TY - JOUR
AU - D. Berardi
AU - L. Ferrannini
AU - M. Menchetti
AU - M. Vaggi
A1 - 
AB - In Italy, the importance of integrating primary care and mental health has only recently been grasped. Several reasons may explain this delay: a) until 2005, primary care physicians worked individually instead of in group practices, without any functional network or structured contacts with colleagues; b) community mental health centers with multiprofessional teams were well structured and widespread in several regions but focused on people with severe and persistent mental disorders; and c) specific national government health policies were lacking. Only two regions have implemented explicit policies on this issue. The "G. Leggieri" program started by the Emilia-Romagna region health government in 1999 aims to coordinate unsolicited bottom-up cooperation initiatives developing since the 1980s. In Liguria, a regional work group was established in 2010 to boost the strategic role of collaborative programs between primary care and mental health services. This article describes the most innovative experiences relating to primary care psychiatry in Italy.
BT - The Journal of nervous and mental disease
C5 - General Literature
CP - 6
CY - United States
DO - 10.1097/NMD.0000000000000145
IS - 6
JF - The Journal of nervous and mental disease
N2 - In Italy, the importance of integrating primary care and mental health has only recently been grasped. Several reasons may explain this delay: a) until 2005, primary care physicians worked individually instead of in group practices, without any functional network or structured contacts with colleagues; b) community mental health centers with multiprofessional teams were well structured and widespread in several regions but focused on people with severe and persistent mental disorders; and c) specific national government health policies were lacking. Only two regions have implemented explicit policies on this issue. The "G. Leggieri" program started by the Emilia-Romagna region health government in 1999 aims to coordinate unsolicited bottom-up cooperation initiatives developing since the 1980s. In Liguria, a regional work group was established in 2010 to boost the strategic role of collaborative programs between primary care and mental health services. This article describes the most innovative experiences relating to primary care psychiatry in Italy.
PP - United States
PY - 2014
SN - 1539-736X; 0022-3018
SP - 460
EP - 463
EP - 
T1 - Primary care psychiatry in Italy
T2 - The Journal of nervous and mental disease
TI - Primary care psychiatry in Italy
U1 - General Literature
U2 - 24840088
U3 - 10.1097/NMD.0000000000000145
VL - 202
VO - 1539-736X; 0022-3018
Y1 - 2014
ER -