The Detection of Psychiatric Cases By Greek Physicians: Report On a Study Carried Out in a Greek Primary Care Setting
- 1 September 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in International Journal of Social Psychiatry
- Vol. 38 (3), 235-241
- https://doi.org/10.1177/002076409203800307
Abstract
The detection of psychiatric disorder by primary care physicians in Greece was investigated using four non-psychiatric physicians. The General Health Question naire indicated a high probable prevalence of psychiatric disorder (77.8%), but the physicians rated only 9.3% of the sample as cases. Eighty eight per cent of the probable cases were undetected by the doctors. The doctors' reporting of cases was not affected by the demographic characteristics of the sample and only weakly affected by the patients' total GHQ score. The high probable prevalence and low detection rate is a cause for concern and requires further investigation.Keywords
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