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, vol.17, no.3-4, pp.205-220, 2005 (Scopus) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 17 Issue: 3-4
  • Publication Date: 2005
  • Journal Name: Psychiatria Danubina
  • Journal Indexes: Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.205-220
  • Keywords: Anxiety disorders, Depression, Pharmacotherapy, Primary care, Psychological interventions, Psychosis
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

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.