What do I say next? Everyday Mental Health Conversations in Primary Care

This book focuses on enhancing the repertoire of communication skills available for mental health consultation, providing tools and techniques drawn from accepted models.

Sophie Ball is a GP and Lead Medical Educator for the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners, New Zealand. Liz Moulton is a GP educator, appraiser, author and freelance GP, UK.

Introduction Section I Introduction Chapter 1 Data gathering Chapter 2 Clinical management Chapter 3 Mental health and the GP curriculum Chapter 4 The theory behind the practice Chapter 5 Sharing understanding using metaphors Section II Introduction Chapter 6 Anxiety and stress Chapter 7 Health anxiety Chapter 8 Low mood and depression Chapter 9 Young people Chapter 10 Older adults Chapter 11 Coping strategies that can cause problems Chapter 12 Conversations where there is a context of trauma Chapter 13 Conversations where there is not much time Chapter 14 Colleagues Final thoughts Appendix I: Glossary of tools and terms Appendix II: The RCGP curriculum for mental health Index