General Practice

Promotion, Prevention and Early Intervention for Mental Health
in General Practice: Monograph series

Auseinet, in partnership with the Australian General Practice Network (AGPN), has undertaken a range of activities designed to build the capacity of the general practice sector to implement PPEI approaches to mental health. Our Promotion, Prevention and Early Intervention for Mental Health in General Practice project has included a scoping of PPEI in general practice (O’Hanlon, Wells & Parham, 2004), an audit of training programs, and, most recently, the commissioning of external experts to develop four Active Learning Modules for general practitioners (GPs).

Each module comprises an evidence-based overview of the literature and a related training program. For the purpose of training and accreditation, the modules have been designed specifically for GPs. We believe, however, that there is value in making the overviews of the literature available to a much broader audience. Therefore, we have presented the overviews as a monograph series that we think will be of interest to the well-established network of people and organisations that support PPEI approaches to mental health.

The Promotion, Prevention and Early Intervention for Mental Health in General Practice monograph series provides an overview of the best available evidence to date on the conceptual framework for PPEI and its application to children and older people, with specific reference to identifying mental health problems early, assessing risk factors and enhancing protective factors. The overviews also include interventions with individuals, parents, families and carers where appropriate, that can be implemented in the general practice context.


Monograph 1 :  Conceptual framework for PPEI and applications in general practice: overview of the literature  (Professor Debra Rickwood);

Monograph 2 :  Managing the impact of separation and divorce on children: overview of the literature  (Australian Psychological Society);

Monograph 3 :  Child behaviour: overview of the literature  (Centre for Community Child Health); and

Monograph 4 :  Older adults: overview of the literature  (The New South Wales Institute of Psychiatry).

Please note: these resources are available for download only.