International Study on General Practitioners and Early Psychosis Questionnaire

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andor E. Simon ◽  
Helen Lester ◽  
Lynda Tait ◽  
Emanuel Stip ◽  
Paul Roy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
General Practitioners ◽  
International Study ◽  
Early Psychosis

International Study on General Practitioners and Early Psychosis Questionnaire--Czech Version

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Holub ◽  
Barbora Wenigová ◽  
Daniel Umbricht ◽  
Andor E. Simon
Keyword(s):  
General Practitioners ◽  
International Study ◽  
Early Psychosis

The International Study on General Practitioners and Early Psychosis (IGPS)

2009 ◽  
Vol 108 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 182-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andor E. Simon ◽  
Helen Lester ◽  
Lynda Tait ◽  
Emanuel Stip ◽  
Paul Roy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
General Practitioners ◽  
International Study ◽  
Early Psychosis

International Study on General Practitioners and Early Psychosis Questionnaire

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andor E. Simon ◽  
Christoph Lauber ◽  
Katja Ludewig ◽  
Hellmuth Braun-Scharm ◽  
Daniel S. Umbricht
Keyword(s):  
General Practitioners ◽  
International Study ◽  
Early Psychosis

Why are patients prescribed psychotropic drugs by general practitioners? Results of an international study

2000 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 1217-1225 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. KISELY ◽  
M. LINDEN ◽  
C. BELLANTUONO ◽  
G. SIMON ◽  
J. JONES
Keyword(s):  
General Practitioners ◽  
Psychotropic Medication ◽  
Psychotropic Drugs ◽  
Depressive Disorders ◽  
International Study ◽  
Sampling Strategy ◽  
Psychiatric Training ◽  
Prescribe Medication ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Multi Centre Study

Background. There has been growing interest in factors that might influence the prescription of psychotropic drugs in general practice.Method. This was a multi-centre study using a two-phase stratified sampling strategy in primary care facilities from 14 different countries to determine factors associated with the prescription of psychotropic drugs.Results. A total of 1763 consecutive GP attenders aged between 16 and 65 years of age were recruited. Although antidepressants were used more for depressive disorders and anxiolytics for patients with anxiety, the differential diagnosis was otherwise not an important factor in prescribing behaviour. Antidepressants and anxiolytics were prescribed twice as frequently in client centred clinics following a ‘personal physician model’ as opposed to non-client centred settings, where care was less personalized. The reverse was true of hypnotics (adjusted odds ratio of 0·5). General practitioners with a positive view of their undergraduate psychiatric training and who had had further postgraduate experience in the speciality were significantly less likely to prescribe medication, and if they did they were more likely to use antidepressants. Older patients were significantly more likely to be prescribed psychotropic medication. Several other patient factors emerged when individual classes of medication were considered; these included the loss of a spouse and the absence of physical ill health in the case of antidepressants, and female sex, fewer years of schooling and unemployment in the case of anxiolytics.Conclusions. Social, health care and GP factors are at least as important as clinical features in the prescription and choice of psychotropic medication.

36: Management of Patients with Elevated Prostate Specific Antigen Level among General Practitioners in Switzerland

2005 ◽  
Vol 173 (4S) ◽  
pp. 10-11
Author(s):  
Markus Fatzer ◽  
Michael Muentener ◽  
Raeto T. Strebel ◽  
Dieter Hauri ◽  
Hubert A. John
Keyword(s):  
Prostate Specific Antigen ◽  
General Practitioners ◽  
Specific Antigen ◽  
Prostate Specific Antigen Level ◽  
Antigen Level

Lymphedema and lipedema - an overview of conservative treatment

VASA ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 271-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wagner
Keyword(s):  
Conservative Treatment ◽  
General Practitioners ◽  
Subcutaneous Tissue ◽  
Compression Therapy ◽  
Compression Stocking ◽  
Lymph Drainage ◽  
Intensive Phase ◽  
Manual Lymph Drainage ◽  
Causal Therapy

Lymphedema and lipedema are chronic progressive disorders for which no causal therapy exists so far. Many general practitioners will rarely see these disorders with the consequence that diagnosis is often delayed. The pathophysiological basis is edematization of the tissues. Lymphedema involves an impairment of lymph drainage with resultant fluid build-up. Lipedema arises from an orthostatic predisposition to edema in pathologically increased subcutaneous tissue. Treatment includes complex physical decongestion by manual lymph drainage and absolutely uncompromising compression therapy whether it is by bandage in the intensive phase to reduce edema or with a flat knit compression stocking to maintain volume.

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