The Prevention of Mental Illness in Primary Care

With increasing international emphasis on care in the community and pressure on resources, the prevention of mental illness within primary care is becoming an important consideration. Up to a third of patients presenting to primary care services are suffering from psychological problems and the large majority are dealt with by the primary health care team. Within this volume, experts from a wide range of mental health care disciplines discuss issues ranging from primary prevention with identification of risk through to early identification of problem symptoms and the effective management of long-term mental illness. With full reference to the current state of research, emphasis has been given to practical measures that can be readily utilised in the primary care setting. This handbook will serve as an invaluable resource for all those with interests in the protection and conservation of mental health. This book was highly commended in the Primary Care category of the British Medical Association Book Award.

Spis treści:
1. Introduction P. Freeling and T. Kendrick
2. Primary prevention of childhood mental health problems Q. Spender and P. Hill
3. Primary prevention, assessing the relevance of life-events and difficulties among primary care attenders T. Harris
4. The prevention of postnatal depression D. Sharp
5. Bereavement C. Murray Parkes
6. The role of counselling R. Corney
7. The prevention of anxiety disorders H. Kennerley
8. Secondary prevention of childhood mental health problems P. Hill and Q. Spender
9. The secondary prevention of depression A.Tylee
10. Early detection of psychosis in primary care T. Burns
11. The prevention of eating disorders F. Raphael
12. The prevention of alcohol and drug misuse H. Williams and H. Ghodse
13. The prevention of mental illness in learning disability J. Curran and S. Hollins
14. Preventing mental illness amongst people in ethnic minorities S. Patel
15. Tertiary prevention of childhood mental health problems J. Turk
16. Tertiary prevention, longer-term drug treatment in depression E. Paykel
17. Tertiary prevention in depression, cognitive therapy and other psychological treatments J. Scott
18. The regular review of patients with schizophrenia in primary care G. Strathdee and T. Kendrick
19. The prevention of social disability in schizophrenia E. Kuipers
20. Organising continuing care of the long-term mentally ill in general practice T. Kendrick
21. The prevention of suicide P. Seager.