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Dr. Jatinder Takhar, MD,
FRCP(C)
Physician Clinical Team Leader, Collaborative Mental Health Care Services (MHCEP
& TIPP),
Professor Department of Psychiatry, University of Western Ontario.
Overview
A
psychiatric consultation team that visits a primary care practice on a regular
basis to see and discuss patients, and to provide educational input and advice
for primary care providers, has the potential to increase accessibility to
psychiatric consultation, strengthen the support for primary care providers, and
improve communication between psychiatrists and primary care providers. Such a
program is expected to benefit the evolving Southwest Ontario mental health
system by enhancing continuity of care, increasing accessibility to mental
health services and promoting more efficient use of mental health services,
which in other jurisdictions has led to a 46% reduction in the number of cases
referred by participating physicians to outpatient services.
External Link:
Regional Mental Health Care London (RMHCL) Collaborative Mental Health Care
Services
“Stepping
up services” and “stepping down services” comprise the two arms of the formal
collaborative (shared) mental health care services that have been developed with
identified treatment and support providers. Services include treatment,
rehabilitation and support interventions to approximately 600 outpatients. RMHC
London’s step-up service is named “Mental Health Consultation and Evaluation in
Primary-care” (MHCEP). The step-down service is named “Transition into
Primary-care Psychiatry” (TIPP). Consistent with a best practices model, program
evaluation is an essential component of the MHCEP and TIPP operations. The MHCEP
and TIPP program evaluation methodologies were approved by the University of
Western Ontario Ethics Review Board.
Contact Us:
Physician Clinical Team Leader: Dr. Jatinder Takhar, MD, FRCP(C)
Collaborative Mental Health Care Services (MHCEP & TIPP)
Professor Department of Psychiatry, University of Western Ontario
Phone: 519-455-5110, ext. 47185
Fax: 519-455-5679
Email: Jatinder.Takhar@sjhc.london.on.ca
Address: Mood and Anxiety Program, St. Joseph’s Regional Mental Health Care
London,
850 Highbury Avenue North, P.O. Box 5532, Station B, London, ON N6A 4H1
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