title: Psychiatric Collaboration Models in Israel.
abstract: We present a literature review of collaborative enterprises between psychiatrists and primary care physicians in Israel and other countries. Also described are local psychiatric liaison initiatives in Israel, as well as landmark studies of collaborative psychiatric care. These studies demonstrate the superiority of community psychiatric liaison models in the treatment of patients suffering from depressive anxiety disorders and somatization disorder. In light of the mental health reform process currently underway in Israel, it is important to develop, implement and assess such liaison models.
authors.forename: Ohad
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Avny
authors.forename: Keren Cohen
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Nahum
authors.forename: Tatiana
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Michnick
authors.forename: Tatiana
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Teitelbaum
authors.forename: Dalit
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: May
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007557:Israel; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D058007:Physicians, Primary Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000458:organization & administration*