Clinician opinions about the appropriateness and severity of general practitioner referrals to specialist mental health services: A cross-sectional survey

Primary Care Psychiatry

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 91-94

  Evans, J ^a   Wilkinson, E ^b   Brindle, L ^a   Harrison, G ^a   Sharp, D ^a   Croudace, T ^c   McCann, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Bolitho House ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

General practitioner; Mental health services; Referral

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT REFERRAL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC OPINION; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0037879284     PISSN: 13552570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1185/135525703125001587     Document Type: Article

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