...Fatima Rahman Rana; Shellie Jean Radford Purpose The clinical management of mental health disorders in primary care is impeded by long waiting times, rigid referral pathways and increased workload on General Practitioners (GPs) in England. Considering this, community pharmacists have the potential...

... turn to their pediatric primary care provider (PCP) for assessment and management of anxiety. To increase PCPs’ abilities to manage anxiety, the Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (“Project ECHO”) was used. The purpose of this study is to explore the impact of Project ECHO on participating...

... health Primary care Community team Social care Service delivery Health services United Kingdom There is an increasing emphasis on strengthening links between the primary care and specialist services in order to provide more effective care for patients (Department of Health, 2003, p. 8...

...Tikka Rachael; Laura Blackhall; Claire Jones; Annette Law Group‐based psycho‐educational interventions offer a cost‐effective solution to meeting the very high level of demand for psychological services in primary care. This qualitative study investigated reasons for dropout from an established...

... to train graduate primary care mental health workers (GPCMHWs) to work with the client group met with some scepticism by senior clinicians. However, the experience of providing training and supervision to the graduate primary care mental health workers to work with clients with personality disorder...

...Amy Blakemore; Clare Baguley The current focus on psychological well‐being and the treatment of people experiencing common mental disorder in primary care is of interest to health professionals and economists alike (Centre for Economic Performance Mental Health Policy Group, 2006). This brings...

...Christina Lyons; Stephen Bradley; David Eaton This paper provides initial findings from a pilot to introduce graduate mental health workers into primary care, child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) across three localities in the north west of England in the UK. The progress...