PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Koch, H. C. H.
TI  - Evaluation of behaviour therapy intervention in general practice
DP  - 1979 Jun 01
TA  - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
PG  - 337--340
VI  - 29
IP  - 203
4099  - http://bjgp.org/content/29/203/337.short
4100  - http://bjgp.org/content/29/203/337.full
SO  - J R Coll Gen Pract1979 Jun 01; 29
AB  - Thirty general practitioner consultations with patients with psychological problems referred to a clinical psychologist for behaviour therapy, were examined. Treatment was carried out wholly within the practice. Consultations for advice and psychotropic drug prescriptions were compared during one year, both before and after treatment, and were found to be reduced by over 50 per cent following treatment. Contact with clinical psychology services, therefore, considerably reduced the demand made by these patients for general practitioner time.