General practitioners' views towards management of common mental health disorders: Τhe critical role of continuing medical education.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The disability burden of common mental health disorders is enormous and should be faced at the first point of contact in the healthcare system. General Practitioners (GPs) are called to recognize, diagnose, and manage patients with mental health disorders, a task which is not always addressed successfully. The study aims at examining the relationship between mental health education of GPs and self-reported opinions on the care they provide to patients with mental disorders in Greece.

Methods

A questionnaire investigating GPs' viewpoints regarding diagnostic methods, referral rates and overall management of patients with mental disorders, and how these are impacted by their education on mental health, was employed, in a randomly selected sample of 353 GPs in Greece

SUBMITTER: Papachristopoulos I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9985274 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature