Developments in primary mental health care in New Zealand

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...

The introduction of a healthy reading scheme for people with mental health problems: usage and experiences of health professionals and library staff

This study aimed to explore:

General practitioner attitudes towards referral of eating-disordered patients: a vignette study based on the theory of planned behaviour

A multivariate analysis of variance determined that none of the GP or practice characteristics had a significant effect on the GPs' intention to refer at the 5% level of significance.