General practitioners' awareness and management of common psychiatric disorders: A community-based survey from Karachi, Pakistan;Sensibilisation des médecins généralistes aux troubles psychiatriques courants et prise en charge de ces troubles: Une enquête communautaire à Karachi (Pakistan)

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 446-453

  Naqvi, H A ^a   Sabzwari, S ^b   Hussain, S ^a   Islam, M ^b   Zaman, M ^b  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; BENZODIAZEPINE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BUSPIRONE; MOOD STABILIZER; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NORADRENALIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ICD-10; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; PAKISTAN; PANIC; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHIATRIST; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOMATIZATION; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 84862323666     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2012.18.5.446     Document Type: Article

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