It comes to issues of mental health, not general practitioners have to superficial analysis and recommendations the training or experience more than most. For someone to present symptoms of depression drugs often is the quick and easy solution for a doctor. References to expensive psychiatrist are often standard protocol.
In 2004 specified one a survey on GPs in b.c.. more education on mental health issues strong desire. It is an area, they have little education to medical school in get. And yet, 80% of the patients their local doctor when the see a mental health problem.
About 10% of Canadians experience a mental illness each year. About 20 percent have a mental illness in their lives. There is a growing social dilemma.
It was with this in mind, to offer the a Joint Committee of doctors and members of the Ministry of health that BC came up with a plan, that doctors training, they too would allow for more skillfully diagnosis and treatment of mental health problems. The program for the first time in Canada, was introduced in the summer of 2009. In August of the following year 981 of the province had 3,300 physicians are registered.
The course is voluntary, but are almost 3,000 doctors who take the three sessions $ paid for their time.
The course was developed with the help of the psychiatrist and gives doctors the skills and knowledge to better screen patients and provide diagnostic assessments include the treatment and long-term care options. In other words, it gives them a confidence, which previously didn't have them in this area.
Dr. Bruce Hobson says, Powell River, b.c.., it is the biggest improvement in his practice in his 28 years as a physician. He estimates that he used his new skills every day with more than 50 percent of his patients.
Also family doctors now for the extra time be paid, that you spend evaluating someone with mental health-related problems. It enables over-the phone follow up consultations, into something a doctor not previously under the medical services plan Bill could.
Its advantages are many Dr. Bill cavers from Victoria, co-Chairman of the Committee, which said the program and a GP, that has gone by you: it helps, the backlog of patients waiting maid to see psychiatrist, as less are known; GPs are reached for the prescription pad as quickly, if someone shows are complaining of depression or anxiety disorder; Doctors feel more challenged and invigorated by their advanced skills and extended mandate.
"The number of health care providers on the system step has kept with the demand," said Dr. cavers in an interview. "Everyone in a way is forced to move a little upstream." "Specialists are less complex passed facts on some of their colleagues, that in have discussed these problems, not some."
Family doctors BC will soon be able to for programs such as the mental health to give, that they are training in palliative care and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cases of which to alarming rates plug to emergency rooms in Canada.
"The quality of life for people, the chronically kurzatmig are appalling," said Dr. Cavers. "We bring in lung specialists and respiratory therapists doctors better help diagnosis of problems in this area and optimize the system a little."
"The more we can level the basic services that bypass less financial burden, it is on the system as a whole these complex health issues."
B.c.'s mental health tutorial is the kind of creative solution for our mounting health care challenges, even more in the coming years must be we.
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