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Abstract
Mental health is a state of wellbeing that is beyond the mere absence of mental illness. It is a result of intertwined factors acting on the individual level, social and economic determinants, and environmental factors. The burden of mental illnesses is massive worldwide, and mental illness prevalence has been estimated to affect around 17% of the adult studied population in Egypt.
The WHO proposed a service organization pyramid in which primary care services were the third level of the pyramid of services and the first formal level of mental health services. That was backed up with multiple reasons for the integration of mental health services in primary care, including their high presentation in primary care, the huge treatment gap of mental disorders, and the multiple interwoven relations that exist between physical and mental illness.
The present study was conducted in primary care settings affiliated to Alexandria Directorate of Health Affairs to investigate different areas of capabilities of primary health care physicians (PHCPs) to help in planning training or educational programs concerning mental health. The study was conducted on 230 PHCPs in 57 different health facility affiliated to the eight health districts, so as to fulfill the study aim. All PHCPs present in the visited health facilities were approached for enrollment in the study. They were either general practitioners (GPs) (n=87), family physicians (FPs) (n=73), fellowship trainees (n=33) or clinicians (n=37). The data was collected using a structured interview questionnaire designed by the investigator, based on multiple sources.