Towards shared care of mental health services — On the sunshine coast in South-East Queensland
2000; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 34; Issue: s1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/000486700641
ISSN1440-1614
Autores Tópico(s)Mental Health and Patient Involvement
ResumoObjective: To contribute to a dialogue between psychiatrists and General Practitioners as we work together to develop optimal health services in our own communities.Methods: In 1994, as newly appointed Clinical Director of the Mental Health Services of the Sunshine Coast Regional Health Authority, I met with the Medical Director of the Sunshine Coast Division of General Practice, to discuss how to address the lack of available public mental health medical services in their communities. There was one psychiatrist with the public community team on the coastal region from Caloundra to Noosa (population 180,000) and a five month wait to see the five private psychiatrists. In 1996, fifty GPs attended our eight month Mental Health Education Programme. It included mental health professionals, consumers and carers as resource persons. GPs rated it as helpful for relevant information and local interactions and requested a follow-up programme in counselling, and later, supports for their own health. Since 1997, a w...
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