Providing integrated mental health services in the Singapore primary care setting - The general practitioner psychiatric programme experience

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 128-131

  Lum, Alvin W M ^a,c   Kian, Woon Kwok ^b   Siow, Ann Chong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c Shenton Family Medical Clinic   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Case management; GP partnership; Right siting

Indexed keywords

GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SINGAPORE; TRAINING;

EID: 42249097888     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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