PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Broome, Annabel K. AU - Kat, Bernard J. B. TI - Would more mental illness services help general practitioners manage their difficult patients? DP - 1981 May 01 TA - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners PG - 303--307 VI - 31 IP - 226 4099 - http://bjgp.org/content/31/226/303.short 4100 - http://bjgp.org/content/31/226/303.full SO - J R Coll Gen Pract1981 May 01; 31 AB - It is argued that the type of local specialist services and the extent of their use are largely the outcome of negotiations between general practitioners and their patients. A study was carried out on behalf of a health care planning team for the mentally ill to discover whether more mental illness services would help general practitioners manage their difficult patients. The findings led to some developments in problem-oriented services but not mental illness services in general.