General practitioners' knowledge of post-traumatic stress disorder: A controlled study

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 54, Issue 508, 2004, Pages 843-847

  Munro, Calum G ^a   Freeman, Chris P ^b   Law, Roslyn ^b  

^a SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL EDINBURGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Knowledge; Post traumatic stress disorders; Practice guidelines; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENTAL STRESS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTAL MAIL; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHIATRIST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECOGNITION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BENCHMARKING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SCOTLAND; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC, ACUTE;

EID: 10844229408     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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