Organising community mental health teams around GP practices: GPs' responses to the linkworker model

Primary Care Psychiatry

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 45-50

  Brown, June ^a   Afuwape, Sarah A ^a   Downes Grainger, Elin ^b   Howells, Roger ^c   Cole, Eleanor ^c   Goldberg, David ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CMHTs; GP practices; Linkworker; Primary secondary care interface; SMI patients

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA;

EID: 4444281666     PISSN: 13552570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1185/135525704125004664     Document Type: Article

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