Barriers in recognising, diagnosing and managing depressive and anxiety disorders as experienced by Family Physicians; A focus group study

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 10, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Van Rijswijk, Eric ^a   Van Hout, Hein ^b   Van De Lisdonk, Eloy ^a   Zitman, Frans ^c   Van Weel, Chris ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; TIME; VALIDITY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; STANDARD;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 69549131122     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-10-52     Document Type: Article

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