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1st Edition

Global Primary Mental Health Care Practical Guidance for Family Doctors

Edited By Christopher Dowrick Copyright 2020

194 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

194 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

194 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

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Description

This book provides up-to-date, practical information for family doctors on how to assess and manage important mental health problems presenting in primary care settings. Patients frequently present with mental health problems in primary care settings around the world, yet family doctors consistently identify gaps in their knowledge, skills and confidence in how best to care for them.... Read more

Table of Contents

1. Core competencies of family doctors in primary mental health care

Christopher Dowrick and Cindy Lam

2. Depression - an evidence-based first consultation

Bruce Arroll, Weng Chin, Fiona Moir, Vicki Mount and Christopher Dowrick

3. Non-drug interventions for common mental health problems

Weng Yee Chin

4. Medically unexplained symptoms

Tim olde Hartman, Christopher Dowrick, Cindy Lam, Sandra Fortes, David Clarke and Jinan Usta

5. Physical health care of people with severe mental illness

Alan Cohen and Kim Griswold

6. Migrant mental health care

Maria van den Muijsenbergh

7. Mental health of young people

Jane Roberts and Christopher Dowrick

8. Frailty and Multimorbidity

Christos Lionis and Marientina Gotsis

9. Dementia

Ferdinando Petrazzuoli, Christos Lionis and Venetia Young

　

Editor(s)

Biography

Christopher Dowrick is Professor of Primary Medical Care at the University of Liverpool, UK.

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