Recognition of anxiety disorders by the general practitioner: Results from the DASMAP Study

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 227-233

  Fernández, Anna ^a,b,c   Rubio Valera, María ^a,b   Bellón, Juan A ^b,d   Pinto Meza, Alejandra ^a   Luciano, Juan Vicente ^a,b   Mendive, Juan M ^e   Haro, Josep Maria ^a,b   Palao, Diego J ^f   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 INSTITUT CATALÀ DE LA SALUT   (Spain)

^f PARC TAULÍ HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Epidemiology; General practitioner

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; PANIC; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SPAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860366758     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: 18737714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2012.01.012     Document Type: Article

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