[Adaptation to changing needs in mental health care: mental health centers]

The increasing healthcare needs in the Netherlands lead to increasing healthcare costs and waiting lists and warrants sufficient (staff-)capacity. The current market-driven organization of care affects qualitative, accessible, and affordable care. Whether the Dutch mental healthcare system can adapt efficiently is questioned in this article.

Gaining insight into the developments and bottlenecks that can contribute to the realization of appropriate care in mental health.

An overview of literature is given regarding developments and necessary adjustments in mental healthcare.

Appropriate care is value-driven, focused on health (instead of the absence of illness), based on management of health of the client and his network, is accessible, affordable and is offered at the right time and place. The collaborative innovation of Mental Healthcare Centers, in which GGz Breburg (specialized mental health care), Indigo Brabant (general mental health care), and health insurance company, form a sustainable coalition which is presented as a solution for manageability of the mental healthcaresystem. This coalition aims to improve the public values of mental healthcare as a response to the required paradigm shift and future model of mental healthcare.

As a regional network model, the Mental Healthcare Centers offer a desirable answer to the demand for an appropriate and future-proof mental healthcare. w.