Mental disorders in primary health care: the primary care physician's difficulties

[Schizophrenic disorders in primary care mental health].

OBJECTIVES To determine the prevalence and incidence of schizophrenia and other psychoses in a mental health unit (MHU) closely connected to primary health care. DESIGN Retrospective longitudinal study of the register of all patients with psychiatric illnesses detected in a specific geo-demographic and health care area. SETTING Five basic health care areas of Barcelona (103 615 inhabitants)...

Mental disorders in primary care

Current estimates indicate that 50% of the population experience at least one mental disorder in their lifetime and that at least 25% have suffered a mental disorder in the past year. recognition, diagnosis, treatment, and referral depend overwhelmingly on general practitioners, at least one third of whose consultations have a direct and explicit psychological component. Yet despite this intens...

Mental health training in primary care. Impact on physicians knowledge.

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to measure changes in the Primary Health Care (PHC) physicians` knowledge towards mental illnesses after a short-term training course. METHODS The interventive study consisted of a sample of 31 PHC physicians randomly selected from different PHC centers in Eastern Saudi Arabia. The physicians were exposed to a 4-day intensive training course in mental...

Mental health care in primary care settings.

Clinical governance in primary health care based on family physicians in Mazandaran province: Stakeholders perspective

Background and Aim: Clinical governance is one of the important frameworks for continuous quality improvement and safety in health care systems. Identifying the axes of this approach according to local conditions is one of the important priorities of the health system. The aim of this study was to identify the views of stakeholders on the axes of clinical governance in primary health care based...