A 10% random sample comprising 234 adults attending a general practitioner was studied
to obtain an estimate of conspicuous and hidden psychiatric morbidity and to determine the …

While most patients with recognized depressive illness are treated by general practitioners
without referral, there is evidence that many patients classifiable as depressed after …

THE care of people with mental health problems has long been an important component of
the daily work of the general practitioner (GP). The clinical content of this work was well …

A computerized questionnaire was used to collect information on the presentation of symptoms
in all 125 new patients presenting to one general practitioner in the course of one year …

There are many similarities in the experience and approach of general practitioners (GPs)
and psychiatrists. GPs may spend some time in psychiatric posts before settling down as …

This paper reports a one-year follow-up of random samples of 90 male and 96 female
patients attending one general practitioner. There was no statistically significant difference …

91 Wright_Arroll.qxd Page 1 Depression is the commonest mental health disorder1 seen in
general practice and, therefore, general practice is well suited to the study of this condition, …

IN 1991 an editorial in the Journal reported a new initiative on depression supported by the
Royal College of Psychiatists and the Royal College of General Practitioners. 1 This defeat …

As a sequel to a questionnaire survey of sterilized patients in a general practice, 368 women
were interviewed to assess outcome. Two hundred and ninety-two (79.3 per cent) were …

THE relationship between technical advances, the needs of patients and the continuing
education of family doctors is clear. Maintaining the clinical competence of nearly 30 000 …