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Primary Care Services For most of us the first service we will visit if we think we have a mental health problem is our General Practitioner (GP), unless it is an emergency situation, then we might visit or be taken to an accident and emergency department. For someone with intellectual disabilities who is already known […]
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identifying mental disorders in primary care
Medically unexplained symptoms: clues to identifying mental disorders in primary care Suspect depression or anxiety in anyone with: • physical symptoms that cannot be explained by a physical illness; • multiple symptoms such as aches and pains in different regions of the body, tiredness, dizziness, sleep problems, palpitations, tingling numbness in the fingers; • a […]
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most common mental health disorders in primary care
Mental disorders in primary care most common mental health disorders in primary care Any mental disorder may be seen in the primary care setting. However, there are two types of disorders that are especially common. These are depression and anxiety, and alcohol misuse. However, a person’s complaints often do not offer clues to the underlying mental problem. Typically, […]
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Child and adolescent mental health problems in primary care
Although childhood psychiatric disorders are relatively common, only 1 in 10 of cases is seen in specialist mental health services for children. Two to 5 per cent of children attending primary care during any one year present with emotional or behavioural disorders. Pre-school children present predominantly with oppositional deficient disorder, while school-age children present with […]
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