Global Primary Mental Health Care : Practical Guidance for Family Doctors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dowrick, Christopher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mental health services.

Primary care (Medicine).

Family medicine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (195 pages)

Place of Publication:

Milton : Routledge, 2019.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This book provides up-to-date, practical information for family doctors on how to assess and manage important mental health problems presenting in primary care settings. Patients frequently present with mental health problems in primary care settings around the world, yet family doctors consistently identify gaps in their knowledge, skills and confidence in how best to care for them. Contributors to the bookare experts in primary mental health care and have consulted with family doctors around the world, to identify their main learning needs. Each of the nine core chapters will begin with a set of key points on how to do it' and will end with educational material in the form of clinical scenarios and multiple choice questions. This book describes core competencies for primary mental health care, clarifies how to conduct a first consultation about depression, reviews non-drug interventions for common mental health problems, discusses the management of unexplained physical symptoms, and advises on the physical health care of patients with severe mental illness. It explores the mental health needs of migrants and young people, and explains how to manage problems of frailty, multimorbidity and dementia. This book will be of interest to family doctors and students specialising in family medicine worldwide.

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1. Core competencies of family doctors in primary mental health care; Key points; Introduction; Implications for service delivery; Educational material; Multiple choice questions; Further reading and e-resources; 2. Depression: an evidence-based first consultation; Key points; References; 3. Non-drug interventions for common mental health problems; Key points; Introduction; Recommendations on the types of skills that family doctors need

Implications for service deliveryThe Collaborative Care Model for delivery of mental health services in primary care; Educational material; Multiple choice questions; Further reading and e-resources; References; 4. Medically unexplained symptoms; Key points; Definition of MUS; Causes of MUS; Diagnosing MUS; Managing MUS; Cultural issues in managing MUS; Service delivery; Educational material; Multiple choice questions; References; 5. Physical health care of people with severe mental illness; Key points; Introduction; Type 2 diabetes in people with a severe mental illness

Smoking and respiratory disease in people with a severe mental illnessCardiovascular disease in people with a severe mental illness; Alcohol and substance misuse in people with a severe mental illness; Educational material; Multiple choice questions; References; 6. Migrant mental health care; Key points; Introduction; A trustful relationship and person-centred, culturally competent care; Importance of professional interpreters and cultural mediators; Get to know the migrant and their family/living circumstances

Cultural differences in beliefs about mental health and differences in health care expectationsDiagnosing mental health problems and screenings instruments; The importance of integrated care; Referral and treatment of mental health disorders; Psychoeducation; Genetic differences in the metabolism of medication; Implications for service delivery; Educational material; Further reading and e-resources; References; 7. Mental health of young people; Key points; Introduction; Explaining the key points; Service delivery; Educational material; Multiple choice questions; Resources; References

8. Frailty and multimorbidityKey points; Introduction; Service delivery; Educational material; Multiple choice questions; Further reading and e-resources; References; 9. Managing patients with dementia; Key points; What is dementia?; Recognising the symptoms and signs of dementia in the primary care setting; Reducing the risk of dementia; Disclosing the diagnosis; Service delivery; Medications in dementia; Legal issues for dementia sufferers and families; End of life; Educational material; Multiple choice questions; Further reading and e-resources; References; Epilogue

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Answers to multiple choice questions

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9780429651809

0429651805

9780429026386

0429026382

9780429649165

0429649169

9780429646522

0429646526

OCLC:

1129194440

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Restricted for use by site license.