Primary care—Psychiatry interaction: A British perspective

Communicating fatigue in general practice and the role of gender

“…If they do not know what to do about the problem, they tend to ignore it. Strathdee [42] has formulated some important conditions for dealing with sicker or mentally distressed patients, pointing to education and supervision especially with regard to the assessment and management of patients with fatigue complaints, and ways these symptoms are related to biological, psychological or social factors. In order to realize the specific demands in consulting these patients, doctors should undergo group teaching while watching their own consultations on video and receiving group feedback [43].…”

Mental Health Services for California Native Americans — Usual Service Options and a Description of Telepsychiatric Consultation to Select Sites

“…Health providers use a number of psychiatric, health service and disease management models to reach primary care patients, predominantly in suburban and urban locales (Katon et al 1995;Pincus 1987;Strathdee 1987). The traditional referral or replacement model uses the psychiatrist as the principal provider of mental health services.…”

Strategies of Collaboration between General Practitioners and Psychiatrists: A Survey of Practitioners' Opinions and Characteristics

“…Developed as a consequence of the initiative of individual GPs and psychiatrists, on-site collaboration schemes should receive the appropriate administrative and financial support (33). In this matter, it should be highlighted that female GPs and young GPs (35) Age-adjusted mean score (SEM); b P < 0.05; c P < 0.01; d P < 0.01 for the differences between the categories of demographic and practice characteristics; e P < 0 .001 for the differences between GPs and psychiatrists.…”

“…Strathdee studied the extent and the nature of collaboration between GPs and psychiatrists (33). She identified 3 main models of collaboration (shifted outpatient, consultation, and liaison-attachment), that were developed as a consequence of the initiative of particular GPs and psychiatrists.…”

“…The other 2 studies included the views of both GPs and psychiatrists. In one (33), however, only physicians involved in collaboration were recruited, and in the other (34), only 1 dimension of collaboration (written communication) was investigated. No study surveyed the views of both types of physicians with respect to specific strategies of collaboration, and no study involved random samples of physicians.…”