WONCA Global Primary Mental Health Care book published

January 2020 Resources for Family Doctors Working Party News

January, 2020

Dear colleagues

Our WONCA book on Global Primary Mental Health Care has been published:

Global Primary Mental Health Care: Practical Guidance for Family Doctors, 1st Edition (Paperback) - Routledge

This book provides up-to-date, practical information for family doctors on how to assess and manage important mental health problems presenting in primary care settings. Patients frequently present with mental health problems in primary care settings…

Table of Contents

1. Core competencies of family doctors in primary mental health care
Christopher Dowrick and Cindy Lam

2. Depression - an evidence-based first consultation
Bruce Arroll, Weng Chin, Fiona Moir, Vicki Mount and Christopher Dowrick

3. Non-drug interventions for common mental health problems
Weng Yee Chin

4. Medically unexplained symptoms
Tim olde Hartman, Christopher Dowrick, Cindy Lam, Sandra Fortes, David Clarke and Jinan Usta

5. Physical health care of people with severe mental illness
Alan Cohen and Kim Griswold

6. Migrant mental health care
Maria van den Muijsenbergh

7. Mental health of young people
Jane Roberts and Christopher Dowrick

8. Frailty and Multimorbidity
Christos Lionis and Marientina Gotsis

9. Dementia
Ferdinando Petrazzuoli, Christos Lionis and Venetia Young

Order your copies, and spread the word!!

See ordering details
Best wishes to you all

Chris Dowrick
Chair of WONCA Working Party on Mental Health