scholarly journals A psychiatric liaison service for a social services office

1988 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 481-483 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Grant ◽  
Anne Richardson
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Services ◽  
General Practitioners ◽  
Health Care Team ◽  
Primary Health Care Team ◽  
Health Care Settings ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Primary Health Care Settings

Although there has been considerable interest into the amount of liaison work that general psychiatrists do with general practitioners in primary health care settings, and into the role that social workers can play in liaising with the primary health care team, less is known about the extent to which general psychiatrists have established liaison links with particular social services offices, what form the liaison takes and whether the liaison has worked satisfactorily.

scholarly journals General Practitioners’ Perspectives Over Solutions To Change BZD Prescription Trends – A Qualitative Study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teresa Reis ◽  
Helena Serra ◽  
Inês Faria ◽  
Miguel Xavier
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
General Practitioners ◽  
Public Health Issue ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Health Care Settings ◽  
Prescription Practices ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Primary Health Care Settings

Abstract Background: This qualitative study explores General Practitioners’ (GPs) perspectives on solutions to address the problem of excessive prescription of benzodiazepines (BZDs). Over-prescription of BZDs at a primary health care settings is a prevalent issue in the region under analysis, but also elsewhere internationally. GPs are the gatekeepers to these medicines in primary care, but for several subjective, organizational and external reasons, they find it difficult to change current prescription patterns. Simultaneously, GPs recognize the issue of BZD excessive prescription practices, and propose possible solutions to invert the trend.Methods: Qualitative data were collected in seven primary health care centers in an interior and mostly rural region of Portugal. We conducted 12 semi-structured interviews with GPs. Interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim and underwent thematic analysis. The themes were integrated and organized into eight axes for action.Results: Solutions proposed by GPs focused on organizational aspects, such as human resources, infrastructure and training (including on withdrawal schemes), alternative approaches, and wider community-based initiatives to counter societal aspects affecting mental health in the identified region. The themes were integrated and organized into eight axes for action.Conclusions: The findings provide an assessment of the priorities to change excessive BZDs prescription, as suggested by the GPs in primary health care settings, and hence reflecting what they consider to be context specific needs. Both experts and multi-stakeholders bottom-up perspectives should be taken into account when proposing new policies and local strategies to tackle current excessive BZD prescription, especially considering the failure of previous strategies to change this well-known public health issue. We consider that our results to be generalizable to all countries where primary health care plays a central role in care provision.Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov number NCT04925596

scholarly journals Validation of the WHO self-reporting questionnaire-20 (SRQ-20) item in primary health care settings in Eritrea

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tesfit Brhane Netsereab ◽  
Meron Mehari Kifle ◽  
Robel Berhane Tesfagiorgis ◽  
Sara Ghebremichael Habteab ◽  
Yosan Kahsay Weldeabzgi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Health Care Settings ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
Self Reporting Questionnaire ◽  
Primary Health Care Settings
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