Screening for psychiatric disorder in general practice
- 1 February 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Psychological Medicine
- Vol. 14 (2), 365-377
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033291700003615
Abstract
Synopsis The extent of psychiatric morbidity was investigated in a consecutive series of patients attending a south London general practitioner. The GP identified a psychiatric component in the reason for consultation in 40% of the sample, and he regarded 24% as ‘psychiatric cases’. The estimated true prevalence of psychiatric morbidity in the sample was 34%. These data are used as the basis for a theoretical discussion of prescriptive screening strategies for psychiatric disorder in general practice.Keywords
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