The island of Ireland is partitioned into Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. In both jurisdictions, there have been important developments in mental health and mental capacity law, and associated policies and services. This includes an emphasis on developing more comprehensive approaches to collecting data on outcomes and so there is an opportunity to align these processes to enable comparison and shared learning across the border. This article explores: legal and policy developments; international approaches to mental health outcomes; and the type of data that would be helpful to collect to better understand the use of mental health and mental capacity laws. It is argued that an inclusive strategy to developing a comprehensive, integrated and aligned approach to collecting and analysing data would benefit citizens, policy makers and professionals.

爱尔兰岛分为北爱尔兰和爱尔兰共和国。在这两个司法管辖区，心理健康和心理能力法以及相关政策和服务都取得了重要发展。这包括强调开发更全面的方法来收集结果数据，因此有机会调整这些流程，以实现跨境比较和共享学习。本文探讨：法律和政策的发展；心理健康结果的国际方法；以及有助于收集的数据类型，以更好地了解心理健康和心理能力法律的使用。有人认为，制定全面、综合和一致的数据收集和分析方法的包容性战略将使公民、政策制定者和专业人士受益。