Collaboration Between Mental Health Professionals and Family Physicians

Increasing collaboration between health professionals

Background: Scholars have recently started to pay more attention

Collaboration between family physicians and psychologists: what do family physicians know about psychologists' work?

OBJECTIVE To explore factors affecting collaboration between family physicians and psychologists. DESIGN Mailed French-language survey. SETTING Eastern Ontario. PARTICIPANTS Family physicians practising in the area of the Réseau des services de santé en français de l'Est de l'Ontario. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Physicians' knowledge and understanding of the qualifications of psychologists an...

General Practitioners' opinions on their practice in mental health and their collaboration with mental health professionals

BACKGROUND Common mental health problems are mainly treated in primary care settings and collaboration with mental health services is needed. Prior to re-organisation of the mental health care offer in a geographical area, a study was organized: 1) to evaluate GPs' opinions on their day-to-day practice with Patients with Mental Health Problems (PMHP) and on relationships with Mental Health Prof...

Collaboration between general practitioners and mental health care professionals: a qualitative study

BACKGROUND Collaboration between general practice and mental health care has been recognised as necessary to provide good quality healthcare services to people with mental health problems. Several studies indicate that collaboration often is poor, with the result that patient' needs for coordinated services are not sufficiently met, and that resources are inefficiently used. An increasing numbe...

Collaboration Between Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Mental Health Professionals