The ability of general practitioners to detect mental disorders among primary care patients in a stressful environment: Gaza Strip

Journal of Public Health Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 326-331

  Afana, Abdel Hamid ^a   Dalgard, Odd Steffen ^b   Bjertness, Espen ^b   Grunfeld, Berthold ^b  

^a Gaza Community Mental Health Programme   (Palestine)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Detection of mental disorders; GPs; Primary health care; Stressful environment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MENTAL DISEASE; PALESTINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0036936911     PISSN: 09574832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/24.4.326     Document Type: Article

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