General practitioners' management of mental disorders: A rewarding practice with considerable obstacles

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 13, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Fleury, Marie Josée ^a,b   Imboua, Armelle ^b   Aubé, Denise ^c   Farand, Lambert ^d   Lambert, Yves ^d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GROUP PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; PRIVATE PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; GROUP PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREVALENCE; PRIVATE PRACTICE; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84858174411     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-13-19     Document Type: Review

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