Models for the integration of psychology and primary health care: towards the concrete construction of primary care psychological treatment?
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Abstract
This review highlights the need to improve SSN to face adequately the growing mental health care demands. Previous research bearing on the topic show that the integration of different professional skills is necessary to achieve this target. A stepped care model, composed by a low-intensity intervention with high level of specificity, is the proposed tool. The introduction of psychologist in primary care system and in particular «Lo Psicologo nella Casa della Salute» project seems to answer this requirements.
Keywords
- Integrated Care
- Primary Care
- Collaborative Care
- Stepped Care
- Health Psychology
