What do I say next? Everyday Mental Health Conversations in Primary Care

Auteur

Sophie Ball is a GP and Lead Medical Educator for the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners, New Zealand.

Liz Moulton is a GP educator, appraiser, author and freelance GP, UK.

Texte du rabat

This book focuses on enhancing the repertoire of communication skills available for mental health consultation, providing tools and techniques drawn from accepted models.

Contenu

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