The detection of psychological problems by General Practitioners - Influence of ethnicity and other demographic variables

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 464-471

  Maginn, S ^a   Boardman, A P ^b,c   Craig, T K J ^a   Haddad, M ^b   Heath, G ^a   Stott, J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Chaucer Community Resource Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Detection; Ethnic groups; General practice; Prevalence; Psychiatric disorder

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNOLOGY; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEGRO; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED KINGDOM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 4344670619     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-004-0751-7     Document Type: Article

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