Companion to Primary Care Mental Health

Companion to Primary Care Mental Health
Author: Gabriel Ivbijaro
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Integrated delivery of health care
ISBN: 9781846199769

Companion to Primary Care Mental Health is the result of a major collaboration of an international group of general practitioners, psychiatrists, policy-makers, mental health professionals and mental health advocates. This extraordinary guide provides the best available evidence for the management of patients with mental health conditions in primary care. It draws on the wisdom of a range of experts from primary and secondary care, who have translated information from the literature and their own clinical experience to apply it across the globe to everyday family practice. With the emphasis on practical application it presents family doctors and their teams with the evidence-based knowledge necessary to support the development of fully integrated systems to promote good mental health using tables and figures to illustrate complex matters. This includes the need to harness the wider determinants of health and mental health and to tackle stigma through advocacy, spirituality and ethical practice. The role of public health and the management of the many interfaces associated with providing good mental health are also covered. It includes tools for assessment, including classification and risk assessment, and the general principles required to enable a biopsychosocial approach to care. The book also considers the individual mental health conditions that family doctors and their teams are likely to encounter. As comorbidity and the management of complexity are very common in primary care mental health, these are also explored in the final chapters of the book.

Primary Care Mental Health in Older People

Primary Care Mental Health in Older People
Author: Carlos Augusto de Mendonça Lima
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 406
Release: 2019-08-07
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 3030108147

This book is a practical resource that will support the delivery of holistic mental health interventions in the primary and community care setting for older people. Primary care delivery is discussed in relation to both functional mental health problems, such as anxiety, depression, and psychotic and personality disorders, and acquired organic mental disorders of old age, such as dementia, cognitive impairments, and delirium. Careful consideration is paid to the complex relationship between mental and somatic health problems, as well as the impacts of multimorbidity and polypharmacy. Further topics include, for example, epidemiology, wider determinants of health, different care models, history taking, neurocognitive and capacity assessment, and pharmacological, psychological, and physical interventions. The wider goals of the book are to support the development of community resilience and self-care in older people; to promote universal access and equity for older people in order to enable them to achieve or recover the highest attainable standard of health, regardless of age, gender, or social position; and to promote pathways to care for older people with mental health problems respecting their autonomy, independence, human rights, and the importance of the life-course approach. This book will be an invaluable resource for all professionals who work with older adults with mental health problems and those training in these fields including physicians, psychiatrists, family doctors, geriatricians, general practitioners, nurses, psychologists, neurologists, occupational therapists, social workers, support workers and community health and social care workers.

Companion to Primary Care Mental Health

Companion to Primary Care Mental Health
Author: Gabriel Ivbijaro
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 1420
Release: 2022-03-01
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1000605132

Companion to Primary Care Mental Health is the result of a major collaboration of an international group of general practitioners, psychiatrists, policy-makers, mental health professionals and mental health advocates. This extraordinary guide provides the best available evidence for the management of patients with mental health conditions in primary care. It draws on the wisdom of a range of experts from primary and secondary care, who have translated information from the literature and their own clinical experience to apply it across the globe to everyday family practice. With the emphasis on practical application it presents family doctors and their teams with the evidence-based knowledge necessary to support the development of fully integrated systems to promote good mental health using tables and figures to illustrate complex matters. This includes the need to harness the wider determinants of health and mental health and to tackle stigma through advocacy, spirituality and ethical practice. The role of public health and the management of the many interfaces associated with providing good mental health are also covered. It includes tools for assessment, including classification and risk assessment, and the general principles required to enable a biopsychosocial approach to care. The book also considers the individual mental health conditions that family doctors and their teams are likely to encounter. As comorbidity and the management of complexity are very common in primary care mental health, these are also explored in the final chapters of the book.

Psychiatric Presentations in General Practice

Psychiatric Presentations in General Practice
Author: K. S. Jacob
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2016-11-30
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1315350319

Medical schools currently use specialist perspectives on psychiatric disorders to train physicians, nurses and health professionals. This results in a lack confidence among non-psychiatric health professionals, which reduces their ability to manage common mental health conditions in primary care and secondary hospitals. This book is a practical guide to common mental health conditions encountered in general medical practice.

Massachusetts General Hospital Guide to Primary Care Psychiatry

Massachusetts General Hospital Guide to Primary Care Psychiatry
Author: Theodore A. Stern
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Total Pages: 822
Release: 2004
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780071410014

From the leading psychiatry department in the world, comes the second edition of this unique, symptom-oriented approach to the diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric diseases. Features coverage of all the salient features of psychiatric diseases as well as new emphasis on evidence-based algorithms, psychopharmacological advances, and the pediatric patient.

Health Literacy in Primary Care

Health Literacy in Primary Care
Author: Gloria G. Mayer, RN, EdD, FAAN
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
Total Pages: 309
Release: 2007-04-21
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0826101070

Designated a Doody's Core Title! At the intersection of health care delivery and practice there lies a large area of patient care with no manual: how to provide the best care to patients who have a critically low level of comprehension and literacy. Because all patients play a central role in the outcome of their own health care, competent health care becomes almost impossible for caregivers when the boundary of low literary skills is present. In a concise and well-written format you will learn: Common myths about low literacy Examples of low health care literacy How to recognize patients with low literacy Strategies to help patients with low literacy and reduce medical errors Cultural issues in health literacy Ways to create a patient-friendly office environment How to improve patient communication Guidelines to target and overcome common problems practitioners encounter This clear, well written book is packed with examples and tips and will serve as a much needed guide for primary care providers, nurse practitioners, hospital administrators, and others who are looking for ways to improve their communication with patients and provide the most beneficial health care to their low-literacy patients.

The Psychological Impact of Acute and Chronic Illness: A Practical Guide for Primary Care Physicians

The Psychological Impact of Acute and Chronic Illness: A Practical Guide for Primary Care Physicians
Author: Tamara Greenberg
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 185
Release: 2007-03-09
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0387382984

This book helps the primary care physician navigate the normative and non-normative psychological responses to illness, provides advice on coping and offers guidance on mental health referrals. The concise but comprehensive text emphasizes the basics, including responses to serious and potentially life-threatening illness, normal and maladaptive coping responses in medically ill individuals, and specific aspects of the illness process. Case examples illustrate the concepts discussed. Includes a chapter on psychotropic medications, and another on the special circumstances of non-compliant patients. The book concludes with discussion of family situations and offers recommendations on referring patients to a mental health provider who specializes in treating the medically ill.

Collaborative Medicine Case Studies

Collaborative Medicine Case Studies
Author: Rodger Kessler
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 428
Release: 2008-03-11
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0387768947

This timely and important work looks at the collaborative health care model for the delivery of mental health care in a primary care setting. This has become the ideal model for the treatment of comorbid medical and psychiatric or psychological disorders. There is also an increased awareness that pharmacological intervention, the most frequently delivered intervention for psychological disorders, is often of limited effectiveness without concurrent specific psychological intervention. The book includes more than two dozen case studies, co-written by clinical psychologists and primary care physicians. It is essential reading for any psychology practitioner in a clinical setting, as well as for health care administrators.

Psychological Treatment of Medical Patients in Integrated Primary Care

Psychological Treatment of Medical Patients in Integrated Primary Care
Author: Anne C. Dobmeyer
Publisher: Clinical Health Psychology
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2017-09
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9781433828027

Series Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I.A Primer on Integrated Primary Care -- Chapter 1. Overview of Integrated Primary Care -- Chapter 2. Fundamentals of Primary Care Behavioral Health Integration -- Chapter 3. Conducting the Behavioral Health Consultation Appointment -- II. Common Conditions Treated in Primary Care Behavioral Health -- Chapter 4. Depression -- Chapter 5. Anxiety -- Chapter 6. Insomnia -- Chapter 7. Diabetes -- Chapter 8. Chronic Pain -- Chapter 9. Asthma -- III. Future Directions -- Chapter 10. Future Directions in Training, Funding, and Research -- References -- About the Author

Lippincott's Primary Care Psychiatry

Lippincott's Primary Care Psychiatry
Author: Robert M. McCarron
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2012-03-28
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1451152876

This book helps family practitioners, internists, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and mental health practitioners understand, diagnose, and effectively treat the most common psychiatric problems seen in the primary care office setting. The introductory chapter addresses the primary care psychiatric interview. Subsequent chapters cover specific disorders and follow a consistent format: Introductory Case; Clinical Highlights; Clinical Significance; Diagnosis; Differential Diagnosis, including "Not to Be Missed" points; Biopsychosocial Treatment, including "When to Refer"; Practice Pointers case studies; ICD-9 codes; and Practical Resources. Appendices include time-saving strategies and medication tables. An anatomical wall chart for the office is also included. A companion Website includes fully searchable text and patient handouts for various psychiatric disorders.