Psychiatrists and primary physicians: collaborative learning experiences in delivering primary care.
Psychiatric and primary care residents can benefit from taking part of their training together in a primary care setting such as a neighborhood health center or a health maintenance organization. The training in such organized settings can best focus on the comprehensive appraisal of patients' multiple health, mental health, and health-related social service needs; the coordination of care to devise nonfragmented treatment plans for multi-problem patients; the effective collaboration between health generalists and mental health specialists; and the efficient use of limited resources to meet a population's health care needs. Such a coordinated training experience also helps overcome interprofessional antagonisms that often inhibit collaboration between psychiatrists and other physicians.
D003151:Community Health Centers; D003158:Community Psychiatry / Q000193:education*; D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education*; D006279:Health Maintenance Organizations; D007396:Internship and Residency; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D011320:Primary Health Care; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce