
%0 Journal Article
%A Welch, Mark 
%A Philip, Tina 
%A Aldridge, Greg 
%T First, build the foundations:Practical considerations in general practitioner-mental health service liaison
%J Australian Health Review
%D 2000/03/01
%V 23
%N 1
%P 52-63
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/AH000052
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/AH000052 
%X The co-working relationship between general practitioners and local mental health serviceslies at the heart of the success of recent changes in mental health care. These changes haveseen large-scale deinstitutionalisation, a shift to primary and community care, and agovernment policy of prevention and partnerships. This article outlines a liaison projectdeveloped jointly by the South-East New South Wales Division of General Practice and theSouthern Area Mental Health Service to address these issues. We describe the developmentof a protocol of basic standards which were practical, pragmatic and possible and, when fullyestablished, would be the foundation of effective, efficient and efficacious shared care inmental health. 
