Training General Practitioners in the Assessment of Childhood Mental Health Problems Export

@article{citeulike:6000825, abstract = {Epidemiological studies have found that most children with mental health problems are not receiving appropriate help. The aim of this study was to assess an approach to train general practitioners (GPs) to detect mental health problems early, engage the families, and assist them in the access of service. Five GPs were given three hours of training on a brief assessment method. Each then interviewed parents whose children they suspected might have a mental health problem. An experienced research clinician then repeated the assessment. This information was fed back to the GP who then assisted the family in obtaining appropriate help. Twenty-nine parents were interviewed in six months. The research clinician and the GPs were in agreement for 90\% of the cases for the recognition of mental health problems. GPs' opinions on the brief assessment method were: easy to use (100\%), helpful in obtaining information (100\%) and helpful in engaging the parent (100\%). The parents were followed up by telephone 3-4 months after the interview. Eighty-eight percent reported that the process was helpful, 67\% had received help from services and 67\% had improved. We conclude that with brief training, the GPs in this study were able to improve their capacity to provide early intervention for childhood mental health problems. 10.1177/1359104502007004009}, author = {Luk, Ernest S. L. and Brann, Peter and Sutherland, Sharon and Mildred, Helen and Birleson, Peter}, citeulike-article-id = {6000825}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359104502007004009}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://ccp.sagepub.com/content/7/4/571.abstract}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://ccp.sagepub.com/content/7/4/571.full.pdf}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1177/1359104502007004009}, journal = {Clin Child Psychol Psychiatry}, keywords = {childhood, mental}, month = {October}, number = {4}, pages = {571--579}, posted-at = {2009-10-24 18:34:22}, priority = {2}, title = {Training General Practitioners in the Assessment of Childhood Mental Health Problems}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359104502007004009}, volume = {7}, year = {2002} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:6000825 L3 - citeulike-article-id:6000825 N2 - Epidemiological studies have found that most children with mental health problems are not receiving appropriate help. The aim of this study was to assess an approach to train general practitioners (GPs) to detect mental health problems early, engage the families, and assist them in the access of service. Five GPs were given three hours of training on a brief assessment method. Each then interviewed parents whose children they suspected might have a mental health problem. An experienced research clinician then repeated the assessment. This information was fed back to the GP who then assisted the family in obtaining appropriate help. Twenty-nine parents were interviewed in six months. The research clinician and the GPs were in agreement for 90% of the cases for the recognition of mental health problems. GPs' opinions on the brief assessment method were: easy to use (100%), helpful in obtaining information (100%) and helpful in engaging the parent (100%). The parents were followed up by telephone 3-4 months after the interview. Eighty-eight percent reported that the process was helpful, 67% had received help from services and 67% had improved. We conclude that with brief training, the GPs in this study were able to improve their capacity to provide early intervention for childhood mental health problems. 10.1177/1359104502007004009 IS - 4 JF - Clin Child Psychol Psychiatry EP - 579 TI - Training General Practitioners in the Assessment of Childhood Mental Health Problems VL - 7 SP - 571 KW - childhood KW - mental AU - Luk, Ernest AU - Brann, Peter AU - Sutherland, Sharon AU - Mildred, Helen AU - Birleson, Peter PY - 2002/10/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359104502007004009 ER -