Psychiatric consulting in primary care

The organization of health care: the contrasting role of primary care and consulting specialties.

Psychiatric problems of youth in primary care: a review.

Somatic presentations of psychiatric illness in primary care setting.

We have tried to describe somatisation, not as a disease, but as a common and important human mechanism involving both doctor and patient. It is the single most common reason why psychiatric illness goes undetected in general medical settings, and it often occurs in conjunction with physical disease processes. The association with dysphoric affect has been recognised at least since George Cheyn...

Detection and management of psychiatric disorders in primary care.

a study from Bristol, In November 1999 a study from Bristol, published in the published in the British Journal of British Journal of Psychiatry Psychiatry, reported a proverbial cup-half-, reported a proverbial cup-half-empty or half-full result: when provided empty or half-full result: when provided with the ICD–10 PHC mental health guide-with the ICD–10 PHC mental health guidelines , a group ...

Psychiatric services in primary care: specialized or not?

We compare referrals made to a psychiatric service by two comparable general practices. One practice made its referrals through conventional channels; the other referred patients to a multi-professional team who saw patients at a clinic held on the practice premises. The members of the team and the general practitioners in the second practice also met regularly to discuss matters of mutual inte...