Effects of an educational outreach campaign (IMPACT) on depression management delivered to general practitioners in one primary care trust

Mental Health in Family Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 155-162

  Patel, Bharat ^a   Afghan, Safiullah ^b  

^a Walsall Teaching Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b Dorothy Pattison Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depression management; Education; Pharmacists; Prescribing; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CITALOPRAM; DOSULEPIN; ESCITALOPRAM; FLUOXETINE; LOFEPRAMINE; VENLAFAXINE;

ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; DEPRESSION; DRUG COST; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; PHARMACIST; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE;

EID: 77149161089     PISSN: 1756834X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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