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Establishing a mental health liaison attachment with primary care

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Tom Burns  and
Rob Bale
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The role of the general practitioner (GP) in the care of individuals with mental health problems has long been recognised. Goldberg & Huxleys' (1980) pioneering work on the pathways to mental health care demonstrated that only a fraction of identified mental health problems are referred on to psychiatrists. Goldberg & Bridges (1987) estimated that between 20 and 25% of a GP's workload concerns mental health, with only about 5% referred on to psychiatrists. Shepherd (1991) insisted that the only real hope for significant improvement in mental health care lay in the improvement of GP provision – there will simply never be enough psychiatrists.

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Advances in Psychiatric Treatment , Volume 3 , Issue 4 , July 1997 , pp. 219 - 224
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 1997 

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