Integration of Mental Health Services Into Primary Health Çare: Mental Health Training Program At Primary Health Çare

Volume: 12 Number: 1 March 1, 2004
  • Mehmet Uğurlu
  • Tahir Soydal
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Integration of Mental Health Services Into Primary Health Çare: Mental Health Training Program At Primary Health Çare

Abstract

Although the prevalence rate of mental health disorders is high in Turkey, people with mental health disorders rarely seek treatment; application to health institutions rate is low. Small number of those who seek treatment receives correct diagnosis and sufficient treatment. One of the reasons is that practitioner physicians vvorking in the Primary Health Çare Services are not trained properly on the importance of mental health disorders, recognition and treatment of them. Recognition and treatment of mental disorders at primary health çare level would prevent these disorders from turning into chronic illnesses and creating future individual, social and economical problems. Within this respect, "Mental Health Training Program for the Primary Health Çare" has been prepared to improve knovvledge, attitude and behaviors of practitioner physicians working at the primary health çare level on mental health. Under the Program it is planned to provide physicians from ali över the country with training by psychiatry specialist who had received "trainers' training" beforehand. Via pre- and post-tests participants' knovvledge shall be tested and effectiveness of the training program, numbers shovving progress in recognition, treatment and referral after the program, and impact of the program on service provision shall be evaluated.

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Primary Language

Turkish

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Journal Section

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Authors

Mehmet Uğurlu This is me

Tahir Soydal This is me

Publication Date

March 1, 2004

Submission Date

March 1, 2004

Acceptance Date

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Published in Issue

Year 2004 Volume: 12 Number: 1

APA
Uğurlu, M., & Soydal, T. (2004). TÜRKİYE’DE RUH SAĞLIĞI HİZMETLERİNİN BİRİNCİ BASAMAK SAĞLIK HİZMETLERİNE ENTEGRASYONU: BİRİNCİ BASAMAKTA RUH SAĞLIĞI EĞİTİM PROGRAMİ. Kriz Dergisi, 12(1), 41-45. https://doi.org/10.1501/Kriz_0000000204