Primary care Physicians' perspective on the management of anxiety and depressive disorders: A cross-sectional survey in Emilia Romagna Region

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 14, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Casini, Federica ^a   Sighinolfi, Cecilia ^a   Tedesco, Paola ^a   Bandieri, Pier Venanzio ^b   Bologna, Maria ^c   Colombini, Niccolò ^d   Curcetti, Clara ^e   Magnani, Michele ^a   Morini, Mara ^f   Serio, Alberto ^g   Tarricone, Ilaria ^a   Berardi, Domenico ^a   Menchetti, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Local Health Unit Rimini   (Italy)

^c PATHOLOGY UNIT   (Italy)

^d Department of Public Health   (Italy)

^e Regional Agency for Health and Social Care   (Italy)

^f Service of Immunohaematology and Transfusion Medicine   (Italy)

^g Bologna Local Health Unit   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antidepressants; Anxiety; Depression; Primary care; Psychotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84878632054     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-14-75     Document Type: Article

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