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Development and Implementation of a Collaborative Mental Health Care Program in a Primary Care Setting: The Ottawa Share Program

Publication: Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
29 January 2009

Abstract

This article presents the results of a needs assessment of family physicians and residents concerning the provision of mental health care and an implementation evaluation of a multidisciplinary mental health service demonstration project, linking 2 family practices with mental health services of a general hospital. Family physicians and residents reported that collaborative mental health care provision would enhance but not replace their management of patients with mental health problems. The implementation evaluation found that collaborative care provided by a multidisciplinary mental health team co-located with family physicians was accepted by patients and valued by family physicians. Because of a shortage of family physicians, few patients from the mental health system who lacked family physicians were able to gain access to primary care through this project.

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Cet article présente les résultats d'une évaluation des besoins qu'ont les médecins de famille et les résidents en médecine familiale dans le cadre des soins à offrir en santé mentale, de même que l'évaluation d'un projet pilote de services multidisciplinaires de soins de santé mentale, au cours duquel les médecins de famille de deux cliniques ont travaillé en équipe avec les services de santé mentale d'un hôpital général. Selon les médecins de famille et les résidents qui ont participé au projet, les soins de santé mentale axés sur la collaboration améliorent mais ne remplacent pas le traitement qu'ils offrent à leurs patients ayant des problèmes de santé mentale. L'évaluation du projet indique que les patients ont bien accepté les soins axés sur la collaboration, et que les médecins ont apprécié cette approche. On note toutefois qu'à cause du manque de médecins de famille, peu de patients traités par les services de santé mentale et n'ayant pas de médecin de famille ont pu avoir accès à des soins primaires grâce au projet.

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cover image Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Volume 27Number 2September 2008
Pages: 75 - 91

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Version of record online: 29 January 2009

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J. Robert Swenson
Departments of Psychiatry, The Ottawa Hospital and University of Ottawa
Tim Aubry
Centre for Research on Educational and Community Services and School of Psychology, University of Ottawa
Katharine Gillis
Departments of Psychiatry, The Ottawa Hospital and University of Ottawa
Colleen Macphee
Department of Psychiatry, The Ottawa Hospital and University of Ottawa
Nicholas Busing
Departments of Family Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital and University of Ottawa
Nick Kates
Hamilton Family Health Team and McMaster University
Sarah Pantin
Centre for Research on Educational and Community Services and School of Psychology, University of Ottawa
Vivien Runnels
Centre for Research on Educational and Community Services, University of Ottawa

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1. Looking for Help: Primary Care Providers’ Need for Collaboration to Deliver Primary Mental Healthcare Services
2. Primary Mental Health Care in the Family Health Team Setting: Tracking Patient Care from Referral to Outcome

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