Background There is evidence that mapping mental health systems (MHSs) helps in
planning and developing mental health care services for users, families, and other …

Task-shifting is an important means to address the barrier of inadequate specialist human
resources for mental health in countries such as India. This paper aims to report the impact …

Companion to Primary Care Mental Health is the result of a major collaboration of an
international group of general practitioners, psychiatrists, policy-makers, mental health …

Objective: A substantial number of patients with psychiatric disorders consult primary care
physicians for comprehensive health care; however, the diagnosis and effective treatment of …

In the last few decades, there has been significant advancement in higher education and
research in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) However, no research has quantified the …

With a shortage of mental health specialists, primary care providers, which increasingly
include physician assistants (PAs), must be able to adequately recognize, diagnose, and …

Kazakhstan faces significant challenges in the field of mental health care and currently,
there is an ongoing reform, which aims at improving the overall situation with the provision of …

This chapter addresses issues of the primary care approach to mental health in general
consultation, in relation to clinical medical history-taking and diagnosis. It is essential that …