Management of depression in general practice.

Recognition and management of depression in general practice: consensus statement.

Depression is a frequently occurring psychiatric disorder , and most depressed patients in the United Kingdom are treated in general practice. The Royal College of Psychiatrists, in association with the Royal College of General Practitioners, has embarked on a "defeat depression" campaign.' Anticipating that an increased proportion of the large numbers of the general population who do not at pr...

[Treatment of depression in general practice].

With the co-operation of the family doctors in five selected urban general practices the general-practitioner treatment of 73 patients suffering from a new episode of depressive illness was evaluated over a period of four months. The purpose was to test the belief that general practitioners are best fitted to manage most psychological ailments, and depression was chosen as the psychiatric illne...

Depression and suicide in general medical practice.

Management of depression in UK general practice in relation to scores on depression severity questionnaires: analysis of medical record data.

OBJECTIVE To determine if general practitioner rates of antidepressant drug prescribing and referrals to specialist services for depression vary in line with patients' scores on depression severity questionnaires. DESIGN Analysis of anonymised medical record data. SETTING 38 general practices in three sites-Southampton, Liverpool, and Norfolk. Data reviewed Records for 2294 patients assesse...

Management of urological problems in general practice.

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