Notes:
The defined period of time for a Mental Health Minimum Data Set collection. A Mental Health Minimum Data Set record will contain assembled data for each Mental Health Care Spell of an adult (including elderly) PATIENT who has received a continuous period of care or assessment from a Health Care Provider's specialist mental health services within the REPORTING PERIOD.

A PATIENT may have one or more Mental Health Care Spells occurring within the defined period of time each of which will have a separate Mental Health Minimum Data Set record assembled for it; or a Mental Health Care Spell can start before the start date of the defined period of time; or continue after the end date of the defined period of time.

The defined period of time is in the format of ccyy/mm/dd-ccyy/mm/dd which correspond to REPORTING PERIOD START DATE and REPORTING PERIOD END DATE of the REPORTING PERIOD.

Mental Health Care Spell is an ACTIVITY GROUP where ACTIVITY GROUP TYPE is National Code 23 'Mental Health Care Spell'.

This data element is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
plural	REPORTING PERIODS (MENTAL HEALTH)