Essay: Sub-threshold mental health syndromes: Finding an alternative to the medication of unhappiness
Year: 2009
Type: article
Abstract: Sub-threshold anxiety and depression are common presentations in primary care. They carry a significant disability burden along with the risk of developing a frank disorder. Intervention options are limited, although there is some evidence that ultra brief interventions may be effective with this patient group. We argue that there is a need for a systematic but ultra brief, minimal contact intervention, that can be delivered by GPs or practice nurses. Such an intervention would be a form of facilitated self-management, a step up from self-help, from which people could be referred on to more intensive treatment or medication if required.
Source: Journal of Primary Health Care
DOI: 10.1071/hc09074
Authors: Fiona Mathieson, Sunny Collings
Language: English
Subfield: Psychiatry and Mental health
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4318473947