RESUMO
In the evolving health care environment, advanced practice opportunities for psychiatric-mental health nurses may lie in managed care models of community oriented primary health care. As providers, care managers, health promoters and educators, and client advocates with family systems expertise, psychiatric-mental health advanced practice specialists are a necessary component of all primary health care. This article describes the development of a community-based primary care practice that integrates physical and mental health care on the same site.
Assuntos
Serviços Comunitários de Saúde Mental , Educação de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem , Programas de Assistência Gerenciada , Atenção Primária à Saúde , Enfermagem Psiquiátrica , Adulto , Terapia Combinada , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Profissionais de Enfermagem , Avaliação em Enfermagem , Planejamento de Assistência ao Paciente , Equipe de Assistência ao Paciente , Enfermagem Psiquiátrica/educação , Transtornos Somatoformes/enfermagem , Transtornos Somatoformes/psicologiaRESUMO
As changes in our health care system evolve, making the transition to greater parity of mental and physical health is paramount to move health care in the direction of prevention and health promotion. Although parity is the goal, the most feasible path to reaching it may lie in relinking mental health to physical health in managed care models of primary health care. This article identifies emerging directions in the mental health field and points to new opportunities for advancing the practice of psychiatric-mental health nurses.
