Multimodal Brief Systemic Training Programme (MBSTP) for Primary Care

Carles Barcons is a PhD Clinical Psychologist at Hospital Sagrat Cor Martorell – Germanes Hospitalàries, Spain. He collaborates with the research group Epi4Health, UVic-UCC. He has academic training in Marriage and Family therapy, Brief Strategic Psychotherapy, Group Therapy and Criminology. George W. Saba is Professor Emeritus of the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, USA.Mauro Mariotti is Psychiatrist, Child Psychiatrist and Psychotherapist, and the founder and Director of The ISCRA Institute, Modena, Italy.Cory Johnson is Director of Behavioral Sciences and Assistant Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, USA.

• PART I: THE MULTIMODAL BRIEF SYSTEMIC TRAINING PROGRAMME (MBSTP)’s CLINICAL CONTEXT AND EPISTEMOLOGICAL BASIS.- 1.1. The MBSTP’s Clinical Context; Dealing with mental health disorders in primary care settings.- 1.1.1. The Mental health challenges in Primary Health.- 1.1.2. The mental health training for primary health care clinical staff; limitations of the available approaches.- 1.1.3. The Multimodal Brief Systemic Training Programme (MBSTP)’s benefits.- 1.1.4. Books’s objectives.- 1.2. The MBSTP’s Epistemological Basis.- 1.2.1. The Integrated Brief Systemic Therapy (IBST); origins within the Problem and Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, along with the Narrative Therapy.- 1.2.2. Other epistemological, educational & clinical influences.- 1.2.2.1. The experience of the Family medicine residency program at the University of California. Cory Johnson & George Saba.- 1. Rationale for primary care training.- 2. The history, development and key personnel of the UCSF SFGH Family and Community Medicine Residency.- 3. The Philosophy and Theory Used to Develop the Training Program.- 4. The Behavioral Science Training Program.- 5. Implementation of the Training Program.- 6. Research effectiveness and recommendations.- 7. Conclusions.- 1.2.2.2. The experience of the Istituto di Psicoterapia Sistemica e Relazionale (ISCRA). Mauro Mariotti.- 1. Rationale for primary care training.- 2. The history of the development and the personnel involved.- 3. The philosophy and theory of a systemic based training.- 4. Applying the philosophy to GPs.- 5. Implementation of the training tools.- 6. Application by GPs, research/evidence and recommendations.- PART II: TRAINING PRIMARY CARE STAFF WITH MBSTP.- 2.1. MBSTP’S training course structure.- 2.2. Clinical psychology considerations.- 2.3. Psychiatry considerations.- 2.4. Social Worker considerations.- 2.5. Nurse considerations.- 2.6. Other Training important considerations.- 2.6.1. Primary care team considerations.- 2.6.2. Limitations and strenghts.- 2.7. MBSTP’s Research evidence.- 2.7.1. Research evidence on ambulatory mental-health services.- 2.7.2. Research evidence on primary care settings.- PART III: DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS.- 3.1. Discussion and Conclusions.- 3.2. Future investigations.- Acknowledgements.- References.