Abstract

A Conference on the above topic took place at the Institute of Psychiatry, London, on 17 and 18 July 1984. The Conference was sponsored by the Department of Health and Social Security and was organized by the General Practice Research Unit. Over 100 invited clinicians, research workers and policy-makers took part. The majority of the participants were either psychiatrists or general practitioners, but representatives of all relevant disciplines attended.

Highlights

  • The majority of the participants were either psychiatrists found that none of the current screening methods were of or general practitioners, but representatives of all relevant practical assistance to the work of the general practitioner

  • Chief Medical Officer at the DHSS, the family, non-medical agencies and self-help groups, in gave the opening address, in which he outlined the objec tives of the conference

  • Dr John Horder continued with this considered by the Department: first, to give mental health theme and concentrated on the work of the primary care greater priority as an integral part of health and social pro team, giving as an example a case-study of a family with vision; secondly, to emphasize prevention; and thirdly, to multiple social and health problems with which he had provide for better co-operation among primary care teams, been involved

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Mental Illness in Primary Care Settings

A Conference on the above topic took place at the tion as health care policy'. Health and Social Security and was organized by the the aetiology and natural history of mental disorders, the General Practice Research Unit. Over 100 invited absence of a reliable classificatory system, and the absence clinicians, research workers and policy-makers took part. Of agreed tests for making uniformed diagnoses The majority of the participants were either psychiatrists found that none of the current screening methods were of or general practitioners, but representatives of all relevant practical assistance to the work of the general practitioner

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