Is major depression adequately diagnosed and treated by general practitioners? Results from an epidemiological study

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 201-209

  Fernández, Anna ^a,b,c   Pinto Meza, Alejandra ^a,b   Bellón, Juan Angel ^b,d   Roura Poch, Pere ^e   Haro, Josep M ^a,f   Autonell, Jaume ^a,b   Palao, Diego José ^g   Peñarrubia, María Teresa ^h   Fernández, Rita ^h   Blanco, Elena ^h   Luciano, Juan Vicente ^a,b   Serrano Blanco, Antoni ^a,b  

^a PARC SANITARI SANT JOAN DE DÉU   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^e Clinical Epidemiology and Research Department Vic General Hospital   (Spain)

^f CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE SALUD MENTAL CIBERSAM   (Spain)

^g PARC TAULÍ HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI   (Spain)

^h Centro de Salud Bartomeu Fabrés Anglada   (Spain)

Author keywords

Clinical guidelines; Depression; Diagnosis validity; Primary care; Treatment adequacy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROBABILITY; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPAIN; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; VALIDITY;

CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SAMPLING STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77950689288     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2009.11.015     Document Type: Article

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