in</strong> <strong>CPG</strong>s<br />

<strong>in</strong> our country, comb<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g their ef<strong>for</strong>ts and coord<strong>in</strong>ation.<br />

<strong>Severe</strong> <strong>Mental</strong> Illness (SMI) encompasses different psychiatric diagnoses that persist <strong>in</strong> time<br />

to a certa<strong>in</strong> extent and present serious difficulties <strong>in</strong> personal and social function<strong>in</strong>g as a result of<br />

the illness, reduc<strong>in</strong>g the quality of life of the person affected. This situation means that it is necessary<br />

to work on different areas of the person, <strong>in</strong>corporat<strong>in</strong>g other psychotherapeutic and psychosocial<br />

<strong>in</strong>terventions, and not just the pharmacological <strong>in</strong>tervention. This generates a considerable<br />

consumption of social health resources, caus<strong>in</strong>g an important economic impact.<br />

This cl<strong>in</strong>ical practice guidel<strong>in</strong>e addresses all these aspects <strong>in</strong> adults who suffer from this disorder<br />

and it is the result of the work of a multidiscipl<strong>in</strong>ary team of professionals from the social,<br />

health and labour areas, who have dedicated many hours to the preparation of the recommendations.<br />

The aim of this guidel<strong>in</strong>e is to answer many of the questions that arise from the day-to-day<br />

care of people who suffer <strong>Severe</strong> <strong>Mental</strong> Illnesses, given <strong>in</strong> the <strong>for</strong>m of systematically prepared<br />

recommendations with the best available scientific evidence, the experience of the professionals<br />

from the guidel<strong>in</strong>e development group, and bear<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> m<strong>in</strong>d the needs of the users and families of<br />

people who suffer SMI.<br />

CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES FOR PSICHOSOCIAL INTERVENTIONS IN SEVERE MENTAL ILLNESS 7

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