A survey of general practitioners' knowledge of symptoms and epidemiology of schizophrenia

European Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 238-244

  Verdoux, Hélène ^a,b   Cougnard, Audrey ^a,b   Grolleau, Sabrina ^a,b   Besson, Rachel ^a,c   Delcroix, Françoise ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b INSERM U657   (France)

^c UMR5036 Société Santé Développement   (France)

Author keywords

Medical education; Medical knowledge; Primary care; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADULT; AGED; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 33745465249     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2005.05.013     Document Type: Article

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