title: Psychiatry and primary care: two cultures divided by a common cause.
abstract: Traditional problems between primary care physicians and psychiatrists have persisted, including inability to understand each other, disrespect, mutual distrust, and competition. Unfortunately, although these two medical specialties, which both use a whole-person approach to the patient, should be pulling together, they are often pulling apart.
authors: Department of Medicine, New York University Medical Center, USA.
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Lipkin
mesh_terms: D003469:Culture; D006801:Humans; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011320:Primary Health Care; D011570:Psychiatry; D012017:Referral and Consultation