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An initiative in primary care psychiatry in South Australia

Authors :
Rajan Nagesh
Cyndy Lloyd
Christopher Seiboth
Barbara Magin
Tom Paterson
Helena Williams
Source :
Australasian Psychiatry. 10:259-264
Publication Year :
2002
Publisher :
SAGE Publications, 2002.

Abstract

Objective: To describe a joint mental health project involving the Adelaide Northern Division of General Practice (ANDGP) and the North West Adelaide Mental Health Service (NWAMHS). Conclusions: This project has been developed to explore alternative strategies to facilitate the identification and management of patients with mental illness in the primary care setting. The project has also endeavoured to explore alternative types of psychiatrist/general practitioner interactions other than the conventional ‘general practitioner referred psychiatrist consultation’. The development of adequate and clinically relevant evaluation methods, both quantitative and qualitative, has also been an explicit objective of the project. While the project provides an exciting stimulus for ongoing development of models of Primary Psychiatric Care, it is evident that such models can only evolve in the context of significant service and systemic change. It is hoped that the experiences in the northern suburbs of Adelaide can stimulate others to explore the ongoing collaborations between psychiatric services and general practitioners in ways that can produce better mental health outcomes in our patients.

Details

ISSN :
14401665 and 10398562
Volume :
10
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Australasian Psychiatry
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....862959cf8689ef761de0ca4c5aeabae9