A Contemporary View of Mental Health Consultation: Comments on ' Types of Mental Health Consultation' by Gerald Caplan (1963)

Abstract

In this article, we trace the historical roots of Caplartian mental health consultation and list nine aspects of the model that have proved valuable over time. Mental health consultation and a relatively new development, mental health collaboration, are discussed with reference to the school-based consultant. We argue that mental health collaboration must replace mental health consultation as the most frequent mode of interprofessional communication used by mental health specialists who are staff members of an institution. We conclude with a reminder that consultation is one piece of a much larger conceptual framework designed to prevent mental illness and promote mental health in the population at large.

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