Mental disorders and referrals to mental health specialists by general practitioners

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 128-135

  Sorgaard K W ^a   Sandanger, I ^d   Sorensen T ^d   Ingebrigtsen, G ^c   Dalgard, O S ^b  

^a Nordland Psychiatric Hospital   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c Lofoten Hospital   (Norway)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERSONALITY TEST; POPULATION RESEARCH; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOLOGIST; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERSONALITY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0032904104     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001270050123     Document Type: Article

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