Social Policy Research Centre

The project asked, what helps people with severe mental illness to establish and maintain a positive relationship with their GP in order to prevent, detect and manage long-term physical conditions? It used an asset-based framework (strengths of the person, community and agencies), underpinned by Relational Coordination Theory to explore what people value in their relationship with their GP.
Good coordination can be considered to occur when there are:
The project focused on people’s experiences and perspectives of what has helped or enabled them to establish and maintain a positive relationship with a GP. The findings will be used to explore how to work with GPs, consumers and mental health service facilitators through consultation in the next stage of the research project.
Social Policy Research Centre
Disability
UNSW Disability Innovation Institute
Catherine Spooner (Lead CI, Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity), Mark Harris, Ben Harris-Roxas, Patrick Bolton, Jane Taggart