Barriers to the effective management of depression in general practice

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 795-803

  Richards, Jeffrey C ^a   Ryan, Paul ^a   McCabe, Marita P ^b   Groom, Grace ^c   Hickie, Ian B ^d  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Mental Health Council of Australia   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Depression; Education; Mental health; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPETENCE; DEPRESSION; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SELF ESTEEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 6444241884     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1614.2004.01464.x     Document Type: Article

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