Promoting Collaboration in Primary Mental Health Care

Illustrates the diversity of collaboration in the delivery of this care and shows how this collaboration has come about, how it exists today and how it might be best developed for the future. Provides practical guidance for practitioners on how to break down barriers on collaboration and how to work most effectively with their colleagues within primary care. Each chapter is written by mental health care professionals from the primary health care discipline under discussion.

Jon Arcelus is a consultant in child and adolescent psychiatry at Thorneywood Adolescent Unit, Nottingham Lynn Ashburner is currently working on a World Bank project in Bulgaria, setting up management courses within the health sector Frances Badger is a research fellow in the School of Health Sciences at the University of Birmingham James Briscoe is a consultant community psychiatrist in North Birmingham Paul Craddock has a background in social work and has been a mental health team manager since 1991, working in a number of areas, including forensic work Jim Cody has worked as a mental health nurse within the NHS since the mid-1960s and is currently working as a community psychiatric nurse in an inner-city area Diane Cook is Clinical Manager, Eating Disorders Service, with Worcester Community and Mental Health Trust Neil Deuchar is a consultant psychiatrist in primary care liaison Steve Field is acting Regional Postgraduate Dean for the West Midlands, a GP principal in inner-city Birmingham Fiona Gale is a senior primary child mental health worker and Honorary Visiting Fellow in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Leicester Tom Harrison is a consultant psychiatrist working in rehabilitation in Birmingham Zyl Harvey taught art and worked in a variety of sectors before re-training and working in assisting people with disabilities into employment Marie Holland currently works as a primary care-based mental health nurse Abid Kahn is a consultant in general adult psychiatry in Stafford Jennifer Law is a mental health promotion strategist Helen Lester has been a GP in inner-city Birmingham for 10 years, is a senior lecturer in primary care and Co-Director of the University of Birmingham Interdisciplinary Centre for Mental Health John Macleod is an epidemiologist at the Department of Primary Care and General Practice at the University of Birmingham and a GP in central Birmingham Julie Marlow is a community mental health nurse for older people working within South Birmingham Mental Health NHS Trust Peter Nolan is Professor of Mental Health Nursing at the University of Birmingham Jan R. Oyebode is Course Director for the Clinical Psychology Doctorate at the University of Birmingham, a clinical psychologist with older adults and Acting Director of Psychology, South Birmingham Mental Health NHS Trust Peter Spurgeon is Professor of Health Services Management and Director of Management/Organisational Development and Leadership at the Health Services Management Centre, University of Birmingham Tracy Smith is a community mental health nurse for older people within South Birmingham Mental Health NHS Trust Mary Tyson is a consultant clinical psychologist in the NHS Panos Vostanis is Professor and Honorary Consultant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Leicester Gillian Wainscott is a consultant psychiatrist working in a regional Mother and Baby Unit in Birmingham Derrett Watts trained and worked as a GP, subsequently trained as a psychiatrist and is now a consultant in general and community psychiatry in Stoke Tricia Whitehouse is a chartered counselling psychologist, and works in North Birmingham as acting locality lead psychologist within an NHS community mental health team