TY - JOUR
KW - Adolescent
KW - Adult
KW - Aged
KW - Anxiety Disorders/diagnosis/epidemiology/psychology
KW - Clinical Competence
KW - Comorbidity
KW - Cross-Sectional Studies
KW - Depressive Disorder/diagnosis/epidemiology/psychology
KW - Diagnosis, Differential
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - Hungary/epidemiology
KW - Male
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Patient Care Team
KW - Personality Assessment
KW - Personality Inventory
KW - Primary Health Care/statistics & numerical data
KW - Psychophysiologic Disorders/diagnosis/epidemiology/psychology
KW - Quality of Life/psychology
KW - Somatoform Disorders/diagnosis/epidemiology/psychology
AU - J. Furedi
AU - S. Rozsa
AU - J. Zambori
AU - E. Szadoczky
A1 - 
AB - This study investigates the role of patients' complaints and symptoms in the diagnostic process of mood and anxiety disorders in general practice. In 12 primary care practices, 1,211 patients were diagnosed with the aid of the National Institute of Mental Health Diagnostic Interview Schedule, then the diagnoses were compared with those established by the general practitioners. A low rate of concordance was found between these diagnoses. The absence of somatic illnesses and the presence of psychological complaints were the most important factors in the recognition of a mental illness by the general practitioners. The concordance between the general practitioners and the DIS diagnoses was higher if the patients had neither an acute nor a chronic somatic illness.
BT - Psychosomatics
C5 - Medically Unexplained Symptoms
CP - 5
CY - United States
IS - 5
JF - Psychosomatics
N2 - This study investigates the role of patients' complaints and symptoms in the diagnostic process of mood and anxiety disorders in general practice. In 12 primary care practices, 1,211 patients were diagnosed with the aid of the National Institute of Mental Health Diagnostic Interview Schedule, then the diagnoses were compared with those established by the general practitioners. A low rate of concordance was found between these diagnoses. The absence of somatic illnesses and the presence of psychological complaints were the most important factors in the recognition of a mental illness by the general practitioners. The concordance between the general practitioners and the DIS diagnoses was higher if the patients had neither an acute nor a chronic somatic illness.
PP - United States
PY - 2003
SN - 0033-3182; 0033-3182
SP - 402
EP - 406
EP - 
T1 - The role of symptoms in the recognition of mental health disorders in primary care
T2 - Psychosomatics
TI - The role of symptoms in the recognition of mental health disorders in primary care
U1 - Medically Unexplained Symptoms
U2 - 12954914
VL - 44
VO - 0033-3182; 0033-3182
Y1 - 2003
ER -