This book looks at the collaborative health care model for the delivery of mental health care in a primary care setting. This has become the ideal model for the treatment of comorbid medical and psychiatric or psychological disorders. There is also an increased awareness that pharmacological intervention, the most frequently delivered intervention for psychological disorders, is often of limited effectiveness without concurrent specific psychological intervention. Further, Kessler shows that most psychological care these days is delivered through primary care-patients prefer to receive psychological care in that setting, and if they are referred elsewhere, it becomes less likely that they will follow through. In all, moving mental health care into primary care has beenshown to improve both the medical and psychological outcomes, and it requirescareful attention to implementation issues, besides evidence-based clinical interventions. Practical and applied-discusses economic and administrative issues alongside evidence-based clinical issues In-depth case studies, co-written by psychologists and physicians INDICE: Introduction. Primary Care as the DeFacto Mental Health System. The Three Worlds of Health Care. Organizing Collaborative Care in Medical Settings. Primary Care Life. Women’s Health. Specialty Medical Care to Primary Care Patients. Chronic Medical Illness. Psychiatric and Comorbid Disorders in Primary Care. Pain. Summary.
- ISBN: 978-0-387-76893-9
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 450
- Fecha Publicación: 01/03/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés