General practitioners' choices and their determinants when starting treatment for major depression: a cross sectional, randomized case-vignette survey.

BACKGROUND: In developed countries, primary care physicians manage most patients with depression. Relatively few studies allow a comprehensive assessment of the decisions these doctors make in these cases and the factors associated with these decisions. We studied how general practitioners (GPs) man...

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Main Authors: Hélène Dumesnil, Sébastien Cortaredona, Hélène Verdoux, Rémy Sebbah, Alain Paraponaris, Pierre Verger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3525552?pdf=render