Mental disorders are common worldwide, yet the quality of care for these disorders has not increased to the same extent as that for physical
conditions. In this paper, author present a framework for promoting quality measurement as a tool for improving quality of mental health care. They identify key barriers to this effort, including lack of standardized information technology-based data sources, limited scientific evidence for mental health quality measures, lack of provider training and support, and cultural barriers to integrating mental health care within general health environments