Partnerships in mental health : effective referral and collaboration between family physicians and psychologists

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dc.contributor.authorWitko, Kim
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Education
dc.contributor.supervisorBernes, Kerry B.
dc.date.accessioned2007-05-12T20:00:55Z
dc.date.available2007-05-12T20:00:55Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.degree.levelMasters
dc.descriptionxiii, 156 leaves ; 28 cm.en
dc.description.abstractThis study looked at physicians' perceptions of the existing process of referral and collaboration between themselves and psychologists. Specifically, this study sought to identify the barriers to referral and collaboration in an effort to improve referral and collaboration between these two fields. A total of nine family physicians were interviewed. Overall, the barriers that were identified by physicians included a lack of feedback provided by psychologists, a low level of collaboration with psychologists, physicians' perception of the financial inaccessibility of psychological care, the lack of information that physicians have on psychologists, and physicians not knowing the resources that were available. Addressing these barriers appears to involve some combination of improving psychologists' feedback and collaboration with physicians, providing physicians with information and education on psychologists and their services, and improving the financial accessibility for patients to receive psychological services.en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/209
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Education, 2003en
dc.publisher.facultyEducation
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Education)en
dc.subjectMedical cooperationen
dc.subjectMedical referralen
dc.subjectPsychiatric referralen
dc.subjectPsychologistsen
dc.subjectDissertations, Academicen
dc.titlePartnerships in mental health : effective referral and collaboration between family physicians and psychologistsen
dc.typeThesisen
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