Facilitating access to voluntary and community services for patients with psychosocial problems: A before-after evaluation

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 9, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Grayer, Justin ^a   Cape, John ^b   Orpwood, Lisa ^c   Leibowitz, Judy ^b   Buszewicz, Marta ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST PANCRAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Islington PCT   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSULTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL WELFARE; ADOLESCENT; COMMUNITY CARE; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT REFERRAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; VOLUNTARY HEALTH AGENCIES;

EID: 44049091721     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-9-27     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. General Practitioners knowledge of the patients psychosocial problems: multi-practice questionnaire survey. P Gulbrandensen P Hjortdahl P Fugelli, BMJ 1997 314 1014 1018 9112847
2. GPs and voluntary organisations. N Graham, Br J Gen Pract 1995 45 272 273 7619578
3. What prevents GPs from using outside resources for women experiencing depression? A New Zealand study. J Wilson J Read, Fam Pract 2001 18 84 86 10.1093/fampra/18.1.84 11145634
4. E Scoggins, Forging links: a report on stage 1 of the voluntary sector primary care liaison project on making links with General Practice London: Bromley Centre for Voluntary Service 1998
5. A social prescribing scheme in Penge and Anerley. S Sykes, J Prim Care Ment Health 2002 6 11 12
6. Family support in general practice. C Goodhart S Layzell A Cook J Graffy, J R Soc Med 1999 92 525 528 10692905
7. A randomized trial and economic evaluation of a referrals facilitator between primary care and the voluntary sector. C Grant T Goodenough I Harvey C Hine, BMJ 2000 320 419 432 10669447 10.1136/bmj.320.7232.419
8. Department of Health, Fast-forwarding Primary Care Mental Health: Graduate primary care mental health workers. London 2003
9. A Graduate Primary Care Mental Health Worker pilot study Facilitating access to voluntary and community sector services. A description of the 'Community Link Service'. J Grayer M Buszewicz L Orpwood J Cape J Leibowitz, Prim Care Ment Health 2005 3 181 192
10. D Goldberg P Williams, A User's Guide To The General Health Questionnaire Windsor: NFER-Nelson 1991
11. Service profiling and outcomes benchmarking using the CORE-OM: Toward practice-based evidence in the psychological therapies. M Barkham F Margison C Leach M Lucock J Mellor-Clark C Evans L Benson J Connell K Audin G McGrath, J Consult Clin Psychol 2001 69 184 196 10.1037/0022-006X.69.2.184 11393596
12. The Work and Social Adjustment Scale: a simple measure of impairment in functioning. JC Mundt IM Marks MK Shear JH Greist, Br J Psychiatry 2002 180 461 464 10.1192/bjp.180.5.461 11983645
13. Assessment of client/patient satisfaction: development of a general scale. DL Larson CC Attkinson WA Hargreaves TD Nguyen, Evaluation and Program Planning 1979 2 197 207 10.1016/0149-7189(79)90094-6
14. SPSS, SPSS for Windows (11.5). USA 2003
15. Supporting the psychosocial needs of patients in general practice: the role of a voluntary referral service. M Faulkner, Patient Education and Counselling 2004 52 41 46 10.1016/S0738-3991(02)00247-1 14729289
16. NICE, Depression: Management of depression in primary and secondary care. London 2004
17. Stepped care in psychological therapies: access, effectiveness and efficiency. P Bower S Gilbody, Br J Psychiatry 2005 186 11 17 10.1192/bjp.186.1.11 15630118
18. Improving outcomes in depression - the whole process of care needs to be enhanced. M Von Korff D Goldberg, BMJ 2001 323 948 949 11679372 10.1136/bmj.323.7319.948