Aims and target audience -- What is monitoring and evaluation? -- Aspects of a mental health policy and plan

requiring evaluation -- Monitoring and evaluating a mental health policy and plan -- Frameword for setting up

and conducting evaluation of the policy and plan -- Clarifying the purpose and scope of the monitoring and

evaluation -- Identifying the evaluators and funding for the evaluation -- Assessing and managing ethical

issues -- Preparing and implementing the operational plan for the evaluation -- Analysing the evaluation data.

Including unintended outcomes, and reporting the results -- Case study: an evaluation of a national mental

health policy and plan in a hypothetical country -- The policy and plan of the country -- Applying the

framework for setting up and conducting the evaluation of the policy and plan -- Evaluation of the process for

developing the mental health policy and plan and their contents -- Monitoring and evaluating implementation of

the plan -- Additional evaluations -- Evaluating the policy objetives -- Recommendations and conclusions --

Checklist for evaluating a mental health policy -- Checklist for evaluating a mental health plan -- WHO

assessment instrument for mental health systems -- References -- Further reading --