Developments in primary mental health care in New Zealand

The needs of primary care mental health service users: a Q-sort study

A semi-structured interview schedule was used, which was initially shaped by a pilot interview and a literature search. This was then informed in an interactive manner by the subsequent interviews. A preliminary topic gu...

Conferences 2009

What should prompt an urgent referral to a community mental health team?

41% male, 59% female

Low-intensity workers: lessons learned from supervising primary care mental health workers and dilemmas associated with such roles

The UK government's latest primary care mental health initiative, Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT), seeks to achieve its aims partly through the extensive use of low-intensity workers (LIWs). As clinica...