ABSTRACT
A survey was carried out to assess the difficulties encountered by general practitioners within a health district in the management of patients with emotional problems, and their attitudes to the involvement of clinical psychologists in primary health care.Based on the response to this survey a district community psychology service has been established. This is an adjunct to hospital-based services and attempts to overcome some of the shortcomings of traditional psychotherapeutic services.
Subject(s)
Community Mental Health Services/organization & administration , Family Practice , Primary Health Care , Psychology, Clinical , Adolescent , Adult , Humans , Middle AgedSubject(s)
Hypnosis , Psychotherapy, Brief , Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological/therapy , Adult , Fantasy , Female , Follow-Up Studies , Free Association , HumansABSTRACT
The paper reports an extension of work into the relevance of personality and pre-treatment expectancies for allocation and response of patients to group psychotherapy. The results show that subjects who are internally directed in interest and who have a liberal attitude to a variety of social issues and a "psychological" set to treatment are more responsive to group psychotherapy as seen by their therapists as well as by themselves. Those who are externally directed in interest and who have a conservative attitude to life and a more "medical-physical" set to treatment are more likely to be referred for behaviour therapy; if referred for group psychotherapy they are likely either to drop out or to show very limited response to treatment.
