Needs assessment in mental health care in general practice

Authors

Samar Aoun

Document Type

Book

Publisher

Edith Cowan University

Place of Publication

Perth, Western Australia

Faculty

Faculty of Health and Human Sciences

School

Western Australian Centre for Rural Health and Community Development

Comments

Aoun, S. (1996). Needs assessment in mental health care in general practice. Perth, Australia: Edith Cowan University.

Abstract

Current practices in mental health care among general practitioners (GPs) servicing part of the rural South West region of Western Australia were ascertained in a survey on psychosocial morbidity in rural general practice (Aoun et al 1995a,b). The survey identified the patient and illness profiles and the patterns of treatment and referral to mental health services...