Primary Care Mental Health by Linda Gask
In this book, internationally respected authors provide a conceptual background and dispense practical advice on delivering mental health services for the clinician. They discuss ways of improving joint working between primary and secondary care, as well as issues affecting the professional development of all practitioners within primary care teams.
About the editors:
Linda Gask provides consultant input to a primary care mental health service. Her teaching, research and clinical interests lie in improving the quality of care for common mental health problems.
Helen Lester has a particular interest in the physical and mental healthcare of people with serious mental illness, the concept of recovery in primary care, and service-user involvement.
Tony Kendrick has published extensively on the primary care of depression, schizophrenia and eating disorders. His work has been influential in the development of good practice guidelines and quality indicators in the UK for the management of severe mental illness and depression.
Robert Peveler conducts research on medically unexplained physical symptoms, depression in primary care, self-care in chronic disease, and eating disorders. His clinical work is focused on general hospital liaison psychiatry, especially fatigue and pain.
Linda Gask provides consultant input to a primary care mental health service. Her teaching, research and clinical interests lie in improving the quality of care for common mental health problems.
Helen Lester has a particular interest in the physical and mental healthcare of people with serious mental illness, the concept of recovery in primary care, and service-user involvement.
Tony Kendrick has published extensively on the primary care of depression, schizophrenia and eating disorders. His work has been influential in the development of good practice guidelines and quality indicators in the UK for the management of severe mental illness and depression.
Robert Peveler conducts research on medically unexplained physical symptoms, depression in primary care, self-care in chronic disease, and eating disorders. His clinical work is focused on general hospital liaison psychiatry, especially fatigue and pain.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781904671770 |
| ISBN 10 | 1904671772 |
| Title | Primary Care Mental Health |
| Author | Linda Gask |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | RCPsych Publications |
| Year published | 2009-10-01 |
| Number of pages | 496 |
| Prizes | Winner of BMA Medical Book Awards 2010 (Primary health care category) 2010 (UK) |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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