Beliefs and attitudes of French family practitioners toward depression: The impact of training in mental health

International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 107-122

  Norton, Joanna L ^a   Pommié, Christelle ^a   Cogneau, Joël ^b   Haddad, Mark ^c   Ritchie, Karen A ^a   Mann, Anthony H ^c  

^a Montpellier 1 University   (France)

^b IRMG ^*  (France)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

attitudes; depression; family physicians; training in mental health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FRANCE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MENTAL HEALTH; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 79955088690     PISSN: 00912174     EISSN: 15413527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/PM.41.2.a     Document Type: Article

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