ArticleCanadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien2018
Family doctors providing primary care to patients with mental illness in a tertiary care facility.
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- Barriers and facilitators of accessing primary healthcare for patients with severe mental illness: a mixed-methods systematic review using framework synthesis.BMC psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- The burden and determinants of mental health disorders in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: a retrospective cohort.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2025Article
- Primary care for individuals with serious mental illness (PriSMI): protocol for a convergent mixed methods study.BMJ open · 2022Article
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Abstract
problem addressedIndividuals with severe mental illness have an increased burden of physical comorbidities. Physical concerns of patients admitted to hospital for mental health reasons might be addressed by multiple specialists, leading to fragmented care and high costs to the system, when many of these concerns could be addressed by primary care. OBJECTIVE OF PROGRAM: The Family Doctor Outreach Clinic (FDOC) aims to provide rapid consultations for common concerns, to provide consultations for complex chronic disease and addictions, and to identify gaps in community care that contribute to patients' potential readmission to hospital. The FDOC is a simple and novel collaborative program of care in a tertiary care setting. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Members of the Department of Family Medicine at St Paul's Hospital in Vancouver, BC, have been providing consultation services for patients admitted to the 4 mental health wards (total of 108 beds). Using a prospective cohort of consecutive consultations (N = 104) from July to August 2014, the study team collected data on details of current admissions, connections to community primary care, and reasons for consultations.
conclusionIncluding family physicians in the care of mental health inpatients, as is done at the FDOC, might avert referrals to specialist services and provide a bridge between acute care and community family practice.
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