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What influences general practitioners' use of child psychiatry services?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Anne Thompson  and
Maurice Place
Anne Thompson*
Affiliation:
Fleming Nuffield Unit for Children and Young People, Burdon Terrace, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 3AE
Maurice Place
Affiliation:
Department of Child, Adolescent and Family Psychiatry, District General Hospital, Kayll Road, Sunderland SR4 7TP
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

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There are good reasons for Improving liaison between child psychiatrists and general practitioners. This study examined whether characteristics of the GP, patient or service influenced the referral of patients from primary care to the local child psychiatry service. Data collected by semi-structured interview from two samples of general practitioners who had either referred frequently or not at all over a two year period failed to show many of the associations found in other studies. Referral behaviour appears to be a complex phenomenon which may be influenced by increasing personal contact between professionals.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 19 , Issue 1 , January 1995 , pp. 10 - 12
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1994

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