Basic standards for management of patients with common mental illnesses in primary care

Agius M., Biočina S. M., ALPTEKİN K., Rotstein V., Morselli P., Persaud A.

Psychiatria Danubina, cilt.17, sa.3-4, ss.205-220, 2005 (Scopus) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 17 Sayı: 3-4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2005
  • Dergi Adı: Psychiatria Danubina
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.205-220
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Anxiety disorders, Depression, Pharmacotherapy, Primary care, Psychological interventions, Psychosis
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

At least 95% of mental health problems are dealt with entirely in primary care. The other 5% are referred to secondary care, but these will be dealt with jointly by primary care services and secondary care services. Mental Health problems provide a major burden to primary care services, the doctors who operate in those services- the General Practitioners-, and their staff. Standards need to be set in order to clarify what an adequate primary care response should be to the provision of mental health care. We propose a set of standards which are evidence based and which are correlated with the recent WHO declaration on Mental Health in Europe. © Medicinska naklada - Zagreb, Croatia.