Counselling provision, prescribing and referral rates in a general practice setting

Primary Care Psychiatry

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 115-119

  Simpson, Sharon ^a   Corney, Roslyn ^b   Fitzgerald, Patricia ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^c Southern Derbyshire Health   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Counselling; Prescribing; Referrals

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; HYPNOTIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHODYNAMICS; SALARY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 0142030991     PISSN: 13552570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1185/135525703125001857     Document Type: Article

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