TY - JOUR T1 - Diploma in mental health JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 994 LP - 994 VL - 57 IS - 545 AU - Kirsten Lawson AU - Hywel Pearce Y1 - 2007/12/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/57/545/994.2.abstract N2 - First of all, we should say, we are not GPs, we are specialist registrars in psychiatry. We do however appreciate the fact that mental health problems are extremely common in primary care and that GPs are left with the burden of assessing and managing many different mental illnesses with a range of severity and complexity which don't necessarily reach us in secondary care. Other disciplines, such as child health and obstetrics and … ER -