Psychiatrists and GPs: Diagnostic decision making, personality profiles and attitudes toward depression and anxiety

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 231-237

  Lampe, Lisa ^a,b   Fritz, Kristina ^a   Boyce, Philip ^a   Starcevic, Vladan ^a   Brakoulias, Vlasios ^a   Walter, Garry ^a   Shadbolt, Narelle ^a   Harris, Anthony ^a   Malhi, Gin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Bipolar disorder; Depression; Diagnosis

Indexed keywords

MOOD STABILIZER;

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DEPRESSION; EXTRAVERSION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MIXED ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION; MONOTHERAPY; NEUROSIS; PATIENT COUNSELING; PERSONALITY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANXIETY; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PSYCHIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84880755783     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: 14401665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1039856213486210     Document Type: Article

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