Mental Health Intervention Classification (MHIC) Version 1.0

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termClassification Scheme
METEOR identifier:Help on this term575263
Registration status:Help on this term
Definition:Help on this termThe Australian Institute of Health and Welfare classification for mental health interventions.
Context:Help on this termThe purpose of the classification is to describe and capture information on selected mental health interventions provided to mental health consumers in Australia.
Classification structure:Help on this term

The classification is initially grouped into four broad categories:

  • assessment and review interventions
  • therapeutic interventions
  • emergency interventions
  • service coordination interventions

Further subdivision occurs within each of these four categories to provide a detailed list of selected mental health interventions

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this termIndependent Hospital Pricing Authority
Reference documents:Help on this termAustralian Institute of Health and Welfare 2013. Development of a prototype Australian Mental Health Intervention Classification: a working paper. Cat. no. HSE 130. Canberra: AIHW. Viewed 23 May 2014, http://www.aihw.gov.au/WorkArea/
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Relational attributes

Value Domains based on this classification scheme:Help on this term

Mental health intervention type code (MHIC V1.0) X(20)