Full Description
A significant problem experienced by some GPs and many trainees and other primary care health professionals is the challenge of completing a useful and safe consultation with patients with mental health problems within the constraints of a standard-length appointment. These challenges may arise from a lack of specific expertise in this area, poor training in the relevant skills and, perhaps, the attitude that there is not much that the primary care practitioner can do to help.
This new book focuses on enhancing the repertoire of communication skills available for mental health consultation, providing a range of tools and techniques drawn from accepted models, including cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), transactional analysis (TA), motivational interviewing and acceptance commitment therapy (ACT), illustrating how to apply these within a typical 10- to 12-minute primary care consultation.
Key features:
enhances the repertoire of communication and consultation skills for primary care practitioners working in mental health consultations
summaries and quick take-home points aid rapid reference in the time-constrained consultation setting whether in person or virtual
offers worked-through model consultations with a variety of patients, showing how to apply the tools and techniques described
demonstrates how such consultations can be completed safely and effectively within a normal consultation time frame
Essential reading for all primary care practitioners in training and in practice, the book equips readers with the confidence and knowledge to provide excellent mental health care for their patients.
Contents
Introduction
Section I
Introduction
Chapter 1 Data gathering
Chapter 2 Clinical management
Chapter 3 Mental health and the GP curriculum
Chapter 4 The theory behind the practice
Chapter 5 Sharing understanding using metaphors
Section II
Introduction
Chapter 6 Anxiety and stress
Chapter 7 Health anxiety
Chapter 8 Low mood and depression
Chapter 9 Young people
Chapter 10 Older adults
Chapter 11 Coping strategies that can cause problems
Chapter 12 Conversations where there is a context of trauma
Chapter 13 Conversations where there is not much time
Chapter 14 Colleagues
Final thoughts
Appendix I: Glossary of tools and terms
Appendix II: The RCGP curriculum for mental health
Index
