Primary health care psychiatry
Much needs to be done to improve psychiatric care in SouthAfrica. Resources need to be developed, particularly in ruralareas, and psychiatric services need to be better integratedinto primary health care services. This process will include theintensive training of mental health care workers. If we l...
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| Series: | South African Journal of Psychiatry |
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| description | Much needs to be done to improve psychiatric care in SouthAfrica. Resources need to be developed, particularly in ruralareas, and psychiatric services need to be better integratedinto primary health care services. This process will include theintensive training of mental health care workers. If we look at thetraining of primary care physicians, their rotation during the 2-yearinternship falls short in psychiatry. It is not seen as a mainstreamrotation point like disciplines such as surgery or internal medicine.This fact, as well as a more student-centred approach andemphasis on self-learning in medical curricula, make the searchfor an appropriate prescribed textbook in psychiatry an importantissue. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-697251ae911f4d75b7f9f981f2a9e6912022-12-22T03:01:43ZengAOSISSouth African Journal of Psychiatry1608-96852078-67862008-03-0114110.4102/sajpsychiatry.v14i1.85166Primary health care psychiatryJ L Roos0Department of Psychiatry University of PretoriaMuch needs to be done to improve psychiatric care in SouthAfrica. Resources need to be developed, particularly in ruralareas, and psychiatric services need to be better integratedinto primary health care services. This process will include theintensive training of mental health care workers. If we look at thetraining of primary care physicians, their rotation during the 2-yearinternship falls short in psychiatry. It is not seen as a mainstreamrotation point like disciplines such as surgery or internal medicine.This fact, as well as a more student-centred approach andemphasis on self-learning in medical curricula, make the searchfor an appropriate prescribed textbook in psychiatry an importantissue.http://www.sajp.org.za/index.php/sajp/article/view/85 |
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