Mental Health Problems in Family Medicine/General Practice

Mental Health Problems in Family Medicine/General Practice

Copyright © 2012 Jan De Lepeleire et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Mental health disorders represent a large proportion of the world's disease burden, mostly due to depression and anxiety disorders, alcohol a...

Problems of psychiatric practice in community mental health centers.

Initial enthusiasm about community mental health centers (CMHCs) has diminished. The participation of psychiatrists in CMHCs declined in the 1970s and may decline further. The author describes one center to highlight problems encountered by community psychiatrists: 1) unrealistic treatment expectations, 2) limitations of psychiatric knowledge, 3) need for a broad range of clinical expertise, 4)...

[Family context and child mental health problems in the Family Health Program].

OBJECTIVE To assess the association between variables in the family context and the risk for emotional/behavioral problems in children enrolled in a Family Health Program. METHODS A cross-sectional design study was conducted with 100 children aged 6 to 12 years old and their families, especially their biological mothers (82%). All subjects were enrolled in center of the Family Health Program ...

Access to Mental Health Services and Family Impact of Rural Children with Mental Health Problems

Treating children's mental health problems. Collaborative solutions for family physicians.

M children who have been abused or who have suffered psychological trauma do not receive mental health care. Th ose children who do receive these services, usually receive them from their family practitioners. Th e inadequate number of professionals trained to provide mental health care to children and the lack of attention paid to mental health care in training programs and policy development ...