One quarter of routine G.P consultations are for people with a mental health problem and around 90% of mental health care is provided solely by primary care. Two of the most common disorders seen are anxiety and Depression. The principal purpose of these guidelines is to support GPs and their wider primary care team in the management of common mental health conditions.

The website was designed to widen access to viewing these important guidelines, and to assist the process of sharing good practice widely. It will also serve to allow rapid access to updated versions, when these are developed in the future.

Salford Primary Care Trust was delighted to take the opportunity to enhance the presentation of this website, and help promote a local arts project, by including some service user art work in the design. Our grateful thanks go to the START in Salford Project and the individual artists, for allowing us to incorporate their art work.

Click this link for a brief summary about START.