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Table 1 Objectives of the “Neuchatel project”

From: Psychiatric consultation in general practitioners’ daily practice: a qualitative study on the experience of consultation-liaison psychiatry interventions in primary care settings in French-speaking Switzerland

Overall objectives

Improvement of accessibility of psychological care for certain patients managed in the primary care context

Screening and early treatment of mental illnesses

Better use of psychotropic medication

More efficient use of specialist psychiatric services

Potential reduction of health costs