Problems of mental health at primary care level – how to recognise a depresive episode
Each and every mental health program has to include primary care. No single service setting can meet all mental health needs of the population. Support, supervision, collaboration, information- sharing and education across different levels of care are essential to any system. People with mental disa...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Slovenian Medical Association
2010-07-01
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| Series: | Zdravniški Vestnik |
| Online Access: | http://vestnik.szd.si/index.php/ZdravVest/article/view/276 |
| Summary: | Each and every mental health program has to
include primary care. No single service setting
can meet all mental health needs of the population.
Support, supervision, collaboration, information-
sharing and education across different
levels of care are essential to any system. People
with mental disability need to be involved in
their own recovery and this must be reinforced
at each level of care.
Family physicians treat the majority of depressed
patients, only one fifth of the patients are referred
to the secondary care. Physicians fail to recognize
most of the patients with mild symptoms at
their first visit. Good physical accessibility and
continuity of care ensure that the majority of disorders
that require a formal form of treatment
are recognized ant treated. |
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| ISSN: | 1318-0347 1581-0224 |