Vol. 7 No. 1 (2025): January - March 2025
Phenomenological psychopathology

Treatment of Common Emotional Disorders in Integration with Primary Care: An Innovative Intervention Model within a Local Health and Social Care Agency

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  • Elisa Lazzaroni,
  • Carmen Baldi,
  • Simonetta Martini,
  • Mattia Bava,
  • Gianna Cerasoli,
  • Flavia Ilaria Passoni,
  • Maria Grazia Masini,
  • Vittorio Rigamonti
Elisa Lazzaroni
Asst Lecco, Unità Operativa Semplice Dipartimentale di Psicologia, Lecco, Italy
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.32069/PJ.2021.2.226

Published 2025-03-14

Keywords

  • Collaborative care,
  • Stepped care,
  • Health psychology,
  • Primary care,
  • Common emotional disorders

How to Cite

Lazzaroni, E., Baldi, C., Martini, S., Bava, M., Cerasoli, G., Passoni, F. I., … Rigamonti, V. (2025). Treatment of Common Emotional Disorders in Integration with Primary Care: An Innovative Intervention Model within a Local Health and Social Care Agency. Phenomena Journal - International Journal of Psychopathology, Neuroscience and Psychotherapy, 7(1), 01–09. https://doi.org/10.32069/PJ.2021.2.226

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Abstract

Recent research and reviews highlight the need to improve the National Sanitary System to adequately face the growing mental health care demands and to favor a reorganization of health systems aimed at implementing new treatment, prevention, and health promotion strategies. A stepped care model, composed of a low-intensity intervention with a high level of specificity, is the proposed tool to achieve this target. The treatment model for common emotional disorders proposed here is the first innovative implementation in a public health service of integrating psychological interventions in the primary care system according to the principle of collaborative and stepped care.

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