Education about pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy of anxiety among primary care physicians in Croatia: Balint group approach

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 625-629

  Stojanović Špehar, Stanislava ^a,e   Blažekovic Milaković, Sanja ^b,c   Matanić, Dubravka ^d  

^a GP Off Stanislava Stojanovic Spehar   (Croatia)

^b GP Office Sanja Blazekovic Milakovic   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^d Croatian Institute of Health Insurance   (Croatia)

^e NONE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Drug therapy; Physicians, family; Psychotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANXIOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CROATIA; DRUG INDICATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SIDE EFFECT;

ADULT; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANXIETY; CROATIA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

EID: 9744275964     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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