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[Mental health referrals from a primary care team]
J J Camacho Garrido1, A Cayuela Domínguez, M C Díaz Alfaro
1Centro de Salud Pino Montano, Sevilla.
Aim:
Study of patients' referrals from a Primary Care Team (PCT) to a Mental Health Centre.
Design:
Descriptive study.
Place:
Health Centre.
Patients And Other Participants:
Patients seen in the Health Centre consulting-rooms, who are then referred to the Mental Health Centre.
Interventions:
The details of age, sex, socio-economic levels, cause of referral, quality of information on the referral form, diagnosis made in the Mental Health Centre and the later development of the case, were all analysed.
Measurements And Main Findings:
A total of 90 referrals were studied. There were significant differences between the average ages of men and women. A large number of referrals fell into the 20-40 and under-sixteen age groups. The most frequent diagnoses were of upsets in the frame of mind disturbances with a source in infancy. 90% of the referral forms fulfilled the minimum level of information necessary.
Conclusions:
The importance of ongoing Mental Health Education of Primary Care professionals, in order to increase the quality of Health Care delivered to the population.