What are Private Practitioners?
Professionals that work in private practice and provide mental health services are referred to on this website as “private practitioners”. The following are descriptions of private practitioners that provide mental health care… General Practitioner (GP) – a person with medical qualifications (a Doctor) who provides a broad range of medical services to the majority of the population (as opposed to providing specialist medical services). Some GPs do more work in mental health than others and some have undertaken additional mental health training – you will need to ask individual GPs about their background in mental health. GPs play an important role in coordinating a person’s mental health care and providing ongoing regular contact. They are also the most appropriate professional to manage the physical health care of people with a mental illness. Psychologist – a person with university qualifications and supervised experience in psychology. Their training includes human behaviour, life
