Mental health in primary care
| Autor: | Celso Iglesias, Graham Dunn, Jesús Artal Simón, José Luis García, Javier Montejo, Andrés Herrán, José Luis Vázquez-Barquero |
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| Rok vydání: | 1997 |
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Adult
Male Mental Health Services medicine.medical_specialty 03 medical and health sciences Sex Factors 0302 clinical medicine Outcome Assessment Health Care Health care Epidemiology Prevalence medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Psychiatry Depression (differential diagnoses) Aged business.industry Mental Disorders Public health Middle Aged Patient Acceptance of Health Care Mental illness medicine.disease Mental health 030227 psychiatry Psychiatry and Mental health Cross-Sectional Studies Mental Health Spain National Comorbidity Survey Anxiety Female medicine.symptom Family Practice business Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | British Journal of Psychiatry. 170:529-535 |
| ISSN: | 1472-1465 0007-1250 |
| Popis: | BackgroundThe main objectives of the survey were: (a) to analyse the sociological, clinical and illness-related correlates of mental illness in primary care; (b) to study, during one-year follow-up, outcome and use of health resources.MethodThe survey comprised a two-phase cross-sectional study. In the first phase patients were classified using the GHQ-28 or by the general practitioner (GP). In the second phase they were assessed by the SCAN system.ResultsThe prevalence rate of mental illness (in attenders) using the GHQ was 33.2%. The corresponding rate for the GP was 14.1%, and for the SCAN 31.5%. Mental illness mainly comprised depression, anxiety and alcohol-related diagnoses. The presence of mental illness and the use of health resources during follow-up were dependent on demographic characteristics and on their original psychiatric status.ConclusionsIn primary care, mental illness constitutes a major health problem. Despite this fact. GPs do not recognise a substantial proportion of these health problems. |
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