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Table 6 Equity considerations and person-centered care

From: Scope, quality and inclusivity of international clinical guidelines on mental health and substance abuse in relation to dual diagnosis, social and community outcomes: a systematic review

Guideline

Does the guideline mention the importance of involving family and carers?

Dose the guideline mention children cared for by patient with mental health conditions or substance misuse?

Does the guideline mention the importance of engaging with various ethnicities and cultural needs?

Does the guideline mention allaying patient fear about being detained or forcefully put into care or rehabilitation?

Is there consideration for people with physical, sensory or learning disabilities in the guideline?

NICE 2011

(coexisting disorders) [37]

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

NICE 2016

(coexisting disorders) [38]

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Australian government 2016 [39]

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

SIGN 2013 [47]

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

NICE 2014

[48]

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

WFSBP 2015 [49]

Yes

No

No

No

No

RANZCP 2016 [50]

Yes

No

Yes

No

No

BAP 2019 [51]

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

APA 2020 [52]

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

VA/DoD 2010 [53]

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

Singapore MOH 2011 [54]

No

No

No

No

No

NICE 2014 [55]

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

BAP 2016 [56]

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

CANMAT and ISBD 2018 [57]

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

BAP 2012 [40]

Yes

No

No

No

No

WFSBP 2017 [41]

Yes

No

No

No

No

gov.uk 2017 [42]

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

DGPPN and DG-Sucht 2017 [43]

No

No

No

No

No

NICE 2011 [44]

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

APA 2018 [45]

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

ASAM 2015 [46]

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

  1. AOD Alcohol and other drug, APA American Psychiatric Association, ASAM American society of addiction medicine, AUD alcohol use disorder, BAP British Association of psychopharmacology, CANMAT and ISBD Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments and International Society for Bipolar Disorders, gov.UK United Kingdom guidelines on clinical management, DGPPN and DG-Sucht German Association for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Psychosomatics and the German Association for Addiction Research and Therapy, NICE National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, RANZCP Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, SIGN Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network, Singapore MOH Singapore Ministry of Health, SMI Severe mental illness, SUD Substance use disorder, UK United Kingdom, US United States, VA/DoD Department of Veterans Affairs and The Department of Defense, WFSBP World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry