The role of social workers in mental health care: A study of primary care centers in Mexico

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 1017-1033
Author(s):  
Nayelhi I Saavedra ◽  
Shoshana Berenzon ◽  
Jorge Galván
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Primary Care ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Social Workers

Linking Primary Care Patients to Mental Health Care via Behavioral Health Social Workers: A Stepped-Wedge Study

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth R. Pfoh ◽  
Jessica A. Hohman ◽  
Kathleen Alcorn ◽  
Nirav Vakharia ◽  
Michael B. Rothberg
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Primary Care ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Behavioral Health ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Stepped Wedge ◽  
Primary Care Patients

scholarly journals Establishing a mental health liaison attachment with primary care

1997 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 219-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom Burns ◽  
Rob Bale
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Primary Care ◽  
Health Care ◽  
General Practitioner ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Health Problems

The role of the general practitioner (GP) in the care of individuals with mental health problems has long been recognised. Goldberg & Huxleys' (1980) pioneering work on the pathways to mental health care demonstrated that only a fraction of identified mental health problems are referred on to psychiatrists. Goldberg & Bridges (1987) estimated that between 20 and 25% of a GP's workload concerns mental health, with only about 5% referred on to psychiatrists. Shepherd (1991) insisted that the only real hope for significant improvement in mental health care lay in the improvement of GP provision – there will simply never be enough psychiatrists.

Primary Care-Led Mental Health Service Reform: An Outline of the Better Outcomes in Mental Health Care Initiative

2002 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 376-382 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian Hickie ◽  
Grace Groom
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Primary Care ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
General Practitioners ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Course Of Illness ◽  
Major Development ◽  
Conceptual Community

Objective: To describe the key features of the ‘Better Outcomes in Mental Health Care’ initiative (2001-2005) and to detail some of the conceptual, community, professional and epidemiological forces that shaped its content. Conclusions: The ‘Better Outcomes in Mental Health Care’ initiative represents a major development in mental health care in Australia. It recognises the central role of primary care, promotes integrated medical and psychological care, rewards treatments that occur over an episode of illness, promotes active purchasing of non-pharmacological interventions earlier in the course of illness, and attempts to better link general practitioners, non-medical mental health specialists and psychiatrists to meet population-based mental health needs. Central to its development has been a commitment by general practitioners to develop progressively better mental health skills and measure both individual consumer and system-related outcomes.

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