What Mental Health Field Can Expect From General Practitioner?

1. What Mental Health Field Can Expect From General Practitioner? Assoc.Prof.. E. Laurinaitis Vilnius University Department of Psychiatry

2. GP, Patient, and Environment Social, economic, and political situation F T P GP P V S P’ V’ S’ Clinical-therapeutic situation (hospital, out-patient dept., rehab. center, home, type of intervention and investigation)

3. Motivational forces 2000 400,000,000,000

4. Interpersonal Dynamics GPPatient CC UU

5. Triangle of Relationships F GP P

6. Requirements I GP (FD) in Lithuania must be able to diagnose: 28.3.1. Anxiety and panic disorders; 28.3.2. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia; 28.3.3. Depression; 28.3.4. Somatoform disorders.

7. Requirements II GP (FD) must treat: 28.4.1. Anxiety and panic disorders; 28.4.2. Old age mental disorders (Alzheimer’s disease, senile dementia); 28.4.3. Depressions; 28.4.4. To begin, and, after consultation by specialist, to continue treatment of chronic mental disorders; 28.4.5. Somatoform disorders;

8. Requirements III GP (FD) must: 28.5.1. Evaluate mental status; 28.5.2. Clinically diagnose the state of alcohol intoxication and intoxication by psychotropic substances.

9. Requirements IV The most complicated one – GP (FD) must : 13.1.To understand: 13.1.7. Stages and features of mental and physical development of individual, and life cycles of family and their specific features; 13.2. To know and be able to implement: 13.2.2. Principles of health protection and methods of implementation and training of healthy life style;

10. Requirements V 28.1. To understand: 28.1.2. Background of healthy person, interpersonal relationships, and medical psychology; 28.1.3. Background of psychology of ill person; 28.1.4. Background of the diagnostics of psychosomatic disorders; 28.1.5. Background of doctor-patient communication;