Training General Practitioners in the Assessment of Childhood Mental Health Problems
| Autor: | Helen Mildred, Ernest S. L. Luk, Peter Brann, Sharon Sutherland, Peter Birleson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry Public health Medical screening General Medicine Mental health 030227 psychiatry 03 medical and health sciences Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Occupational training Health services 0302 clinical medicine Nursing El Niño Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Epidemiology Assessment methods Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine business |
| Zdroj: | Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 7:571-579 |
| ISSN: | 1461-7021 1359-1045 |
| Popis: | Epidemiological studies have found that most children with mental health problems are not receiving appropriate help. The aim of this study was to assess an approach to train general practitioners (GPs) to detect mental health problems early, engage the families, and assist them in the access of service. Five GPs were given three hours of training on a brief assessment method. Each then interviewed parents whose children they suspected might have a mental health problem. An experienced research clinician then repeated the assessment. This information was fed back to the GP who then assisted the family in obtaining appropriate help. Twenty-nine parents were interviewed in six months. The research clinician and the GPs were in agreement for 90% of the cases for the recognition of mental health problems. GPs’ opinions on the brief assessment method were: easy to use (100%), helpful in obtaining information (100%) and helpful in engaging the parent (100%). The parents were followed up by telephone 3-4 months after the interview. Eighty-eight percent reported that the process was helpful, 67% had received help from services and 67% had improved. We conclude that with brief training, the GPs in this study were able to improve their capacity to provide early intervention for childhood mental health problems. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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