ArticleInternational journal of integrated care2017
Why Collaborative Care for Depressed Patients is so Difficult: A Belgian Qualitative Study.
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- Well-functioning depression care collaboration: general practitioners' experiences with specialized mental health services.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2026Article
- Facilitating implementation of primary care mental health over time and across organizational contexts: a qualitative study of role and process.BMC health services research · 2023Review
- Physical Healthcare for People with a Severe Mental Illness in Belgium by Long-Term Community Mental Health Outreach Teams: A Qualitative Descriptive Study on Physicians', Community Mental Health Workers' and Patients' Perspectives.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Barriers, facilitators, and proposals for improvement in the implementation of a collaborative care program for depression: a qualitative study of primary care physicians and nurses.BMC health services research · 2022Article
- Time and Organizational Cost for Facilitating Implementation of Primary Care Mental Health Integration.Journal of general internal medicine · 2020Article
- Economic burden of relapse/recurrence in patients with major depressive disorder.Journal of drug assessment · 2019Article
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Abstract
Although current guidelines recommend collaborative care for severely depressed patients, few patients get adequate treatment. In this study we aimed to identify the thresholds for interdisciplinary collaboration amongst practitioners when treating severely depressed patients. In addition, we aimed to identify specific and feasible steps that may add to improved collaboration amongst first and second level Belgian health care providers when treating depressed patients. In two standard focus groups (n = 8; n = 12), general practitioners and psychiatrists first outlined current practice and its shortcomings. In a next phase, the same participants were gathered in nominal groups to identify and prioritise steps that could give rise to improved collaboration. Thematic analyses were performed. Though some barriers for interdisciplinary collaboration may seem easy to overcome, participants stressed the importance of certain boundary conditions on a macro- (e.g., financing of care, secure communication technology) and meso-level (e.g., support for first level practitioner). Findings are discussed against the background of frameworks on collaboration in healthcare and recent developments in mental health care.
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