The Detection of Psychiatric Cases By Greek Physicians: Report On a Study Carried Out in a Greek Primary Care Setting

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...

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Published in:International journal of social psychiatry 1992-10, Vol.38 (3), p.235-241
Main Authors: Boardman, A.P., Bilankis, N., Zouni, M., Bouras, N.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Attitude of Health Personnel
Biological and medical sciences
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Cross-Sectional Studies
Doctors
Female
Greece
Greece - epidemiology
Health care
Health staff related problems. Vocational training
Humans
Incidence
Male
Medical sciences
Mental disorders
Mental Disorders - diagnosis
Mental Disorders - epidemiology
Mental Disorders - psychology
Mental health
Mental illness
Middle Aged
Patient Care Team
Personality Inventory
Physicians
Primary Health Care
Psychiatry
Psychology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Social psychiatry
Social psychiatry. Ethnopsychiatry
Social research
Therapy
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Summary: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.
ISSN:0020-7640
1741-2854
DOI:10.1177/002076409203800307