RESUMO
The relationship between General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) score and complaints presented at the general practitioners office was examined, and showed that the correlation between them is not as high as might be expected. Many patients who present psychosocial problems to their GP appear to have a low GHQ score; many patients with a high GHQ score exclusively present somatic complaints, which are also assessed by the GP as being purely somatic. Implications of the results are discussed.
Assuntos
Medicina de Família e Comunidade , Transtornos Mentais/diagnóstico , Testes de Personalidade , Humanos , Transtornos Psicofisiológicos/diagnósticoRESUMO
Though a lot has been published on the prevalence of psychosocial disorders in primary care, less is known about the actual treatment, given by primary care providers. This article describes treatment given to complaints which are considered by the physician as being psychosocial by nature. Treatment has been assessed by means of observation. A database of approximately 1500 videotaped consultations, sampled from thirty general practitioners has been used for this purpose. The possibilities and limitations of (generalist) psychosocial treatment in primary care are discussed.
