Background Common mental health problems, such as depression and anxiety, are
estimated to affect up to 15% of the UK population at any one time, and health care systems …

Background Access to psychotherapy is limited by psychopathology (eg agoraphobia), physical
disability, occupational or social constraints and/or residency in under-served areas. For …

Background Collaborative care is a complex intervention based on chronic disease
management models and is effective in the management of depression. However, there is still …

Background The Normalization Process Model is a theoretical model that assists in explaining
the processes by which complex interventions become routinely embedded in health care …

METHODS The study consisted of two consecutive surveys with two groups of respondents.
The first survey was a scoping exercise to identify priority mental disorders and their specific …

Study question How effective is supported computerised cognitive behaviour therapy (cCBT)
as an adjunct to usual primary care for adults with depression? Methods This was a …

New telecommunications technologies promise to profoundly change the spatial and temporal
relationship between health professional and patient. This paper reports results from an …

Objective To test the effectiveness of an integrated collaborative care model for people with
depression and long term physical conditions. Design Cluster randomised controlled trial. …

Mental health problems are common in primary health care, particularly anxiety and
depression. This study aims to estimate the prevalence of common mental disorders and their …

How family doctors conceptualise chronic illness in the consultation has important implications
for both the delivery of medical care, and its experience by patients. In this paper, we …