Diagnostic processes in mental health: GPs and psychiatrists reading from the same book but on a different page

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 374-378

  Lampe, Lisa ^a   Shadbolt, Narelle ^b   Starcevic, Vladan ^a   Boyce, Philip ^a   Brakoulias, Vlasios ^a   Hitching, Rita ^a   Viswasam, Kirupamani ^a   Walter, Garry ^a,c   Malhi, Gin ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Australia   (Australia)

^d Clinical Assessment Diagnostic Evaluation Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

diagnosis; general practice; mental disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC REASONING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DSM-IV; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; ICD-10; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIST; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84874627769     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: 14401665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1039856212458007     Document Type: Article

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