Course director(s): Mike Slade (London, United Kingdom), Mirella Rugged (Verona, Italy) 14.15 - 17.45, Hilton - Salon Orff

The following topics will be covered: • Conceptual overview of needs • Standardised approaches to needs assessment Development of the Camberwell Assessment of Need (CAN) • Clinical and research findings using the CAN . Skills training in using the CAN Learning objectives By the end of the course participants will be able to: i. Understand population-based and individual definitions of need 2. Explain why needs are central to mental health care 3. Link recent needs research with clinical practice 4. Use the most widely reported needs assessment approach Course trainers Dr Mike Slade is a clinical senior lecturer in clinical psychology at the Institute of Psychiatry and consultant clinical psychologist in rehabilitation with South London and Maudsley Mental Health NHS Trust. His main research interests are outcome-focussed mental health services, user involvement in and influence on mental health services, staff-patient agreement on need, and contributing to the development of clinically useable outcome measures, including the Camberwell Assessment of Need and the Threshold Assessment Grid. Prof Mirella Ruggeri is Associate Professor in Psychiatry at the University of Verona and President of the Italian Society of Psychiatric Epidemiology. Her main research interests are Epidemiological and Social Psychiatry, Mental Health Service Evaluation, and the Assessment of Outcome for Psychiatric Disorders. In her projects she has especially explored self-perceived outcomes including service satisfaction, quality of life and needs for care.