Mental health consultation (Topical Term)
- Consultation, Mental health
- Broader heading: Mental health services
Work cat.: Kelly, J.G. The Ecology of prevention : illustrating mental health consultation, c1986.
Kaplan. Comp. textbk. psych.: p. 1881 ("... there may be disagreement about whether mental health consultation is truly a form of primary prevention ... Mental health consultation has been variously described as case-centered, client-centered, consultee-centered and program-centered.")
Caplan, G. Theory and practice of Mental Health Consultation, 1970 (views consultation as a process of interaction between two professionals, the mental health consultant and the consultee.)
Campbell psych. dict.: p. 134 (under "consultant")
Phone call to Robert Hess, co-editor, 8/8/86 (Mental health consultation encompasses both prevention and treatment aspects. The consultant in this field can be a psychiatrist, psychologist or social worker. Generally speaking, it is an aspect of mental health services.)
DSM III; MESH; NIH; APA Psych. gloss., 1980; WHO Gloss. mental dis. & class., 1974; Baker Encycl. psy.; Harre & Lamb. Encycl. dict. psy.; Harriman Encycl. psy.