A model curriculum for mental disorders and behavioral problems in primary care

Abstract

Changes in the health care delivery system will increasingly emphasize the role of the primary care physician in diagnosing and treating mental disorders and behavioral problems. This increasing emphasis points to the need for more systematic definition of the knowledge and skills that future primary care physicians will need for effective delivery of mental health services. The model curriculum described in this paper represents the efforts of a multidisciplinary Task Force to describe basic training objectives for the psychiatric education of future primary care physicians.