General practitioners' management of patients with mental health conditions: The views of general practitioners working in rural north-western New South Wales

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 363-369

  Alexander, Christian ^a   Fraser, John ^a,b  

^a Hunter New England Health Service   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

General practice; Mental health; Primary care; Rural

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RURAL AREA; SELF EVALUATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 56349138647     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: 14401584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2008.01017.x     Document Type: Article

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