This book documents the journey of the Mental Health-General Practitioner (MH-GP) Partnership Programme at the Singapore Institute of Mental Health (IMH) since 2003 and how it has developed over the years as a model of successful tertiary-primary care partnership in mental health.The programme provides an Asian perspective and showcases a successful pilot of an integrated network of collaboration between tertiary and primary care practitioners for the management of patients with chronic major psychiatric disorders as well as individuals with minor psychiatric disorders.It can serve as a reference guide for agencies, both government and private, in Singapore and regionally, who plan to develop similar partnerships. It will also interest a wide audience from medical, allied health professionals, administrators and students across healthcare and educational sector. This book may be used also a reference text for the Graduate Diploma in Mental Health (run by IMH).

Book Information
ISBN 9789813273825
Author Daniel Shuen Sheng Fung
Format Hardback
Page Count 180
Imprint World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Publisher World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd