General practitioners' knowledge of post-traumatic stress disorder: a controlled study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is common, is associated with substantial morbidity, and is often not recognised in primary care.

Aim

To explore whether general practitioners (GPs) have significant gaps in their knowledge of PTSD.

Design of study

A controlled study.

Setting

Primary care in two Scottish regions.

Method

A validated postal questionnaire consisting of clinical vignettes for PTSD, acute stress reaction, and depression was used to gather the data. The primary outcome measures were the proportion describing 'best practice' management of PTSD and the comparison of this with the control condition, the proportion describing 'best practice' management of depression. The secondary outcome measures were comparisons of PTSD and depres

SUBMITTER: Munro CG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1324918 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature