RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Evaluation of behaviour therapy intervention in general practice
JF The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
JO J R Coll Gen Pract
FD British Journal of General Practice
SP 337
OP 340
VO 29
IS 203
A1 Koch, H. C. H.
YR 1979
UL http://bjgp.org/content/29/203/337.abstract
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.