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General Practitioners' Reported Knowledge about Depression and Dementia in Elderly Patients

Published:1992-06 Issue:2 Volume:26 Page:168-174
ISSN:0004-8674
Container-title:Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
language:en
Short-container-title:Aust N Z J Psychiatry

Author:

Bowers Jennifer¹,Jorm Anthony F.¹,Henderson Scott¹,Harris Peter²

Affiliation:

1. NH&MRC Social Psychiatry Research Unit, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT

2. Community Medicine, University of Melbourne

Abstract

Previous studies have shown that general practitioners often fail to detect dementia and depression in their elderly patients. The present study aimed to find out how much knowledge general practitioners have of these disorders. The knowledge of 36 general practitioners was assessed and it was found that they had a limited knowledge of the symptoms and signs of dementia and depression. Furthermore, almost 60% of the general practitioners did not know that Alzheimer's disease is the most common dementing disorder.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Psychiatry and Mental health,General Medicine

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.3109/00048679209072024

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