Psychiatric morbidity in general practice and the community
1977; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 6; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1017/s0033291700018183
ISSN1469-8978
AutoresDavid Goldberg, Clifford R. Kay, Linda Thompson,
Tópico(s)Child and Adolescent Health
ResumoSynopsis The ‘General Health Questionnaire’ was used to assess the psychiatric morbidity among 365 consecutive attenders at a general practice and to compare this with a systematic random sample of 213 patients drawn from the lists of the same practice. Those attending a general practitioner are shown to be more psychiatrically disturbed than a random sample of the practice population, and this difference remains when those attending for psychological symptoms are discounted. Various social and demographic characteristics which distinguish between those who do and those who do not attend a doctor with a given set of psychological symptoms are described.
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