Call to action: Interprofessional mental health collaborative practice in rural and northern Canada.

Goodwin, Sue; MacNaughton-Doucet, Lisa; Allan, Jaqi

doi:10.1037/cap0000057

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“…The acknowledgment of the equalitarian relationship among health care providers, client, and family members who may be playing an important part in treatment and recovery is particularly evident when formalized professional resources are scarce (Goodwin, MacNaughton-Doucet, & Allan, 2016). In rural and remote areas in Tanzania, it is frequently family and community members who are identifying those who need help and providing support before, during, and after treatment (Ambikile & Iseselo, 2017; Kahabuka, Kvåle, Moland, & Hinderaker, 2011; Mwambingu et al, 2019).…”

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Tanzanian rural psychological services: Opportunities and challenges.

Kimangale¹,

Goodwin²,

Lints-Martindale³

et al. 2021

Journal of Rural Mental Health

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The purpose of this article is twofold, first to explore the opportunities and challenges of providing psychological services within rural Tanzania, and second to highlight the numerous opportunities for Western-based psychologists who are interested in parlaying their education and training into supporting global rural psychological issues, in countries such as Tanzania. After providing an overview of the status of the current Tanzanian mental health care system, we describe a number of initiatives adopted within Tanzania that are aimed to increase access to rural mental health services, including collaborative practice and information and communication technology use. Approaching the topic from an opportunities and challenges perspective, we explore other innovative strategies wherein psychological knowledge and practices can improve the lives of Tanzanians. Finally, we share how advocacy remains an important aspect of this integration of psychological science, not only among Tanzanian psychologists but through international connections and partnerships.

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Section: An Overview Of Tanzaniamentioning

confidence: 99%

Tanzanian rural psychological services: Opportunities and challenges.

Kimangale¹,

Goodwin²,

Lints-Martindale³

et al. 2021

Journal of Rural Mental Health

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“…Being able to embrace the perspectives of other professionals rather than focusing exclusively on one's own is the interprofessional skill most valued by team members [10]. In a cooperative activity, each psychiatric professional is encouraged to analyze a problem using the frame of understanding and inquiry of other professionals in the team [11].…”

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Social Network Analysis of Alzheimer’s Teams: A Clinical Review and Applications in Psychiatry to Explore Interprofessional Care

Lazzari¹,

Kotera

Green

et al. 2021

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Introduction: Understanding the social networks of professionals in psychiatric hospitals and communities working with persons with Alzheimer’s (PWA) disease helps tackle the flow of knowledge in patient care and the centrality of team members in providing information and advice to colleagues. Objectives: To use Social Network Analysis (SNA) to confirm or reject the hypothesis that psychiatric professionals have equal status in sharing information and advice on the care of PWA and have reciprocal ties in a social network. Methods: The sample consisting of 50 psychiatric professionals working in geriatric psychiatry in the UK completed an anonymous online survey asking them to select the professional categories of the colleagues in the interprofessional team who are most frequently approached when providing or receiving advice about patient care and gathering patient information. SNA is both a descriptive qualitative analysis and a quantitative method that investigates the degree of the prestige of professionals in their working network and the reciprocity of their ties with other team members. Findings: The social network graphs and numerical outcomes showed that interprofessional teams in geriatric psychiatry have health carers who play central roles in providing the whole team with the knowledge necessary for patient care; these are primarily senior professionals in nursing and medical roles. However, the study reported that only 13% of professionals had reciprocal ties within teams. Conclusion: The current research findings show that the impact of psychiatric health carers in interprofessional teams caring for PWA is not evenly distributed. Those with apparently higher seniority and experience are more frequently consulted; however, other more peripheral figures can be equally valuable in integrated care.

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“…Family practice settings are often the initial stage in diagnosis, management, treatment, and referral to specialized care (Chung et al, 2007). There is also an increased understanding that PCPs are not particularly trained in being sole providers of the dynamic issues that present with BD but require a more collaborative model to address all aspects of care (Goodwin et al, 2016).…”

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“…PCPs' proficiency in managing BD is essential due to the high prevalence of patient encounters, especially in the rural setting where primary care may be the only healthcare resource or point-of-contact available to patients (Terry & Terry, 2019). In rural settings, the lack of resources for mental health is even more evident as considerable health inequities, health disparities, under-funding, and limited access to services have been well established (Goodwin, MacNaughton-Doucet & Allan, 2016). In addition, those with mental health issues in rural areas are less likely to have medical coverage, are more likely to miss their appointments, and are more likely to face other issues such as poverty, homelessness, transportation difficulties, and social stigma (Finley, 2020).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In rural settings, there is also shortage of trained mental health professionals and programs available to patients which prevents programs from being consistently offered to patients (Goodwin et al, 2016). Barriers include lack of access or availability of specialty services, stigmatization with accessing such services, and lack of provider knowledge, training, motivation, and time (Goodwin et al, 2016). The lack of time may be attributed to a greater demand on PCPs due to increasing workload, expectations, and expanding scope of practice (Theophilos et al, 2015).…”

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Family-focused approaches support outcomes of the patient with bipolar disorder: A family practice lens

Aitchison¹

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Bipolar disorder (BD) has significant individual and family consequences and is consistently managed in the family practice setting when there is a lack of specialty services.Family appears to be an underutilized resource and yet is consistently mentioned in current guidelines. This literature review was conducted to determine how family can be incorporated into the family practice setting to improve patient outcomes. A list of recommendations was developed to provide evidence-based rationale to primary care providers to integrate family into the psychosocial management. In doing so, this provides additional resources that are consistent with current recommendations and can support patients with BD.

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Call to action: Interprofessional mental health collaborative practice in rural and northern Canada.

Cited by 11 publications

References 29 publications

Tanzanian rural psychological services: Opportunities and challenges.

Tanzanian rural psychological services: Opportunities and challenges.

Social Network Analysis of Alzheimer’s Teams: A Clinical Review and Applications in Psychiatry to Explore Interprofessional Care

Family-focused approaches support outcomes of the patient with bipolar disorder: A family practice lens

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