TY - JOUR
KW - Balint model
KW - collaborative mental health care
KW - community capacity building
KW - interprofessional collaboration
KW - psychodynamic approach
AU - E. Lee
AU - D. Kealy
A1 - 
AB - Interprofessional collaboration is increasingly recognized as a key response to the challenges associated with complex mental health issues in community primary-care settings. Relatively few practice models, however, provide an orientation and a structure that combines quality patient care, professional development, and the building of community capacity. A psychodynamic tradition of supervision and collaboration, an approach known as the Balint model, holds considerable potential to bring this orientation to collaborative primary care and mental health teams. As a consultation group, the Balint approach brings participants' attention to subtle emotional-interpersonal phenomena such as the provider-patient relationship, the presentation of illness, and the experiences of patients and team members. We introduce and provide an overview of the Balint group model, including several concepts proposed by Balint to illuminate the emotional and relational complexities of providing mental health care in a collaborative primary-care setting. The context of our discussion is the implementation of a modified Balint group approach within a Canadian collaborative mental health Care (CMHC) program. We also discuss how an interprofessional application of this approach can enhance patient care, contribute to care providers' professional development, and build community capacity.
BT - Journal of interprofessional care
C5 - General Literature
CP - 5
CY - England
DO - 10.3109/13561820.2014.902369
IS - 5
JF - Journal of interprofessional care
N2 - Interprofessional collaboration is increasingly recognized as a key response to the challenges associated with complex mental health issues in community primary-care settings. Relatively few practice models, however, provide an orientation and a structure that combines quality patient care, professional development, and the building of community capacity. A psychodynamic tradition of supervision and collaboration, an approach known as the Balint model, holds considerable potential to bring this orientation to collaborative primary care and mental health teams. As a consultation group, the Balint approach brings participants' attention to subtle emotional-interpersonal phenomena such as the provider-patient relationship, the presentation of illness, and the experiences of patients and team members. We introduce and provide an overview of the Balint group model, including several concepts proposed by Balint to illuminate the emotional and relational complexities of providing mental health care in a collaborative primary-care setting. The context of our discussion is the implementation of a modified Balint group approach within a Canadian collaborative mental health Care (CMHC) program. We also discuss how an interprofessional application of this approach can enhance patient care, contribute to care providers' professional development, and build community capacity.
PP - England
PY - 2014
SN - 1469-9567; 1356-1820
SP - 466
EP - 470
EP - 
T1 - Revisiting Balint's innovation: enhancing capacity in collaborative mental health care
T2 - Journal of interprofessional care
TI - Revisiting Balint's innovation: enhancing capacity in collaborative mental health care
U1 - General Literature
U2 - 24693928
U3 - 10.3109/13561820.2014.902369
VL - 28
VO - 1469-9567; 1356-1820
Y1 - 2014
ER -