Projet « cabinets de groupe » : collaboration entre médecine de premier recours et psychiatrie

Abstract

La collaboration entre la médecine de premier recours et la psychiatrie représente une difficulté bien connue. Pour améliorer l'accès aux soins psychiques des patients suivis en médecine de premier recours, le projet « cabinets de groupe » propose un modèle de soins collaboratifs dans lequel un psychiatre employé d'une institution psychiatrique publique intègre des cabinets de groupe afin d'apporter son aide aux médecins de premier recours (MPR). Il est ainsi en mesure, d'une part, d'évaluer les patients directement au sein des cabinets et, d'autre part, d'offrir des espaces de supervision et de consilium aux MPR. « Group medical practices » project : collaboration between primary care medicine and institutional public psychiatryCollaboration between primary care medicine and psychiatry is a well-known challenge. In order to improve access to psychological care for patients undergoing primary care, the « group medical practices » project proposes a collaborative care model in which a psychiatrist employed by a public psychiatric institution integrates group medical practices in order to provide assistance to primary care physicians. It is thus able to evaluate patients directly in the practices and to offer supervision and consilium spaces to primary care physicians.

A Cross-Sectional Study of the Prevalence and Determinants of Common Mental Health Problems in Primary Care in Switzerland

“…In other countries, some GPs work directly with mental health specialists in the same practice [45,46]. In Switzerland, having a psychiatrist in a group practice has been tested, and the use of such practice configurations needs to be expanded [47].…”

Essay topic - ‘A psychiatrist’s role in advocacy?’

“…Projects like the "group medical practices" highlight the importance of collaboration between primary care medicine and psychiatry, enabling psychiatrists to provide direct evaluation and assistance to primary care physicians. 5,6 Collaborative care approaches, especially involving child psychiatry, demonstrate how working together improves patient car, 7 and initiatives like the WHO QualityRights improve the quality of psychiatric care in various countries. 8 Shaping the future: Psychiatrists as pioneers in mental health policy…”