Commentary: Good primary mental health care is simple.

摘要

Is a GP whose reasoning is more complex better for patients with common mental disorders? The paper by Cape et al tries to she'd some light on an area that is clinically highly relevant but that has received surprisingly little research attention. The key concept discussed by Cape ef al is 'complexity'. They hypothesise that the 'more complex a GP's thinking about mental health problems is, the more likely it is that the GP will be able to help patients to make meaning of their problems in ways that may assist in easing their distress and helping them engage with potentially helpful treatments'. Their research idea is to link such increasingly complex thinking by the GP to increased clinical competence.