Preventive psychiatry: the psychiatric team as consultant to the public health nurse.
Various forms of collaboration between the disciplines of public health and psychiatry are briefly reviewed and the 25-year-old mental health program of the Vancouver Health Department is described. The public health nurse has prime responsibility in all children with emotional disorders. She is supported by a psychiatric team which provides active treatment and educational and consultative help for the nurse and the school. During the year 1963, six social workers had 2357 contacts with nurses and school personnel but only 1049 treatment interviews. Of 401 children referred to the psychiatric team, 138 received active clinic treatment, 141 remained under supervision by the public health nurse, and 122 were referred elsewhere. In addition, 1330 children were identified as "mental hygiene cases" in the caseload of the 170 public health nurses in the community. By close co-ordination, the public health nurse and the psychiatric team can enhance each other's contributions to community mental health.
D000293:Adolescent; D002170:Canada; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008605:Mental Health Services; D011637:Public Health Nursing; D012572:School Health Services
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