Hostname: page-component-7c8c6479df-8mjnm Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-03-28T08:18:31.212Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

On consultation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Julia Nelki*
Affiliation:
The Tavistock Clinic, London NW3
Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Extract

Core share and HTML view are not available for this content. However, as you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button.

Consultation is a term that can have many different meanings. In this paper, it is used in the sense that Caplan (1964) defines as mental health consultation, to describe the interaction between a consultee and consultant who meet to facilitate some area of mental health work in which the consultee is involved. By working with workers instead of directly with clients, the consultant aims to offer a service to a greater number of people than would otherwise be possible and to have a preventive role with earlier detection and management of mental health problems.

Type
Articles
Creative Commons
Creative Common License - CCCreative Common License - BY
This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1989

References

Britton, R. (1976) Consultations in Child Care. Tavistock Clinic, Document No. EN 1654.Google Scholar
Caplan, G. (1964) Principles of Preventive Psychiatry, London: Tavistock Publications.Google Scholar
Obholzer, A. (1987) The Assessment Process in the Work of Consulting to Institutions. Tavistock Clinic Paper No. 70.Google Scholar
Submit a response

eLetters

No eLetters have been published for this article.